This exhibition basketball team combines athleticism, theatre, and comedy. Over the years, they have played at more than 26,000 exhibition games in 122 countries and territories providing great family entertainment since 1926! Their signature song, “Sweet Georgia Brown,” is a crowd favorite. Be sure to catch them at one of their multiple performances in Colorado this month!
This Portland indie rock band has been touring since 2007. They describe their style as “dance music that you can actually listen to, good pop songs…”
This American trio performs music from Bach to Brahms, and plays originals of everything from bluegrass to folk tunes, Katy Perry and more!
A weekend of frosty hilarity featuring 30 live bands and outrageous events like coffin races, costumed polar plunging, and much more.
The Colorado Symphony is bringing the massively popular Pokémon to a new stage. With a full orchestra and visuals from the classic and newer versions of the game, this is an event for all ages that you don’t want to miss.
Best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, Art is back on stage for a resurgence of his music.
BY OLIVIA CRIST
Colorado has become a force to be reckoned with when it comes to entertainment. From theatre, comedy shows and beyond there is just so much to see in Colorado!
The Denver Center for the Preforming Arts
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts offers up great performances of comedy, musicals and dramas. In fact, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts won a Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Here is a brief overview of what is currently playing at The Denver Center. Be sure to check it out!
Under Musical (2017)
An American In Paris (March 8-March 19) Buell Theatre
Beth Malone: So Far (April 15) Garner Galleria Theatre
Frozen (August 17- October 1) Buell Theatre
Under Comedy (2017)
An Act of God (October 15-April 8) Garner Galleria Theatre
Cult Following: Rated G (April 29- May 13) The Jones
Kinky Boots (March 21-March 26) Buell Theatre
Under Drama (2017)
Disgraced (March 31-May 7) Ricketson Theatre
The Last Five Years in Concert (May 22) Seawell Ballroom
Two Degrees (February 3-March 12) The Jones
**www.denvercenter.org**
Comedy Works Denver
Perhaps you’re in the mood to see a stand up comedy show. Comedy Works Denver has some really fabulous stand up comedy. This month you can buy tickets to go see Fortune Feimster, named Variety’s “Top 10 Comics to Watch” in 2014. Fortune wrote and preformed on the Chelsea Lately Show and is a series regular on The Mindy Project. Also this month you can buy a ticket to see David Spade. David Spade has had an impressive career in comedy. He starred in movies such as Grown Ups 2 and Tommy Boy. Spade also starred on the hit sitcom 8 Simple Rules and the popular CBS Comedy Series Rules of Engagement.
Check out www.comedyworks.com
Colorado Shakespeare Festival
If you are looking for that classic Shakespearian theatre experience, look no further than the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. “The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is a professional theatre company in association with the University of Colorado Boulder. Since 1958 the festival has celebrated and explored Shakespeare and his continuing influence and vitality through productions of superior artistic quality, education and community engagement.” The festival starts this summer in June and goes on until August of this year.
Check out their website and grab those tickets ahead of time!
www.coloradoshakes.org
With four tony awards from its Broadway run, Christopher Wheeldon’s reimagining of the Gershwin musical repurposes the story for a modern audience, retaining its delicate romantic air while grounding the tale in a more realistic post-war landscape. Captivating audience and critics, An American in Paris has becomes the most honored Broadway musical of 2015.
Hailed by critics and fans as the “Guitar Event of the Year,” This multi-artist celebration is now in its second decade of delighting Jimi Hendrix followers. The show includes extraordinary musicians, such as Buddy Guy and Billy Cox.
Join associate conductor Dragon & music director Kahane for this Brahms piano concerto. One can expect a full gamut of emotions, from meditation on morality to lightness.