Find information on events, trends and happenings in the Colorado theatre, fine art and artist communities at large.
Will indoor theatre be back? Will audiences have to be vaccinated? Might one little cable change your life? If we have learned anything from 2020, it’s that trying to predict what might happen in 2021 is a fool’s errand. So, here we go!
The Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) has come out with a new membership survey that paints the latest dark picture of the pandemic's devastation on metro arts industries. You may not want to know what it has to say, but ... here goes.
With 20 Colorado counties moving to "Level Red" restrictions through at least December 18, essentially all planned holiday theatre programming that included a live component ... no longer does, with a few exceptions.
What would have been the 50th anniversary of the venerable barn-shaped inspires a reunion concert on Friday, featuring alumni of the beloved pre-show entertainment group.
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Spikes in positive coronavirus cases have slowed what has been a fairly robust slate of fall theatregoing and concert options – all things considered. The PACE Center has closed through November 22.
The Colorado Shakespeare Festival has announced it will perform only outdoors in 2021. That, along with other news of the week, as well as everything you can do live or online to sate your theatre fix this weekend.
The Colorado Theatre Guild has never lived up to its full potential. But it has never had Berry Hart as its leader. Meet her in this in-depth profile of Hart, who starred in the Arvada Center's production of 'The Mountaintop.'
While the COVID spike has forced several cancellations, theatregoers still have a surprising array of options, including the virtual-reality experience 'Carne y Arena' at Stanley Marketplace.
Acclaimed stage and screen actor launched the DCPA Theatre Company's world-premiere play 'American Mariachi' in 2018. She was 56.
Despite pandemic, the theatregoers have plenty of ways to keep them engaged throughout the state right now.
The DCPA has canceled 32 shows, furloughed 130 employees and lost tens of millions of dollars in potential revenue. 'The loss continues to be devastating.'
John Moore essay: Those companies that got out of the box deepened their relationships with grateful audiences. Those that grow stagnant during this time do so to their own peril.
John Moore essay: The Aurora Fox has become the first metro theatre company to re-open for live theatre in a major way with the musical revue 'Tomfoolery.' Did it feel safe?
'Miscast' will pivot to 'CAST 2020.' Radio plays are all the rage, led by Monday's upcoming release of the Arvada Center's 'Trifles.' The Colorado Theatre Guild has a new president and much more.
On the one hand, the 43rd Denver Film Festival won’t take place in-person. On the other hand, the Denver Film Festival will take place. In 2020, you have to look at the bright side. And this year, few local arts organizations have pivoted quite as nimbly as Denver Film.
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Also: Local actor generating Oscar buzz. Denver Actors Fund announces not 'Miscast' but 'CAST.' DEAR Fund wraps up. That and much more, including a new list of all all current live theatregoing and streaming opportunities.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis’ newly issued mandatory statewide mask order in public indoor spaces includes an exception for “giving a speech to an audience.”
Here's a rundown of the nearly $100,000 The Denver Actors Fund has made available to about 300 Colorado theatre artists who have lost work during the COVID19 shutdown. About $8,000 has gone to Arvada Center artists.
Suddenly, theatre companies are being held accountable like never before, not only for their programming choices and hiring practices but also their own complicity in creating power imbalances throughout the field. And dominoes are starting to fall.
You think you have it bad during the ongoing COVID19 shutdown? The show is likely to go on without at least these five theatre jobs being filled.
