By the time intermission came around, the tears were already flowing. Wait, what? I thought this was supposed to be comedic play about a group of guys trying to win the title of “The Hot Wing King” in the annual “Hot Wang Festival” competition in Memphis, Tennessee. So why was the audience so emotional?
So how is a theatre play about printing press inventor Johannes Gutenberg supposed to translate into a successful broadway play? Good question. Maybe, not such a good idea. But playwrights , Bud, Brett Ambler, and Doug, Bryce Baxter, think it is, so with every penny they have they set about to write, produce and stage the play.
But who is this Dana Cimone? with the beautiful, voice who plays Dorothy in this current touring Broadway rendition of the play that changed Broadway forever and is currently playing the Buell Theatre at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts through April 20, 2025.
Mean Girls is a must-see, laugh out loud, high-energy musical. It is a “cautionary tale” about discovering who you are while also trying to fit in. Can you really be your authentic self while pleasing others? Written by Tina Fey, music by Jeff Richmond, lyrics by Nell Benjamin and directed by Casey Nicholaw. It is a whimsical yet seriously relevant story now playing at the Denver Center of Performing Arts through March 5, 2025.
In the midst of all this a group of women and one man are organizing a secret meeting to discuss the emerging women’s suffrage movement and how they will participate as the East Coast Suffragists. When one of the women, Lauralee, who had been sent out to inform others of the meeting goes missing and presumed dead, the tenants of the boarding house where she lives are suspected of murder.
Oh, what a night it was. A night to remember. May 17, 2024. To say the excitement was through the roof would be an understatement. They came from throughout the state of Colorado. From both rural and urban communities. Entire families, teachers, friends, and fellow classmates traveled to Denver for the annual Bobby G Awards recognizing outstanding achievements in the production of high school musical theatre.
By Joe Contreras, Latin Life Denver Media, Informational text and bio by Denver Center for The Performing Arts/Applause Magazine. Photos by MeredithMashburn Photography It’s not…
By Joe Contreras, Latin Life Denver Media After a two day rain delay, of sorts, Hairspray finally made it to Buell Theatre stage. Apparently the…
Message In A Bottle is an imagined story about one displaced family in a village that is suddenly under siege, with three parted siblings stepping out on individual adventures. They go through the perilous hazards of travelling long distances, through rain soaked jungles and hostile areas that strip them of their possessions. There are bribes to be paid, detention and intimidation to be suffered. Each must find their own way to freedom. Freedom from political and social persecution that has driven them out of their once peaceful homeland.
The laughs just keep rollin in, in this instantly popular, far fetched world premiere production about three Latina sisters who embark on a road trip from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Denver, Colorado with a dead body in the backseat who just happens to be a married man who was having an affair with one of the now pregnant sisters.
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