This Month
WHEN: Thru June 10, 2023
WHERE: Curious Theatre Company
When a senseless act of violence changes her life forever, a liberal college professor finds herself inexplicably drawn to the very weapon used to perpetrate the crime—and to the irresistible feeling of power that comes from holding life and death in her hands. Peering down the barrel of a uniquely American crisis, she begins to suspect that when it comes to gun violence, we’re all part of the problem.
WHEN: Thru June 17, 2023
WHERE: Town Hall Arts Center, Littleton
Huey, a white man living in Memphis in the 1950s, becomes obsessed with the rock 'n’ roll sound of a group of Black musicians, particularly that of Felicia, a singer ready for her big break. Huey makes it his mission to give the artists air time by becoming a radio DJ and defying the restrictions of the white-controlled radio stations. As romance blooms between Huey and Felicia, so does the popularity and acceptance of the music. This energizing musical depicting the unifying power of music is a story loosely based on real-life DJ legend Dewey Phillips.
WHEN: Thru June 18, 2023
WHERE: Singleton Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex
Combine a film masterpiece by Alfred Hitchcock with a juicy spy novel and add a large splash of Monty Python humor. The result? A fast-paced whodunit with four versatile actors portraying more than 50 roles! It's London in 1935, and the rather dull Richard Hannay encounters a woman who claims to be a spy. When she is suddenly murdered, Richard finds himself the focus of a nationwide manhunt led by a mysterious organization called “The 39 Steps.” A fresh take on the classic adventure-comedy, this is theatre at its best: an absurd, delightful journey that can only be brought to life on stage.
WHEN: Thru Oct. 15, 2023
WHERE: Garner Galleria Theatre & Bar
This intimate cabaret experience explores the life and times of R&B legend Ruth Brown through story and song, accompanied by a five-piece jazz band. Ruth Brown is a pioneer in the development of rock, blues and jazz, a Tony and Grammy award-winner and an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. A true original who showed grace and strength with a great sense of humor, Ruth Brown took the stage with as much talent as she did warmth. Here’s to Ruth!
WHEN: June 10–Sept. 30, 2023
WHERE: Boulder's Dinner Theatre, Boulder
Based on the true story of the Trapp Family Singers, this Broadway classic is a tale of courage and love. The winner of several Tony awards, including Best Musical, "The Sound of Music" was the final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein.
WHEN: June 11, June 13, June 17, June 18, June 24–25, June 29–30, July 12, July 15, July 19, July 22–23, July 28–28, July 30, Aug. 2–3, Aug. Aug. 10 and Aug. 13, 2023
WHERE: Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, CU Boulder
Since 1958, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival has delighted audiences with professional theatre on the CU Boulder campus. Complete your Colorado summer with Shakespeare under the stars in the historic Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre. Beatrice and Benedick love to bicker. The only thing they might learn to love more? Each other. (They just don’t know it yet!) In this rollicking lampoon of relationships, romance and the influence of town gossip, Shakespeare delivers a near-perfect enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy.
WHEN: June 13–18, 2023
WHERE: Buell Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex
From the producer of "The Lion King" comes the timeless story of "Aladdin," a thrilling new production filled with unforgettable beauty, magic, comedy and breathtaking spectacle. It’s an extraordinary theatrical event where one lamp and three wishes make the possibilities infinite.
WHEN: June 21–July 2, 2023
WHERE: Buell Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex
This outrageous musical comedy follows the adventures of a mismatched pair of Mormon missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. With standing room only productions in London, on Broadway and across North America, the nine-time Tony Award®-winning Best Musical "The Book of Mormon" has truly become an international sensation.
WHEN: June 23–July 16, 2023
WHERE: PACE Center, Parker
A musical comedy featuring the most-loved Jimmy Buffett classics, including “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” “Margaritaville,” “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere,” “Fins,” “Volcano” and many more. This hilarious, heartwarming musical is the party you’ve been waiting for!
WHEN: June 24 and 30; July 2, 8, 12, 15, 21, 28 and 30; Aug. 2 and 5, 2023
WHERE: Central City Opera House, Central City
Brush up on your Shakespeare and join Central City Opera for the 2023 Summer Festival! Romance and tragedy come together in one operatic masterpiece, "Romeo and Juliet," William Shakespeare’s famous love story told through the romantic melodies of Charles Gounod. Determined to be together, Romeo and Juliet find themselves caught between the rival families of their respective houses. The Montagues and Capulets are forced to reconcile their ongoing feud when the two lovestruck teenagers meet a tragic end.
WHEN: June 24–25, June 30–July 1, July 8–9, July 15–16, July 26–27, July 30, Aug. 4–5 and Aug. 11–12, 2023
WHERE: Roe Green Theatre, CU Boulder
Since 1958, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival has delighted audiences with professional theatre on the CU Boulder campus. Complete your Colorado summer with Shakespeare in the elegant indoor Roe Green Theatre. When King Leontes inexplicably accuses his pregnant wife of infidelity he makes a cruel, rash decision that he must spend two decades atoning for. Shakespeare’s nuanced epic explores both the heartrending corrosion of jealousy and the joyous redemption of forgiveness. Borrowing elements from fantasy and mythology, “The Winter’s Tale” weaves an audacious tapestry you have to experience to believe.
Coming Soon
WHEN: July 1, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 22, 26 and 29; Aug. 5, 2023
WHERE: Central City Opera House, Central City
Brush up on your Shakespeare and join Central City Opera for the 2023 Summer Festival! Passions run high in this delightful Cole Porter musical as leading lady Lilli Vanessi and her ex-husband, actor/director Fred Graham, battle onstage and off in a production of Shakespeare’s "The Taming of the Shrew." With romance, comedy, sophistication, and behind-the-scenes high jinks, "Kiss Me, Kate" combines the irreverent humor of four brilliant writers: Sam and Bella Spewack, Cole Porter and William Shakespeare.
WHEN: July 15, 19, 23 and 29; Aug. 4 and 6, 2023
WHERE: Central City Opera House, Central City
Brush up on your Shakespeare and join Central City Opera for the 2023 Summer Festival! In Gioachino Rossini’s exquisite masterpiece "Othello," the complex relationship formed by Othello and Desdemona is challenged and interfered with by the world around them, leading to jealousy, manipulation, vengeance and self-destruction.
WHEN: Aug. 16–27, 2023
WHERE: Buell Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex
Joy, love, heartache, strength, wisdom, catharsis, LIFE—everything we’ve been waiting to see in a Broadway show—is here in the exhilarating, fearless new musical based on Alanis Morissette’s world-changing music. You live, you learn, you remember what it’s like to feel truly human… at "Jagged Little Pill."
WHEN: Sept. 5–17, 2023
WHERE: Buell Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex
It’s showtime! Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, this hilarious musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes.
WHEN: Sept. 8–9, 2023
WHERE: Newman Center for Performing Arts
Based on the worldwide best-selling hit series by Dav Pilkey, "Dog Man: The Musical" is a hilarious and heartwarming new production following the chronicles of Dog Man, who with the head of a dog and the body of a policeman, loves to fight crime and chew on the furniture. But while trying his best to be a good boy, can he save the city from Flippy the cyborg fish and his army of Beasty Buildings, or catch Petey, the world's most evil cat? Find out in this epic musical adventure, recommended for ages 6–10.
WHEN: Sept. 22–23, 2023
WHERE: Newman Center for Performing Arts
The Martha Graham Dance Company has been a world leader in the evolving art form of modern dance since its founding in 1926. In anticipation of their centennial in 2026, the company is embarking on a three-year celebration of Graham's work and legacy. Works to be performed include classic Graham repertoire such as "Diversion of Angels" (1948), as well as "CAVE" (2022), a thrilling new work by Hofesh Shechter created for the Graham company.
WHEN: Sept. 27, 2023
WHERE: Newman Center for Performing Arts
Okaidja Afroso's distinct musical sound hails from the shores of Ghana, combining ancestral traditions and contemporary African music. His "Jaku Mumor" project dives into his cultural roots by collaborating with Gadangme fishermen to share the full artistry of their a cappella singing and chants that awaken the spirt of the human soul.
WHEN: Sept. 30, 2023
WHERE: Newman Center for Performing Arts
Virtuoso pianist Vijay Iyer, Grammy-winner Arooj Aftab and multi-instrumentalist Shazhad Ismaily are three U.S.-based South Asian artists forging a singular voice that draws upon their musical backgrounds to create a lush and haunting soundscape of meditation and yearning. Rolling Stone calls their just-released album, "Love in Exile," "like nothing else out there."
WHEN: Oct. 25, 2023
WHERE: Newman Center for Performing Arts
Winner of the 2023 Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best New Artist, 23-year-old Bronx native Samara Joy is making her claim to join the likes of Sarah, Ella and Billie as the next mononymous jazz singing sensation recorded on the Verve Records label. Her voice, rich and velvety yet precociously refined, has already earned her fans like Anita Baker and Regina King, appearances on the TODAY Show, The Tonight Show w/Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show w/Stephen Colbert, CBS Mornings, MSNBC, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, Drew Barrymore, etc., in addition to millions of likes on TikTok, cementing her status as perhaps the first Gen Z jazz singing star.
WHEN: Oct. 18–29, 2023
WHERE: Buell Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex
Her voice is undeniable. Her fire is unstoppable. Her triumph is unlike any other. An uplifting comeback story like no other, "TINA – The Tina Turner Musical" is the inspiring journey of a woman who broke barriers and became the Queen of Rock n’ Roll.
WHEN: Nov. 21–26, 2023
WHERE: Buell Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex
Holding onto hope when times are tough can take an awful lot of determination. And sometimes, an awful lot of determination comes in a surprisingly small package. Little Orphan Annie has reminded generations of theatergoers that sunshine is always right around the corner, and now the best-loved musical of all time is set to return in a new production—just as you remember it and just when we need it most.
WHEN: Dec. 5–24, 2023
WHERE: Buell Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex
From Tudor queens to pop icons, the six wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a euphoric celebration of 21st century girl power. This new original musical is the global sensation that everyone is losing their head over!
WHEN: Feb. 13–25, 2024
WHERE: Buell Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex
"Message In A Bottle" is a spectacular new dance-theatre show from triple-Olivier Award nominee Kate Prince, set to the iconic hits of 17-time Grammy Award-winning artist Sting, including “Every Breath You Take,” “Roxanne,” “Walking On The Moon” and more.
WHEN: April 10–28, 2024
WHERE: Buell Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex
The music. The showmanship. The icon. Now, the unparalleled artistry of the greatest entertainer of all time comes to Denver as "MJ," the Tony Award®-winning new musical centering on the making of the 1992 Dangerous Tour, begins a tour of its own. "MJ" is startin’ somethin’ as it makes its Colorado premiere at the Buell in April 2024.
WHEN: July 24–Aug. 25, 2024
WHERE: Buell Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex
"WICKED," the Broadway sensation, looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald-green skin—smart, fiery, misunderstood and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships…until the world decides to call one “good,” and the other one “wicked.”
