Tag: Colorado Theater
-
Quincy Jones on Michael Jackson and the death of disco
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Wait, so, if Michael Jackson were still alive, he’d be 65 years old? Beat it! With Wednesday’s Denver opening performance of “MJ,” a touring Broadway musical about the life and times of perhaps the most peculiar and impactful recording artist of the 20th century, I…
-
Father and son actors are shooting for the stars | John Moore
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Dwayne and Judy Carrington meaningfully named their only child Orion for the constellation that immortalizes the handsome hunter of Greek mythology. Literally, it means “shining star.” Which, at 42, is exactly what he is. Orion, an actor, model and former junior Olympian, is enjoying his…
-
Chorale legend Eichenberger to be honored with two weekend concerts | Arts news
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Richard B. Eichenberger, co-founder of the Colorado Choir in 1978 and founder of the Columbine Chorale in 1987, will be remembered this weekend with two meaningfully prepared memorial concerts. Eichenberger, a legendary teacher at four Denver public high schools from 1951-81, died Sept. 25 at…
-
Sprinkler system drenches first two ‘Hairspray’ performances in Denver
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s not often you can say that an indoor theater performance has been rained out. But what has happened to the national touring production of “Hairspray” in Denver this week is the baseball equivalent of a double-header washout. The first two performances of the popular…
-
Denver Center will make history by staging Jake Brasch’s ‘The Reservoir’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jake Brasch has a message for the military: “Colorado artists are on the verge of taking over the world!” (If only that were not hyperbole.) Brasch is a Denver-born playwright and floating on Cloud 99 this week with the announcement that the homegrown Denver Center…
-
Grandview grad’s ‘Harry Potter’ success story is pure Broadway magic
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The dream of a life on Broadway can seem a million miles away to a theater kid in Colorado. In Erik C. Peterson’s case, it turned out to be a 5,000-mile gap that he closed in 24 hours flat. Peterson, a 2018 graduate of Grandview…
-
Colorado New Play Summit: Where tomorrow’s stories come to grow
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If you want to see a play staged by the DCPA Theatre Company this month, you have two choices – “Cebollas” and “Rubicon.” They were both first introduced to local theatergoers as staged readings at the company’s 2022 Colorado New Play Summit. The Summit is…