South Pacific opens in The Buell Theatre one week from today! A stunning reinvention produced by Lincoln Center Theater, South Pacific swept the 2008 Tony Awards, winning seven honors including Best Musical Revival and Best Director. Catch a glimpse of the show:
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It’s alive! Young Frankenstein opens at The Buell Theatre in just three weeks, and our hair is standing on end in anticipation. Here, Mel Brooks personally invites you to the show:
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Fiddler on the Roof opens tonight in the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, and we fully intend to have you humming “If I were a rich man” for the next six months! For today’s YouTube Tuesday, we bring you some scenes from the production, which features Broadway’s Harvey Fierstein:
Tradition!
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With only a few performance left of Mariela in the Desert, the Denver Center Theatre Company’s 2010 Season is coming to a close. But, not without a last hurrah. Check out these out takes from last week’s hilarious new “10 Minutes to Curtain” episode:
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Tomorrow is the day we’ve all been waiting for – opening night of In the Heights in Denver! This winner of four 2008 Tony Awards including Best Musical is a sensational new show about chasing your dreams and finding your true home.
This first video features footage of the In the Heights touring cast in rehearsal. These are the folks we’ll see in Denver tomorrow night:
Next video, the title song performed on Broadway by the show’s creator and star, Lin Manuel-Miranda:
And finally, the sweet music video announcing the In the Heights tour:
In the Heights plays in The Buell Theatre April 28 through May 9. Don’t miss it!
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Featured this week for “YouTube Tuesday” is Mariela in the Desert, a beautiful story of a family of Mexican Artists living in the desert north of Mexico City, playing now through May 15 in The Ricketson Theatre. Here are scenes from the play:
In this segment from the latest “10 Minute to Curtain” episode, Playwright Karen Zacarías and director Bruce Sevy talk about the process of revisiting, revising, and “re-premiering” Mariela in the Desert:
Catch more Mariela in the Desert videos on YouTube.
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It’s Merle Haggard’s 73rd Birthday AND the first Tuesday of April, which means it’s time for a new episode of “10 Minutes to Curtain”!
This month, go behind-the-scenes with playwright Karen Zacarías to learn about the “re-premiere” of Mariela in the Desert, learn from actor John Hutton about the challenges of playing Iago in Othello, find out what everyone backstage at Mama Hated Diesels is talking about, and get a preview of the Theatre Company’s 2010-2011 Season with Artistic Director Kent Thompson.
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Just one more day until Cirque Dreams: Illumination opens in the Ellie Caulkins Opera House! Here’s a preview of the show, which promises phenomenol thrills of disbelief to audiences of all ages:
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We’re getting pumped about the first performance of Othello on Friday! For today’s “YouTube Tuesday” we’re featuring videos of Othello costume designer Bill Black. In this video, Bill explains his approach to costuming the title character:
Did you know that this production of Othello is set at the turn of the 20th century? Here, Bill explains the costuming differences between setting the play in this time era and setting it in the traditional Renaissance era:
For more about Othello, see Meghan Wolf’s posts about rehearsing for the role of Desdemona or visit our official website.
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For today’s YouTube Tuesday, Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman talk about how they created the world premiere musical, Mama Hated Deisels, a rambunctious musical portrait of America’s long-distance truckers. The first preview performance, which is also the $10 Student Night, is on Friday!
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