Denver Center Attractions News

Denver Center Attractions presents the national tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, at The Buell Theatre June 19-July 1. Tickets are now on sale at www.denvercenter.org/addamsfamily or by calling 303.893.4100.

Denver is chock full of outdoor activities and events this summer and we area also brimming with fabulous shows! Here are five shows that should not be missed this summer...

The national tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new musical comedy based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, makes its Denver premiere at The Buell Theatre June 19-July 1. Tickets are now on sale.

Kent Thompson, Artistic Director for the Denver Center Theatre Company (DCTC), announced today the addition of the world premiere of SENSE & SENSIBILITY THE MUSICAL to the 2012/13 season line up, running April 5 - May 26 in The Stage Theatre. The play was a huge hit with audiences at the 2012 Colorado New Play Summit when it was workshopped there earlier this year.

On the 20th Anniversary of The Garner Galleria Theatre (April 6), Denver Center Attractions announces an eight-week extension of I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE. Tickets are now on sale through August 19 at www.denvercenter.org or by calling 303.893.4100.

Denver Center Attractions announces a day-of-performance lottery for WICKED. Each day, 2½ hours prior to each performance, patrons at The Buell Theatre box office will enter their names into a lottery drum. Thirty minutes later, names will be drawn for a limited number of orchestra seats at $25 each, cash only.

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts' popular Women with Hattitude luncheon returns for Act Seven, Thursday May 3, at 11:30am in the Seawell Grand Ballroom. More than $20,000 will be raised to support the Women's Voices Fund at the Denver Center Theatre Company, which enables the company to commission and produce plays written by women. Tickets are now on sale at www.denvercenter.org/hattitude or by calling 303.446.4815.

JERSEY BOYS made its sell-out premiere in Denver in 2008. The Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, is "working its way back" to the Buell Theatre July 17-August 11. Tickets are on sale at www.denvercenter.org or by calling 303.893.4100.

Monday, April 23, at 8pm the National Touring Company of WICKED will host "THE WICKED ROCKY HORROR SHOW", a staged concert performance of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show - Book, music & lyrics by Richard O'Brien. Held at Denver's historic Ogden Theatre, the event will feature the company of WICKED. The net proceeds of this event will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Project Angel Heart.

WICKED, Broadway's biggest blockbuster returns for a fourth engagement at the Buell Theatre April 11-May 20. Patrons can get a sneak peek with the World of WICKED at Cherry Creek Shopping Center from March 16 through April 15. Tickets for the return engagement of WICKED at the Buell Theatre are on sale at www.denvercenter.org or by calling 303.893.4100.

Denver Center Attractions welcomes home James May, Denver native, as Cogsworth in DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Produced by NETworks Presentations, this theatrical production will come to life on stage at the Buell Theatre March 14-18. Tickets are now on sale at www.denvercenter.org or by calling 303.893.4100.

Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT, the two-time Tony Award®-winning Broadway hit, will play The Buell Theatre March 6 - March 11, 2012. Tickets are now on sale at www.denvercenter.org or by calling 303.893.4100.

Denver Center Attractions welcomes home James May, Denver native, as Cogsworth in DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Produced by NETworks Presentations, this theatrical production will come to life on stage at the Buell Theatre March 14-18. Tickets are now on sale at www.denvercenter.org or by calling 303.893.4100.

Casting has been announced for the upcoming North American tour of Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT, the two-time Tony Award®-winning Broadway hit called "wonderfully raucous" and "emotionally charged" by The New York Times, which will play The Buell Theatre March 6 - March 11, 2012. Tickets are now on sale at www.denvercenter.org or by calling 303.893.4100.

Denver Center Attractions presents I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE, at the Garner Galleria Theatre through June 24. See a video montage of the production below!

Denver Center Attractions presents I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE, at the Garner Galleria Theatre through June 24. I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE opened to positive reviews on June 29, 2000 becoming Denver's longest running musical by 2005. Tickets are now on sale at www.denvercenter.org or by calling 303.893.4100.

Sixteen years ago, Michael Flatley created and launched LORD OF THE DANCE, the world's highest grossing Irish dance show selling out arenas and theatres today. Presented by MagicSpace Entertainment and Global Entertainment Group, LORD OF THE DANCE opens in Denver at the Buell Theatre this Friday, February 17, for five performances only. Tickets are now on sale at www.denvercenter.org or by calling 303.893.4100.

Sixteen years ago, Michael Flatley created and launched LORD OF THE DANCE, the world's highest grossing Irish dance show selling out arenas and theatres today. Presented by MagicSpace Entertainment and Global Entertainment Group, LORD OF THE DANCE opens in Denver at the Buell Theatre this Friday, February 17, for five performances only. Tickets are now on sale at www.denvercenter.org or by calling 303.893.4100.

Broadway's biggest blockbuster, will return for a fourth engagement at the Buell Theatre April 11-May 20. Tickets for the return engagement are now on sale at www.denvercenter.org or by calling 303.893.4100.

The Denver Center Theatre Company, in partnership with Rocky Mountain PBS' Women and Girls Lead Initiative, will host its second Town Hall Meeting at the station's downtown Denver location (1089 Bannock St.) on January 28 from 10am-5pm in conjunction with the opening of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW.