Camp Christmas Expands Across Stanley Marketplace for 2025 Return
Lonnie Hanzon’s immersive holiday event is back, transforming the Stanley Marketplace into a sprawling (mostly free) holiday playground.
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Dinos Alive Brings Prehistoric Fun and a Bit of Science to Denver
The latest immersive experience at Exhibition Hub is now open.
Gen Z Creators Dig Into How Art Survives in How to Starve an Artist
“Artists will keep creating no matter what, because it’s part of human nature. Whether or not that art is supported, nourished or funded is a different conversation.”
A Clown Ballet Cabaret Brings Whimsical Dancing Clowns to Aurora
For creator Lavi McConaughey, the surreal story mirrors a personal escape: years of ballet’s rigid discipline giving way to the anarchic joy of burlesque and clowning.
Brooke Shields Calls Out Casa Bonita and South Park Creators Over Treatment of Entertainment Workers
The actress is the president of the Actors’ Equity Association, the union that represents the Casa Bonita performers fighting for fair wages.
Ready to Go Public? Read Your Most Personal Unsent Messages on Stage
The Unsent: Death Edition show will be held on Saturday, October 25.
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The Catamounts Premiere A Town Called Harris, a Ghostly Comic Romp in a Historic Schoolhouse
“A Town Called Harris is like Noises Off or The Play That Goes Wrong, but immersive,” says the show’s playwright, Jessica Austgen.
John Mulaney Is Coming to Red Rocks
Mulaney will make history as the first comedian ever to headline the iconic Wrigley Field in Chicago, but first he’s coming to Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
Buntport Theater Is Buying Its Building
The theater is more than doubling the total square footage of space available for rehearsals, storage and productions.
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How Conspiracy Circus is Keeping Colorado Sideshow Alive
Denver’s Conspiracy Circus celebrates 44 shows of sideshow spectacle at the Learned Lemur on East Colfax on October 11.
Convergence at Parsons Theatre Marks Decade of Showcasing Colorado’s Dance Diversity
Convergence 2025 brings ninety performers from twenty Colorado dance groups together for a cost-sharing celebration of movement.
DCPA Off-Center Ends Development of New Immersive Theater
The announcement came with another blow: Charlie Miller, Off-Center’s co-founder, executive director and curator, will leave the organization in March after seventeen years.
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Denver Sketch Festival Returns to RISE Comedy For Year Two
Denver’s second annual sketch comedy festival welcomes 114 performers from across North America for three days of fast-paced comedy.
National Tour of Shucked at the Buell Features Homegrown Talent
“It’s an incredible homecoming and a huge honor to be able to return to the regional touring house where I grew up seeing shows.”
Visionbox Studio Tackles Fascism With The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
“It’s a political satire that layers Hitler’s rise to power with gangster movies of the 1930s and Richard III .”
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Hip-Hop Cowboy Rides Into Denver with Jedidiah Blackstone Premiere
Emancipation Theater’s new play blends Black history, hip-hop and Western lore in a world premiere.
Kibbles ‘N Bits Combines Laughs with Animal Rescue at Denver Comedy Underground
“If we can get even one dog adopted, that’s a win, but I think it’s going to be much bigger than that.”
Review: Sweet & Lucky: Echo Is a Repressed, Repetitive Retread
DCPA Off-Center’s highly anticipated follow-up to its groundbreaking 2016 immersive hit is an underwhelming grief trip.
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The Israeli-Palestinian Conversation Is Back by Popular Demand, This Time in Denver
“The whole ‘us or them’ conundrum is where everything falls apart. There is no ‘us’ without ‘them.'”
Queer Pirates Set Sail in The Legend of Anne Bonny New Musical in Aurora
“The thing I have most in common with the characters I write is ambition. I want ‘The Legend of Anne Bonny’ to go to Broadway; I want it to be huge.”
Aerial Dance Rises from the Ashes of the Marshall Fire With Embers, Petals, & Stars
From fire and loss to cherry blossoms and galaxies, this aerial show blends survival, beauty and joy.
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Zombies and Democracy Collide in World Premiere of Join, or Die! in Boulder
“It’s refreshing to have a play that’s talking about politics that’s not a total bummer. A lot of plays about the current moment leave you sad. This one lets you have fun.”