Love makes fools of us all. Lean into the comedy of it with A Little Night Music, which traces the plotting, flirting, and foibles of three affluent couples in circa-1900 Sweden. In the perpetual twilight of the Nordic summer, lovers waltz in and out of each other’s lives and arms during a weekend romp in […]
Please note: Restaurant hours, locations, and menus are subject change, so please visit the restaurant website or call in advance of visiting. Clyde’s Sandwiches At Clyde’s, Lynn Nottage’s fictional diner, the motley kitchen crew dishes out fantastical sandwiches. You’ll crave the skirt steak with peach chutney on a cheddar biscuit. In other words, eating before […]
Jamil Jude is the Artistic Director of True Colors Theatre Company in Atlanta, GA. He returns to the DCPA Theatre Company to direct the 2023 production of Clyde’s following the tremendous success of Choir Boy last season. DCPA: Tell us about how you came to this play at the Denver Center. JAMIL JUDE: When Chris […]
Since the mid-1980s, the DCPA Theatre Company has offered a series of free post-show discussions called “Talkbacks.” In fact, nearly 320,000 students and patrons have participated in these conversations…yet they remain relatively unknown to our audiences. As we work to engage our community in a variety of ways, we feel it’s time to draw Talkbacks […]
A lot of work happens behind the scenes for a Denver Center Theatre Company production—quite literally. In the video below, Scenic Designer Robert Mark Morgan talks through his process of creating the perfect backdrop to A Little Night Music.
“1900s Sweden, the middle of summer, the sun never sets, and everyone is falling in love…but not always with the right person,” says Chris Coleman, Artistic Director of the Denver Center Theatre Company and Director of the 2023/24 season opener A Little Night Music. The beloved Stephen Sondheim musical will open September 1 in the […]
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) Theatre Company is excited to announce the full casting and creative team for the enchanting Stephen Sondheim musical A Little Night Music. “The Theatre Company season is kicking off with a beloved musical filled with love, comedy and beautiful music by one of the greatest composers of […]
DCPA: What was your first experience with A Little Night Music? Chris Coleman (CC): I’ve actually never seen a production! I just started listening to the soundtrack when I was in college and fell in love with it. “A Weekend in the Country” stuck in my head. I don’t know that I understood fully what […]
Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, a musical adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s 1955 film Smiles of a Summer Night, was nominated for a dozen Tony Awards wining six including Best Musical when it debuted a half-century ago. Set in 1900 Sweden, it remains a sharp commentary on romantic relationships — part witty rom-com, part melancholy […]
Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music – playing at the Wolf Theatre September 1 through October 8 – exhibits love affairs, new romances and second chances with wit, regret and desire. Sondheim, like his work, was a complex, yet riveting lyricist. His catalog stretches from TV shows to songs for West Side Story, Assassins, Sweeney […]