Performing Arts

Tickets for the August 6 event go on sale Friday, January 26.

The title alone should prepare you for sadness, fear and violence: Dominique Morisseau’s award-winning Detroit ’67, now in its regional premiere at Curious Theatre Company, is set during the uprising in that city 51 years ago that took the lives of 43 people, 33 of them black.

Denver comedy is in fighting shape for 2018, and the city’s clubs, theaters and DIY venues all plan to put their best foot forward in the month ahead. These ten shows are our picks for January.

Looking for free and cheap things to do in Denver Christmas weekend? Here’s your guide.

Whether you’re looking for comedy, screenings or holiday choral music, Denver’s cultural community has your needs covered – on the cheap.

With the world premiere of Resolutions, Josh Hartwell and the Edge have delivered a swift, funny, clever, 85-minute holiday treat, skillfully acted and well-paced and directed by Missy Moore.

The youth of La Alma and local artists collaborated on The Heart, the Soul, an immersive theatrical experience that debuts December 7 with free performances.

In these uncertain times, the programatic cheeriness of the holiday season can become oppressive. Fortunately Denver’s sad sacks, nothing cuts through the happy humbuggery better than standup comedy.

As we head into the holiday season, it’s grand to have a production with so much good singing, such perfectly Dickensian Christmas-card images, and all those wonderful children on stage in the Denver Center’s A Christmas Carol.

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts is joining forces with Disney Theatrical Productions to bring the Broadway musical Aladdin to Denver.

Denver is positively lousy with standup comedy open mics. This week, we review the Denver Bicycle Cafe’s.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a spectacular and generous-hearted holiday gift from the Arvada Center.

First Date is a perfect date for anyone wanting to slip off their shoes under the table, sip a cocktail and recover from a taxing day at work.

Pinch your pennies and enjoy your week with these five free events.

After hearing the news about Louis C.K. (but before we heard about comic-turned-Senator Al Franken), we caught up with Wende Curtis, the woman who has been making comedy work in Denver for decades with Comedy Works.

Love Letters is a gentle play, thoughtfully presented, and with a moving, nostalgic undercurrent that reminds us of the power of the letter over the telephone as a means of communication.

Don’t let money get in the way of you enjoying yourself this week. Here are five free things to do from November 13 to 16.

Denver seethes with theatrical talent, even if local companies are often in flux. Here are ten shows to watch for this fall and winter, in chronological order.

The Body of an American, now receiving a regional premiere at Curious Theatre Company, isn’t large enough to hold its own ambitions.

Playwright Michael Yates Crowley mingles sensitivity, myth and outright cartoonishness in his exploration of rape — a topic that’s been receiving a lot of attention lately — in The Rape of the Sabine Women, by Grace B. Matthias, now receiving its regional premiere from Local Theater Company.

Breakin’ Convention 2017 isn’t the first time the Denver Center for the Performing Arts has filled the Galleria with hip-hop dancers. Back in 1984, Break for Summer brought thousands of fans into the complex to cheer on hometown crews.

Birds of North America was written by Anna Moench, who won the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company’s eleventh annual playwriting competition. She clearly knows her birds, and she brings a birdwatcher’s obsession to life in this world premiere that also tackles love and loss.