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Theater

Improv Hootenanny

Mondays


7:30 PM

The Improv Community unites on the Bovine stage. Every Monday evening offers three different improv troupes from all over Colorado. Come see their styles and performances that are as unique as the players and the night itself.

Bovine Metropolis Theater

1527 Champa
303.758.4722
www.bovinemetropolis.com

Improv Jackpot (formerly BMX)

Thursdays


7:30 pm

Long Form Improv - No Script, No Net

Come to the Bovine this Thursday night and bring your helmet. Our three-team long-form comedic rampage, combining seasoned players and new upstarts, will plunge you down a zany trail of improv madness until your brain rattles against your skull. So stop by for BMX…but be sure to strap yourself in for the action-packed ride.

Bovine Metropolis Theater

1527 Champa
303.758.4722
www.bovinemetropolis.com

Tap Dogs

Sep 21, 2010 - Sep 26, 2010
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Created by Olivier Award-winning choreographer Dein Perry, with a construction site set by designer/director Nigel Triffitt and a driving score by composer Andrew Wilkie, TAP DOGS is a rough, tough, rocking theatrical entertainment.

Temple Buell Theatre at the Denver Performing Arts Complex
The Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre is designed to provide the audience with a first-rate theatrical experience featuring incredible acoustical enhancements. The Buell is the Denver venue of choice for high-profile, traveling Broadway shows and provides an ideal setting for amplified musicals, dramatic plays and comedy acts. A versatile venue that can meet the demands of even the most complicated performances, the Buell Theatre consistently ranks as a top-grossing theatre for its size nationally.

14th & Curtis

Grease

Oct 12, 2010 - Oct 17, 2010
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Take a trip to a simpler time of poodle skirts, drive-ins and T-birds. this new version of GREASE is direct from Broadway and features—for the first time ever in a Broadway production—songs from the smash hit 1978 film, including “Sandy,” the Academy Award-nominated song “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” “Grease” and “You’re the One That I Want.” These songs are heard in addition to the Jacobs/Casey songs made famous by the original stage production including “Summer Nights,” “Greased Lightnin’” and “We Go Together.”

Temple Buell Theatre at the Denver Performing Arts Complex
The Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre is designed to provide the audience with a first-rate theatrical experience featuring incredible acoustical enhancements. The Buell is the Denver venue of choice for high-profile, traveling Broadway shows and provides an ideal setting for amplified musicals, dramatic plays and comedy acts. A versatile venue that can meet the demands of even the most complicated performances, the Buell Theatre consistently ranks as a top-grossing theatre for its size nationally.

14th & Curtis

Robert Dubac

FREE RANGE THINKING

Oct 21, 2010 - Nov 14, 2010
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Dubac is best known to Denver audiences from his previous one-man show The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron? Combining theater with stand-up comedy, Dubac buckles us in for a fast-paced joy ride over the pot-holed highways of cultural hypocrisy. Riding shotgun with intelligence and absurdity he crashes head first into the barriers of politics, religion and the media.

In FREE RANGE THINKING Dubac is our everyman asking the big questions. Who am I? Why is the truth offensive? Is there a bigger picture? If I cheat on my voice of reason will it still talk to me? Should Mel Gibson upgrade from an i-Phone to an f-Phone? Paper or plastic?

Garner Galleria Theatre at the Denver Center for Performing Arts
Denver Performing Arts Complex 14th & Curtis


303.893.4100
www.denvercenter.org

Mamma Mia!

Nov 02, 2010 - Nov 07, 2010
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MAMMA MIA! is the ultimate feel-good show, combining ABBA’s greatest hits, including “Dancing Queen,” “S.O.S.,” “Super Trouper,” “Take A Chance on Me” and “The Winner Takes It All,” with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship.

Temple Buell Theatre at the Denver Performing Arts Complex
The Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre is designed to provide the audience with a first-rate theatrical experience featuring incredible acoustical enhancements. The Buell is the Denver venue of choice for high-profile, traveling Broadway shows and provides an ideal setting for amplified musicals, dramatic plays and comedy acts. A versatile venue that can meet the demands of even the most complicated performances, the Buell Theatre consistently ranks as a top-grossing theatre for its size nationally.

14th & Curtis

Opera Colorado

La Bohème

Nov 06, 2010 - Nov 16, 2010
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A chance meeting between a young poet and the beautiful young woman next door ignites one of the most romantic love stories of all time. Love blooms under the moonlit Paris sky as Rodolfo and Mimi share their hopes and dreams. But can their love survive in the face of looming tragedy? The passion, beauty and fragility of young love comes vividly to life in Puccini’s masterpiece that has enchanted generations of opera-lovers.

Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denver Performing Arts Complex
The Ellie Caulkins Opera House, colloquially known as “the Ellie,” is the premier venue inside of the historic Quigg Newton Denver Municipal Auditorium. The Ellie, a world-class acoustical hall designed in the lyric style, encompasses four levels: the balcony, loge, mezzanine and orchestra. This magnificent space is humidified and provides state-of-the-art technical support as well as acoustical excellence and clean sight lines. The Ellie is one of only three opera houses in the United States, one of nine world-wide, with seatback titling at every seat in the house. The Ellie is designed to attract top artists to the Mile High City and to make their performances here unforgettable.
14th & Curtis

Shrek The Musical

Nov 16, 2010 - Nov 28, 2010
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Shrek The Musical, based on the Oscar®-winning Dreamworks film that started it all, brings the hilarious story of everyone’s favorite ogre to life on the Broadway stage. In a faraway kingdom turned upside down, things get ugly when an unseemly ogre—not a handsome prince—shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey who won’t shut up, a bad guy with a SHORT temper, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you’ve got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there’s one on hand… and his name is Shrek. Featuring a terrific score of 19 all-new songs, big laughs, great dancing and breathtaking scenery, Shrek The Musical is part romance, part twisted fairy tale and all irreverent fun for everyone!

Temple Buell Theatre at the Denver Performing Arts Complex
The Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre is designed to provide the audience with a first-rate theatrical experience featuring incredible acoustical enhancements. The Buell is the Denver venue of choice for high-profile, traveling Broadway shows and provides an ideal setting for amplified musicals, dramatic plays and comedy acts. A versatile venue that can meet the demands of even the most complicated performances, the Buell Theatre consistently ranks as a top-grossing theatre for its size nationally.

14th & Curtis

Blue Man Group

Dec 07, 2010 - Dec 19, 2010
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Blue Man Group is best known for their wildly popular theatrical shows and concerts which combine comedy, music, and technology to produce a totally unique form of entertainment. Although it is impossible to describe, people of all ages agree that Blue Man Group is an intensely exciting and wildly outrageous show that leaves the entire audience in a blissful, euphoric state. With no spoken language, Blue Man Group is perfect for people of all ages, languages, and cultures.

Temple Buell Theatre at the Denver Performing Arts Complex
The Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre is designed to provide the audience with a first-rate theatrical experience featuring incredible acoustical enhancements. The Buell is the Denver venue of choice for high-profile, traveling Broadway shows and provides an ideal setting for amplified musicals, dramatic plays and comedy acts. A versatile venue that can meet the demands of even the most complicated performances, the Buell Theatre consistently ranks as a top-grossing theatre for its size nationally.

14th & Curtis

Next to Normal

Jan 04, 2011 - Jan 16, 2011
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From the director of Rent comes Next to Normal, an emotional powerhouse of a musical with a thrilling contemporary score about a family trying to take care of themselves and each other. Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize and three 2009 Tony Awards including Best Score, Next to Normal is the most talked about new show on Broadway having recently been chosen as “one of the year’s ten best” by major critics around the country.

Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denver Performing Arts Complex
The Ellie Caulkins Opera House, colloquially known as “the Ellie,” is the premier venue inside of the historic Quigg Newton Denver Municipal Auditorium. The Ellie, a world-class acoustical hall designed in the lyric style, encompasses four levels: the balcony, loge, mezzanine and orchestra. This magnificent space is humidified and provides state-of-the-art technical support as well as acoustical excellence and clean sight lines. The Ellie is one of only three opera houses in the United States, one of nine world-wide, with seatback titling at every seat in the house. The Ellie is designed to attract top artists to the Mile High City and to make their performances here unforgettable.
14th & Curtis

Opera Colorado

Rusalka

Feb 12, 2011 - Feb 20, 2011
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Dvorák's beloved fairytale opera is based on the folk story of a water sprite, Rusalka, who out of love for a mortal man longs to become human. Rusalka sings the haunting “Song to the Moon,” begging the celestial orb to tell the Prince of her love. The witch Jezibaba makes Rusalka’s dreams come true. But when the Prince she loves is unfaithful, there are tragic results for all. Rusalka will star soprano Kelly Kaduce in the title role. Opera News praised her work, writing “Kaduce sings with a bell-like purity and silvery sweetness, and she suspends her legato with an effortless, sensual spin. A born actress, Kaduce is also a masterful illuminator of text.”

Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denver Performing Arts Complex
The Ellie Caulkins Opera House, colloquially known as “the Ellie,” is the premier venue inside of the historic Quigg Newton Denver Municipal Auditorium. The Ellie, a world-class acoustical hall designed in the lyric style, encompasses four levels: the balcony, loge, mezzanine and orchestra. This magnificent space is humidified and provides state-of-the-art technical support as well as acoustical excellence and clean sight lines. The Ellie is one of only three opera houses in the United States, one of nine world-wide, with seatback titling at every seat in the house. The Ellie is designed to attract top artists to the Mile High City and to make their performances here unforgettable.
14th & Curtis

Traces

Mar 11, 2011 - May 14, 2011
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The 7 Fingers (Les 7 doigts de la main) is an astonishingly talented French Canadian company that has pioneered a whole new brand of theatrical entertainment. On what may prove their last night on earth, seven street youths celebrate life with dazzling, gravity-defying displays of skill – balancing on each other’s heads, tumbling through hoops and leaping spectacularly up giant poles. More than just a display of acrobatic brilliance, the audience is gradually drawn into the performers’ real life stories and, by the dramatic climax of the show, on the edge of their seats, willing them to pull off the seemingly impossible.

Stage Theatre at the Denver Peforming Arts Complex

1101 13th Street
303.893.4100
www.denvercenter.org

Avenue Q

Mar 11, 2011 - Mar 13, 2011
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Avenue Q is Broadway's smash-hit 2004 Tony Award® winner for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book. A hilarious show full of heart and hummable tunes, Avenue Q is about trying to make it in NYC with big dreams and a tiny bank account. Called "one of the funniest shows you're ever likely to see" by Entertainment Weekly, Avenue Q features a cast of people and puppets who tell the story in a smart, risqué and downright entertaining way. The New Yorker calls it "SUBVERSIVE and UPROARIOUS!" Recommended for ages 13 and up.

Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denver Performing Arts Complex
The Ellie Caulkins Opera House, colloquially known as “the Ellie,” is the premier venue inside of the historic Quigg Newton Denver Municipal Auditorium. The Ellie, a world-class acoustical hall designed in the lyric style, encompasses four levels: the balcony, loge, mezzanine and orchestra. This magnificent space is humidified and provides state-of-the-art technical support as well as acoustical excellence and clean sight lines. The Ellie is one of only three opera houses in the United States, one of nine world-wide, with seatback titling at every seat in the house. The Ellie is designed to attract top artists to the Mile High City and to make their performances here unforgettable.
14th & Curtis

9 to 5

Apr 26, 2011 - May 08, 2011
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9 to 5: The Musical is a hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era. This new musical comedy, direct from Broadway, is based on the hit movie and features Dolly Parton’s original hit title song along with her new Tony Award® -and Grammy-nominated score. The Musical tells the story of three unlikely friends who conspire to take control of their company and learn there's nothing they can't do -- even in a man's world. Outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic, 9 to 5: The Musical is about teaming up and taking care of business... it's about getting credit and getting even...

Temple Buell Theatre at the Denver Performing Arts Complex
The Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre is designed to provide the audience with a first-rate theatrical experience featuring incredible acoustical enhancements. The Buell is the Denver venue of choice for high-profile, traveling Broadway shows and provides an ideal setting for amplified musicals, dramatic plays and comedy acts. A versatile venue that can meet the demands of even the most complicated performances, the Buell Theatre consistently ranks as a top-grossing theatre for its size nationally.

14th & Curtis

Opera Colorado

Cinderella (La Cenerentola)

Apr 30, 2011 - May 08, 2011
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A young girl yearns for true love while under the thumb of her cruel stepfather and vain stepsisters. But when Cinderella offers kindness to a stranger, her fate is forever altered as she is whisked away to the ball and becomes the woman who captures the prince’s heart. Rossini’s version of the classic folk tale is a delight, and in the end Cinderella’s transformation is brought about not by supernatural powers, but through the magic of music.

Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denver Performing Arts Complex
The Ellie Caulkins Opera House, colloquially known as “the Ellie,” is the premier venue inside of the historic Quigg Newton Denver Municipal Auditorium. The Ellie, a world-class acoustical hall designed in the lyric style, encompasses four levels: the balcony, loge, mezzanine and orchestra. This magnificent space is humidified and provides state-of-the-art technical support as well as acoustical excellence and clean sight lines. The Ellie is one of only three opera houses in the United States, one of nine world-wide, with seatback titling at every seat in the house. The Ellie is designed to attract top artists to the Mile High City and to make their performances here unforgettable.
14th & Curtis

Billy Elliot

May 10, 2011 - Jun 05, 2011
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Billy Elliot the Musical is the joyous celebration of one boy's journey to make his dreams come true. Set in a small town, the story follows Billy as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class, discovering a surprising passion that inspires his family and his whole community. A big musical with an even bigger heart, Billy Elliot will enchant the dreamer in all of us.

Temple Buell Theatre at the Denver Performing Arts Complex
The Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre is designed to provide the audience with a first-rate theatrical experience featuring incredible acoustical enhancements. The Buell is the Denver venue of choice for high-profile, traveling Broadway shows and provides an ideal setting for amplified musicals, dramatic plays and comedy acts. A versatile venue that can meet the demands of even the most complicated performances, the Buell Theatre consistently ranks as a top-grossing theatre for its size nationally.

14th & Curtis

Rock of Ages

Jun 14, 2011 - Jun 26, 2011
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Tony Award® Nominee and “American Idol” finalist, Constantine Maroulis, reprises his acclaimed performance as Drew in the first national tour of the five-time Tony Award® nominated smash-hit musical Rock of Ages. In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small town girl met a big city rocker and in LA’s most famous rock club, they fell in love to the greatest songs of the 80’s. Rock of Ages is an arena-rock love story told through the mind-blowing, face-melting hits of Journey, Night Ranger, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, and Twisted Sister, Poison, Asia, Whitesnake and many more. Don’t miss this awesomely good time about dreaming big, playing loud and partying on!

Temple Buell Theatre at the Denver Performing Arts Complex
The Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre is designed to provide the audience with a first-rate theatrical experience featuring incredible acoustical enhancements. The Buell is the Denver venue of choice for high-profile, traveling Broadway shows and provides an ideal setting for amplified musicals, dramatic plays and comedy acts. A versatile venue that can meet the demands of even the most complicated performances, the Buell Theatre consistently ranks as a top-grossing theatre for its size nationally.

14th & Curtis

Les Miserables

Aug 31, 2011 - Sep 04, 2011
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Cameron Mackintosh presents a brand new 25th anniversary production of Boublil & Schönberg’s legendary musical, Les Miserables, with glorious new staging and spectacular re-imagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo. This new production has already been acclaimed by critics, fans and new audiences and is breaking box office records wherever it goes.

Temple Buell Theatre at the Denver Performing Arts Complex
The Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre is designed to provide the audience with a first-rate theatrical experience featuring incredible acoustical enhancements. The Buell is the Denver venue of choice for high-profile, traveling Broadway shows and provides an ideal setting for amplified musicals, dramatic plays and comedy acts. A versatile venue that can meet the demands of even the most complicated performances, the Buell Theatre consistently ranks as a top-grossing theatre for its size nationally.

14th & Curtis

Hair

Oct 04, 2011 - Oct 16, 2011
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The Public Theater’s new Tony-winning production of Hair is the most electric celebration on Broadway! This exuberant musical about a group of young Americans searching for peace and love in a turbulent time has struck a resonant chord with audiences young and old. Hair features an extraordinary cast and dozens of unforgettable songs, including “Aquarius,” “Let the Sun Shine In,” "Good Morning, Starshine" and “Easy To Be Hard.” Its relevance is undeniable. Its energy is unbridled. Its truth is unwavering. It's Hair, and it’s time.

Temple Buell Theatre at the Denver Performing Arts Complex
The Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre is designed to provide the audience with a first-rate theatrical experience featuring incredible acoustical enhancements. The Buell is the Denver venue of choice for high-profile, traveling Broadway shows and provides an ideal setting for amplified musicals, dramatic plays and comedy acts. A versatile venue that can meet the demands of even the most complicated performances, the Buell Theatre consistently ranks as a top-grossing theatre for its size nationally.

14th & Curtis

The Lion King

Nov 02, 2011 - Dec 04, 2011
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Experience the phenomenon of Disney’s The Lion King. Marvel at the breathtaking spectacle of animals brought to life by award-winning director Julie Taymor, whose visual images for this show you’ll remember forever. Thrill to the pulsating rhythms of the African Pridelands and an unforgettable score including Elton John and Tim Rice’s Oscar-winning song “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” and “Circle of Life.”

Temple Buell Theatre at the Denver Performing Arts Complex
The Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre is designed to provide the audience with a first-rate theatrical experience featuring incredible acoustical enhancements. The Buell is the Denver venue of choice for high-profile, traveling Broadway shows and provides an ideal setting for amplified musicals, dramatic plays and comedy acts. A versatile venue that can meet the demands of even the most complicated performances, the Buell Theatre consistently ranks as a top-grossing theatre for its size nationally.

14th & Curtis

West Side Story

Dec 13, 2011 - Jan 01, 2012
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More than fifty years ago one musical changed theater forever. Now it’s back on Broadway mesmerizing audiences once again. From the first note to the final breath, West Side Story soars as the greatest love story of all time. Directed by its two-time Tony Award-winning librettist Arthur Laurents, West Side Story remains as powerful, poignant and timely as ever. The new Broadway cast album of West Side Story recently won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. The Bernstein and Sondheim score is considered to be one of Broadway's finest and features such classics of the American musical theatre as "Something's Coming," "Tonight," "America," "I Feel Pretty" and "Somewhere."

Temple Buell Theatre at the Denver Performing Arts Complex
The Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre is designed to provide the audience with a first-rate theatrical experience featuring incredible acoustical enhancements. The Buell is the Denver venue of choice for high-profile, traveling Broadway shows and provides an ideal setting for amplified musicals, dramatic plays and comedy acts. A versatile venue that can meet the demands of even the most complicated performances, the Buell Theatre consistently ranks as a top-grossing theatre for its size nationally.

14th & Curtis