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Denver Center for the Performing Arts

1245 Champa St.
Denver, CO 80204

Denver Center for the Performing Arts is a theatre in Denver, CO.

Upcoming Shows

FDR's Very Happy Hour

Oct 14 – Nov 1, 2026

FDR's Very Happy Hour offers an interactive experience that resurrects Franklin Delano Roosevelt for a new generation. Created by Regan Linton and M. Graham Smith, the show combines cocktails, game-show trivia, and personal reflections on disability, inviting audiences to engage...

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Review: THE TEMPEST at Denver Center For The Performing Arts

Review: THE TEMPEST at Denver Center For The Performing Arts

by Tessa Nelson · October 14, 2026

The Denver Center delivers a brisk, inventive Tempest with outstanding ensemble performances, spectacular costumes and unusually clear storytelling, though its central performance lacks the humanity needed to make Shakespeare's meditation on forgiveness fully resonate.…

Review: 504: THE MUSICAL at Kilstrom Theater

Review: 504: THE MUSICAL at Kilstrom Theater

by Bee Levy · August 11, 2026

In 1977, a group of disabled activists peacefully occupied the San Francisco federal building in support of the signing of the first major piece of legislation that mandated enforcement of legal protections for the disabled community. 504: The Musical is a fictionalized version of the twenty-five da…

Past Shows

17 total · showing 11–17

Little Shop of Horrors

Apr 11 – May 25, 2025

The Denver Center Theatre Company presents Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Chris Coleman. Starring Ben Fankhauser as Seymour and Gizel Jiménez as Audrey, this beloved sci-fi musical follows the story of a downtrodden florist and his deadly plant companion. Audiences can...

The Hot Wing King

Apr 25 – May 25, 2025

The Hot Wing King, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Katori Hall, will premiere at the Denver Center Theatre Company on April 25, 2025. Directed by Timothy Douglas, the production follows Cordell Crutchfield and his team as they strive to win the coveted title of Hot Wang King at...

The Reservoir

Mar 1 – Mar 2, 2025

The Reservoir, written by Jake Brasch and directed by Shelley Butler, explores the tumultuous life of Josh, who returns to Denver from NYU seeking sobriety and support. Struggling with memory loss and shame, he tries to engage his quirky grandparents in his recovery process...

The Suffragette’s Murder

Mar 1 – Mar 2, 2025

The Suffragette’s Murder is a farcical whodunit set on July 5, 1857, in a bustling Manhattan boarding house. As tenants prepare for a secret women's suffrage gathering, an unexpected visit from a constable disrupts their plans when a murder occurs. To evade suspicion, the...

The Wild Party

Oct 12 – Oct 31, 2017

Adapted from a book-length poem written in and about the Roaring Twenties, Andrew Lippa's THE WILD PARTY tells the story of one wild evening in the Manhattan apartment shared by Queenie and Burrs, a vaudeville dancer and a vaudeville clown. In a relationship marked by vicious...

Ring of Fire

Ring of Fire

Mar 23 – May 13, 2012

A set of gifted singers and instrumentalists sing through some of the greatest songs of one of America's most brilliant singer/songwriters, Johnny Cash. Though he is never impersonated, his remarkable life story is told through his music, climaxing in a concert that will both...

Tantalus

Tantalus

Oct 21 – Dec 2, 2000

UK TOUR: Prior to its spring 2001 season at the Barbican, Tantalus will visit Manchester, Nottingham, Milton Keynes, Newcastle and Norwich.

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