FALL FRONT RANGE PERFORMING ARTS PREVIEW

Arts organizations explode with creativity during 2023 and beyond

Denver

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts opens its season in August with the Alanis Morissette musical, “Jagged Little Pill.” This fall also brings “Beetlejuice,” “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” “Mamma Mia,” “Annie” and “Six,” based on the six wives of Henry VIII.

Also at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, the Ellie Caulkins Opera House will stage the Opera Colorado production of Mozart’s tragi-comedy about womanizer Don Giovanni. The Ellie also hosts the legendary Cleo Parker Robinson Dance in September.

The Boettcher Concert Hall is one of the larger venues at the arts complex, and is home to the Colorado Symphony. The orchestra’s new season ranges from classics such as Beethoven’s Fifth to fresh collaborations with Audra McDonald, Renée Fleming and Stewart Copeland of the Police. This summer, the symphony also continues to push the envelope of classical performance by playing shows at Red Rocks with various artists, including Lyle Lovett, Al Green, Cypress Hill and Portugal. The Man.

The Colorado Ballet has two classics coming in the fall: “Swan Lake” and “The Nutcracker.” Spring ballets include the Denver premiere of “Jekyll & Hyde” and the long-awaited return of “Coppélia.”

The Denver Philharmonic Orchestra will open its 76th season this fall in the historic Central Presbyterian Church.

Metro Area

The Lakewood Cultural Center presents a diverse summer concert series in July that includes Pandas & People, Nosotros and Chris Daniels & The Kings with Freddi Gowdy.

The Lone Tree Arts Center stages “Dreamgirls” in October, “Home for the Holidays” in December, and a wide range of touring artists, including R&B singer Lannie Counts.

The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities presents “The Laramie Project” and “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” starting in September. The Center also hosts the Colorado Symphony in July, and touring artists all year.

The Town Hall Arts Center in Littleton opens its season on the main stage with “All Shook Up,” the Elvis Presley jukebox musical; and also has “The Last Session” and “Matilda The Musical.”

Boulder

Colorado Shakespeare Festival continues through mid-August, with performances of “King Lear,” opens in late September with

“Much Ado About Nothing” and more.

Classical performances continue at the historic Chautauqua Auditorium through Aug. 6. The Colorado Music Festival delivers guest performances by Joshua Bell, a celebration of Rachmaninoff, a world premiere symphony about JFK’s final speech, and more.

Coming to the CU Boulder campus in the fall is Lila Downs. Also scheduled is Nobuntu, a Zimbabwe a cappella group, as well as a Disney jazz tribute and more.

Boulder Phil opens its season in October with a tribute to Benjamin Britten, and also performs Tchaikovsky, Boulanger, Saint-Saëns and a performance with Cirque de la Symphonie.

The Boulder Ballet season opens in late September with “Connection” at Chautauqua Auditorium, and the group also performs “Limbic” and “Les Sylphides.” The Boulder Phil and the Ballet company combine forces again in November for “The Nutcracker.”

Colorado Springs

The Broadmoor Art Academy College opens the 2023 season with Stephen King’s “Misery,” and also stages the silly “Balloonacy” and “Elf, the Musical” later this year.

Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew” comes to the Ent Center for the Arts at UCCS performances yet to be announced.

at Colorado in July, along with fall

It’s a superhero showdown in October when the Colorado Springs Philharmonic DC.” In November, the orchestra performs soul classics with Capathia Jenkins. The season also includes works by Brahms, Mozart, Prokofiev and more.

Northern Colorado

presents “Marvel vs.

The OpenStage Theatre Company presents “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” at the Lincoln Center in July.

in Fort Collins presents “Seussical

In Greeley, the Stampede Troupe Jr.” in July, at the Union Colony Civic Center, which also hosts fall performances by country stars Martina McBride and Josh Turner.

For specific dates and more upcoming events, check out our comprehensive entertainment calendar in the middle of this magazine. And for a deeper season preview, visit ThirstColorado.com.