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A family of three, mother father and a young girl, walk past the front of the Westcliffe Center for the Performing Arts.

Colorado Arts Spotlight: Shakespeare in the Sangres, a pop-up art museum, dance inspired by a near-death experience and things to do this weekend

By Lauren Antonoff Hart

A woman passionately plays a large frame drum on stage, eyes closed, wearing a blue top and headband.

Indigenous traditions meet musical theater in new production exploring environmental justice

Performer Casey Klopp at a rehearsal for Boulder Opera's "The Adventures of Pinocchio"

Boulder Opera transforms ‘Pinocchio’ into a modern opera for the family

Santa comes to Shabbat dinner in Venue Theatre's production of "Miracle in Miami."

Venue Theatre’s ‘Miracle in Miami’ combines a young cast with Santa in a mid-life crisis for an unusual holiday offering

Michael Shayan, playwright and star of ‘Avaaz,’ dressed as his Iranian mother, Roya. The stage is adorned for a traditional Nowruz celebrations with long flowing fabrics and chandeliers.

Iranian American play breaks ground in Denver theater with mother-son story ‘Avaaz’

The cast of The Ballot of Paola Aguilar

Politics and identity collide in the comedy ‘The Ballot of Paola Aguilar’

An actor playing Alexander Hamilton sits at a desk surrounded by players from the company in the touring production of the musical Hamilton.

Colorado Arts Spotlight, Oct. 17 – 20: Hamilton, an Indigenous art market and more

Colorado Arts Spotlight, Oct. 10 – 13: Día de Muertos celebrations, haunted houses and more

Two actors on a sparse set -- one yellow riser and a fence in the background -- for the premiere production of "Stockade" at Local Theater Company in Boulder.

World War II’s hidden queer history comes to light in ‘Stockade’ at Local Theater Company

Actors in a scene from the Arvada Center's "Dracula, a Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really", Oct. 2024.

Arvada Center reimagines ‘Dracula’ with humor and gender-swapped roles

two little girls walking costumed corgis in a parade

Colorado Arts Spotlight, Oct. 3 – 6: Tour de Corgi, Art on the Corner and more

Actor Ty Fanning holds a skull in a scene from the Denver Center Theatre Company's 2024 production of Hamlet.

Denver Center’s ‘Hamlet’ reinvents Shakespeare’s classic with young lead and viking-inspired setting”

Cast members gather for a selfie in what apears to be a birthday party scene in the Broadway musical "Kimberly Akimbo"

Colorado Arts Spotlight, Sept. 27-29: Opera, oddities, a silent film festival and more

A Beaver Creek Oktoberfest stein posed creek side with greenery and a path in the background.

Colorado Arts Spotlight: Things to do this Labor Day Weekend

Jeremy Davis: Bringing Olaf from Disney’s ‘Frozen’ to life in while studying at DU

The cast of the Broadway musical Suffs waves underneath a banner stating "National American Woman Suffrage Association 1913"

Actor Jenna Bainbridge: Trailblazing her way from Colorado to Broadway

In the dynamic world of theater, a Colorado musical finds its way to New York

Billie McBride, left, and Anne Oberbroeckling at rehearsal for “The Heartbeat of the Sun” at the Cherry Creek Theatre.

Decades of friendship, on stage and off, dramatized in new work at Cherry Creek Theatre

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