University of Denver men's basketball team junior guard Travis Hallam (Mesquite, Texas) and sophomore guard Chase Hallam (Mesquite, Texas) both had 13 points to lead the Pioneers in a 65-52 win over Louisiana-Lafayette in the 2010-11 Sun Belt Conference opener at Magness Arena on Thursday night.
“This was big for our guys tonight,” head coach Joe Scott said. “We battled and we fought the whole game, and you have to give credit to our guys down the stretch because they did the things it takes to win.”
The Pioneers continue Sun Belt Conference play on Sunday, Jan. 2 by hosting Arkansas-Little Rock at Magness Arena at 2:30 p.m. MT. The game can be seen live on Pioneer Vision and heard on Mile High Sports Radio AM 1510 and FM 93.7, as well as http://www.denverpioneers.com/.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
THE PULITZER PRIZE AND TONY AWARD-WINNING PLAT AT THE ELLIE CAULKINS
JANUARY 4-16, 2011
DENVER — The startling new musical NEXT TO NORMAL, winner of the 2010
Pulitzer Prize for Drama, will start the Denver Center Attractions 2011 season on an
dramatic high note, playing the Ellie Caulkins Opera House January 4–16. Denver
audiences will have the privilege of seeing Alice Ripley reprise the role she created on
Broadway, for which she won the 2009 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Single
tickets go on sale Sunday, November 28 at www.denvercenter.org or by phone and
walk-up Monday, November 29 at 10am.
Alice Ripley, winner of the 2009 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for NEXT TO
NORMAL, will reprise her acclaimed performance in the musical’s engagement in Denver.
NEXT TO NORMAL also features Asa Somers (Dan), Curt Hansen (Gabe), Emma
Hunton (Natalie), Jeremy Kushnier (Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine) and Preston Sadleir (Henry).
Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and three 2009 Tony Awards – Best Score,
Best Actress in a Musical, and Best Orchestrations – NEXT TO NORMAL features music
by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, and direction by Michael Greif. With a
thrilling contemporary score, NEXT TO NORMAL is an emotional powerhouse of a
musical about a family trying to take care of themselves and each other.
NEXT TO NORMAL was chosen as “one of the year’s ten best” by The New York Times,
The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Time Out New York, New York Daily News, The
Bergen Record, and NY1 – more than any other musical from that season.
Single tickets for NEXT TO NORMAL start at just $20. To charge by phone, call
Denver Center Ticket Services at 303.893.4100. TTY (for Deaf and hard-of-hearing
patrons): 303.893.9582. Groups of 15 or more, please call 303.446.4829. Tickets may also
be purchased at the Denver Center Ticket Office, located at the Helen Bonfils Theatre
Complex Lobby. Buy and print online at www.denvercenter.org.
NEXT TO NORMAL is part of the Denver Center Attractions 2011 season, which is
generously supported by United Airlines and Vectra Bank. Media sponsorship for DCA is
provided by The Denver Post, CBS4 and Denver Magazine. The Denver Center for the
Performing Arts is supported in part by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District. Please
visit our website at www.denvercenter.org.
For more information on NEXT TO NORMAL, visit http://www.nexttonormal.com/
PERFORMANCE DATES January 4-16
Tuesday– Sunday 8pm
Saturday & Sunday 2pm
Friday, December 10, 2010
University of Denver Men's Basketball Team (2-7) vs. Portland (7-3)
Saturday, December 11, 2010 • 4 p.m. MT
Magness Arena (7,200) • Denver, Colo.
TV: FSN Rocky Mountain • Radio: AM 1510 & FM 93.7 • Web: http://www.denverpioneers.com/
About Denver: The Pioneers return nine players, including four starters and seven of their top eight scorers, from last season’s squad that went 19-13 overall, 10-8 in the SBC and 15-1 at home. Denver was picked third in the Sun Belt Conference West Division in the annual coaches’ preseason poll. Through nine games, junior Brian Stafford leads the Pioneers with 14.1 points per game, while sophomore Chase Hallam has averaged 12.0 points and a team-high 2.2 assists per game. Junior Travis Hallam is leading the squad with 3.3 rebounds per game. DU is looking for its second-straight home victory on Saturday.
About Portland: The Pilots were picked to finish fifth in the West Coast Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll, and Jared Stohl was named to the Preseason All-WCC Team. Portland is 7-3 with its three losses coming to Kentucky, Washington State and Washington. UP’s lost 94-72 to the Huskies in Seattle on Dec. 6 in the team’s last game, which snapped a three-game winning streak. Stohl is leading the Pilots with 14.7 points per game, while Luke Sikma is averaging a double-double with 12.3 points and 12.1 rebounds per contest. Nemanja Mitrovic is adding 11.5 points per game.
The Match-up: The all-time series is tied 6-6, but the Pilots have won the past four meetings, including a 72-62 victory in Portland on Dec. 12, 2010.
Last Time Out: The Pioneers fell 77-47 to St. Mary’s at the McKeon Pavilion on Dec. 8. Junior guard Travis Hallam led the Pioneers (2-7) with 12 points, tying his career high, but Denver shot just 37.5 percent (18-of-48) from the field and 21.1 percent (4-of-19) from three-point range. St. Mary’s (7-2) shot a blistering 59.6 percent (28-of-47) from the field and was led by Rob Jones’ 17 points and 10 rebounds. Mitchell Young added 14 points, including 11 in the second half, for the Gaels.
Century Club: Senior guard Kyle Lewis played in his 100th game as a Pioneer on Wednesday against St. Mary’s. Saturday’s game against Portland will mark the 300th game as a head coach for Joe Scott.
Saturday, December 11, 2010 • 4 p.m. MT
Magness Arena (7,200) • Denver, Colo.
TV: FSN Rocky Mountain • Radio: AM 1510 & FM 93.7 • Web: http://www.denverpioneers.com/
About Denver: The Pioneers return nine players, including four starters and seven of their top eight scorers, from last season’s squad that went 19-13 overall, 10-8 in the SBC and 15-1 at home. Denver was picked third in the Sun Belt Conference West Division in the annual coaches’ preseason poll. Through nine games, junior Brian Stafford leads the Pioneers with 14.1 points per game, while sophomore Chase Hallam has averaged 12.0 points and a team-high 2.2 assists per game. Junior Travis Hallam is leading the squad with 3.3 rebounds per game. DU is looking for its second-straight home victory on Saturday.
About Portland: The Pilots were picked to finish fifth in the West Coast Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll, and Jared Stohl was named to the Preseason All-WCC Team. Portland is 7-3 with its three losses coming to Kentucky, Washington State and Washington. UP’s lost 94-72 to the Huskies in Seattle on Dec. 6 in the team’s last game, which snapped a three-game winning streak. Stohl is leading the Pilots with 14.7 points per game, while Luke Sikma is averaging a double-double with 12.3 points and 12.1 rebounds per contest. Nemanja Mitrovic is adding 11.5 points per game.
The Match-up: The all-time series is tied 6-6, but the Pilots have won the past four meetings, including a 72-62 victory in Portland on Dec. 12, 2010.
Last Time Out: The Pioneers fell 77-47 to St. Mary’s at the McKeon Pavilion on Dec. 8. Junior guard Travis Hallam led the Pioneers (2-7) with 12 points, tying his career high, but Denver shot just 37.5 percent (18-of-48) from the field and 21.1 percent (4-of-19) from three-point range. St. Mary’s (7-2) shot a blistering 59.6 percent (28-of-47) from the field and was led by Rob Jones’ 17 points and 10 rebounds. Mitchell Young added 14 points, including 11 in the second half, for the Gaels.
Century Club: Senior guard Kyle Lewis played in his 100th game as a Pioneer on Wednesday against St. Mary’s. Saturday’s game against Portland will mark the 300th game as a head coach for Joe Scott.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Joe Scott's University of Denver men's basketball team (1-6) takes on Cal State Northridge (2-5) Saturday, December 4 at DU's Magness Arena. Tip off will be at 4:30 p.m. It will be televised on FSN Rocky Mountain, and on the radio: AM 1510 & FM 93.7. Tickets available at the boxoffice and at http://www.denverpioneers.com/
The Pioneers return nine players, including four starters and seven of their top eight scorers, from last season’s squad that went 19-13 overall, 10-8 in the SBC and 15-1 at home. Denver was picked third in the Sun Belt Conference West Division in the annual coaches’ preseason poll. Through four games, junior Brian Stafford leads the Pioneers with 14.4 points per game, while sophomore Chase Hallam has averaged 12.7 points and a team-high 3.2 assists per game. Freshman Chris Udofia is leading the squad with 3.9 rebounds per game. DU enters Wednesday’s game looking to rebound from two-straight losses.
The Cal State Northridge Matadors were picked to eighth in the Big West Conference Preseason Media Poll. CSUN is 2-5 with wins over Vanguard and DePaul. The Matadors enter Saturday’s game on a two-game losing streak to Tulsa (80-63 on Nov. 28) and Air Force (72-63 on Dec. 2). CSUN is led by Rashawn McLemore’s 15.7 points per game, while Lenny Daniel is averaging close to a double-double with 13.7 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. The Matadors are averaging 70.3 points, 36.0 rebounds, 14.3 assists a game and 19.3 turnovers per game.
The series is tied at 1-1 with the Matadors winning 80-53 in Northridge on Dec. 9, 2008, and the Pioneers winning 89-82 last year at Magness Arena.
Last Wednesday the scrappy DU team lost to the three time defending WAS champion powerhouse Utah State. Senior guard Kyle Lewis had a season high 13 points and freshman forward Chris Udofia added 10 more, but it was not enough as the Pioneers fell 61-53. The Pioneers finished 11-of-22 (50.0 percent) from three-point range, but were just 5-of-21 (23.8 percent) from inside the arc.
DU is collecting unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots at all men’s and women’s basketball games, as well as hockey games, through Dec. 18. Donation boxes will be located throughout the Magness Arena concourse.
Saturday’s game against Cal State Northridge will be broadcast live on FSN Rocky Mountain. Tom Helmer (play-by-play) and Greg Lackey (color) will call the action, while Alanna Rizzo reports from the sidelines. The Pioneers are 13-4 in games on FSN Rocky Mountain during head coach Joe Scott’s three years, including a 6-0 mark last season.
The Pioneers return nine players, including four starters and seven of their top eight scorers, from last season’s squad that went 19-13 overall, 10-8 in the SBC and 15-1 at home. Denver was picked third in the Sun Belt Conference West Division in the annual coaches’ preseason poll. Through four games, junior Brian Stafford leads the Pioneers with 14.4 points per game, while sophomore Chase Hallam has averaged 12.7 points and a team-high 3.2 assists per game. Freshman Chris Udofia is leading the squad with 3.9 rebounds per game. DU enters Wednesday’s game looking to rebound from two-straight losses.
The Cal State Northridge Matadors were picked to eighth in the Big West Conference Preseason Media Poll. CSUN is 2-5 with wins over Vanguard and DePaul. The Matadors enter Saturday’s game on a two-game losing streak to Tulsa (80-63 on Nov. 28) and Air Force (72-63 on Dec. 2). CSUN is led by Rashawn McLemore’s 15.7 points per game, while Lenny Daniel is averaging close to a double-double with 13.7 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. The Matadors are averaging 70.3 points, 36.0 rebounds, 14.3 assists a game and 19.3 turnovers per game.
The series is tied at 1-1 with the Matadors winning 80-53 in Northridge on Dec. 9, 2008, and the Pioneers winning 89-82 last year at Magness Arena.
Last Wednesday the scrappy DU team lost to the three time defending WAS champion powerhouse Utah State. Senior guard Kyle Lewis had a season high 13 points and freshman forward Chris Udofia added 10 more, but it was not enough as the Pioneers fell 61-53. The Pioneers finished 11-of-22 (50.0 percent) from three-point range, but were just 5-of-21 (23.8 percent) from inside the arc.
DU is collecting unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots at all men’s and women’s basketball games, as well as hockey games, through Dec. 18. Donation boxes will be located throughout the Magness Arena concourse.
Saturday’s game against Cal State Northridge will be broadcast live on FSN Rocky Mountain. Tom Helmer (play-by-play) and Greg Lackey (color) will call the action, while Alanna Rizzo reports from the sidelines. The Pioneers are 13-4 in games on FSN Rocky Mountain during head coach Joe Scott’s three years, including a 6-0 mark last season.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 • 7 p.m. Joe Scott's University of Denver men's basketball (0-4) vs. Alcorn State. Magness Arena, Denver TV: None • Radio: AM 1510 & FM 93.7 • Web: http://www.denverpioneers.com/
This year the Pioneers return nine players, including four starters and seven of their top eight scorers, from last season’s squad that went 19-13 overall, 10-8 in the SBC and 15-1 at home. Denver was picked third in the Sun Belt Conference West Division in the annual coaches’ preseason poll, but they have yet to win a game. Through four games, junior Brian Stafford leads the Pioneers with 13.7 points per game, while sophomore Chase Hallam has averaged 10.5 points and a team-high 3.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
Tonight one price tickets are available. For $15, fans can get a ticket and all the concessions they care to eat. The only exclusions are alcohol, bottled drinks and prepackaged candy. Regular priced tickets also are still available, starting at $9.
This year the Pioneers return nine players, including four starters and seven of their top eight scorers, from last season’s squad that went 19-13 overall, 10-8 in the SBC and 15-1 at home. Denver was picked third in the Sun Belt Conference West Division in the annual coaches’ preseason poll, but they have yet to win a game. Through four games, junior Brian Stafford leads the Pioneers with 13.7 points per game, while sophomore Chase Hallam has averaged 10.5 points and a team-high 3.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
Tonight one price tickets are available. For $15, fans can get a ticket and all the concessions they care to eat. The only exclusions are alcohol, bottled drinks and prepackaged candy. Regular priced tickets also are still available, starting at $9.
NOTE: This show is recommended for audiences 16+. For a video preview of the show, visit http://www.denvercenter.org/
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts
1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
303.893.4100
Tickets
Monday, November 22, 2010
Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol Opens December 2.
What better way to shine a light in the dark of winter than to enjoy this holiday tradition, the classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge who confronts his ghosts of past, present and future and finally finds redemption. A very special family event for the holiday season, this evergreen story of generosity, kindness and true Christmas spirit comes to joyous life with splendid period sets and costumes. A CHRISTMAS CAROL plays the Stage Theatre through December 24. 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Coach Joe Scott's University of Denver Pioneers men's basketball team returns to Magness Arena to open their home schedule against in-state rival Colorado State on Thursday, November 17 at 7 p.m. MT. Denver has won 15-straight games at Magness Arena, tied for the sixth-longest current home winning streak in the nation. The game will be broadcast live on FSN, as well as AM 1510, FM 93.7 and Pioneer Radio. Follow DU athletics on the web at www.DenverPioneers.com
Monday, November 8, 2010
http://www.denvercenter.org/
Go behind the scenes with 10 Minutes to Curtain, Denver Center's monthly online video series
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
DU Men's Basketball is the Best Sports Entertainment Value in Denver!
The one sport I've been following and writing about here is University of Denver men's basketball. DU's coach Joe Scott returns with his radio show for its fourth year, beginning Nov. 8 from 7-8 p.m. MT on Mile High Sports Radio AM 1510 and FM 93.7, the flagship stations of Denver basketball.
Once again, the show will air on Monday nights throughout the season at The Pioneer restaurant, located at 2401 South University Ave., just south of the DU campus. I don't know why they don't move it to University of Denver trustee Joy Burn's Burnsley Hotel, I think they'd have a much better chance of developing an alumni audience for the show. How about trying it this year once or twice, then make a change next year if it works out.
Back for his 12th season as the voice of DU basketball is Mitch Hyder, who will once again MC each show, which will also be webcast live on Pioneer Vision located at http://www.denverpioneers.com/.
I often join Mitch and Joe and DU basketball fans at the Pioneer restaurant to ask Coach Scott questions, as well as enjoying the great mexican food. Fans that cannot make it to the Pioneer Inn are invited to call in with questions during the live broadcast at 303-297-1510, or send e-mails any time prior to each week's show to michael.kennedy@du.edu.
The Pioneers open their season at the BTI Tournament in Eugene, Ore., on Nov. 12-14, when they will face UC Santa Barbara, Oregon and North Dakota State over the three days, respectively. Denver opens its home schedule against in-state rival Colorado State on Thursday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. MT.
The Denver men's basketball team enters the season with a 15-game home winning streak, tied with NCAA runner up Butler and defending Missouri Valley champion Northern Iowa for the eighth longest in the nation, and have gone 36-7 (.837) at home in Scott's three years as head coach.
Season tickets for the 2010-11 Denver Pioneers are currently on sale. DU continues its commitment to provide the community with the most affordable and exciting entertainment in the Denver metro area. Ticket packages start at $64.
Individual game tickets also are on sale now with prices ranging from $9-$15 for adults. DU students get into the game free with their Pioneer Card.
For ticket information, please visit DenverPioneers.com or call the Pioneer Basketball Ticket Hotline at (303) 871-HOOP.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Do you remember Robert Dubac from his hit one-man show The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?.
I'm told hilarious, intelligent, provocative, and scorching, Robert Dubac’s new solo show Free Range Thinking is comedy on steroids. This time Dubac buckles us up for a fast-paced joy ride over the pot-holed highways of cultural hypocrisy. Armed with intelligent thinking and honest absurdity he crashes head first into the barriers of politics, religion and the media. And he’s not alone. With rapid-fire presentation, he portrays multiple hilarious characters. If you like your satire served up with a clever intelligent edge, don’t miss Robert Dubac’s Free Range Thinking. I'll be there with Mary this Saturday (Oct 30), runs through November
Tickets:
303.893.4100
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I'm told hilarious, intelligent, provocative, and scorching, Robert Dubac’s new solo show Free Range Thinking is comedy on steroids. This time Dubac buckles us up for a fast-paced joy ride over the pot-holed highways of cultural hypocrisy. Armed with intelligent thinking and honest absurdity he crashes head first into the barriers of politics, religion and the media. And he’s not alone. With rapid-fire presentation, he portrays multiple hilarious characters. If you like your satire served up with a clever intelligent edge, don’t miss Robert Dubac’s Free Range Thinking. I'll be there with Mary this Saturday (Oct 30), runs through November
Tickets:
303.893.4100
http://www.denvercenter.org/
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THINGS TO DO FOR HALLOWEEN
Come witness a murder - and then solve it - this Halloween! You are and "extra" in a 1960's movie, "Vampire Circus", when suddenly, there's a murder on the set. You and your table-mates will unravel a story that is not soon to be forgotten. Click here to see KMGH-TV7 interview
WHAT: "HORROR IN HOLLYWOOD" interactive, comedy Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre AND, for Kids (8-14), "MURDER IN THE HAUNTED MANSION".
WHERE: Adams Mystery Playhouse, 2406 Federal Blvd., Denver, 80211
WHEN:
Friday, 10/29 - "Murder in the Haunted Mansion" (for kids) 12:00 noon - 2:15 pm (BYO sack lunch show) - $10 per person
Friday, 10/29 - "Murder in Hollywood" (for adults and families) 6:30pm - 9:30pm - $42 and $46 per person
Saturday, 10/30 - "Murder in the Haunted Mansion" (for kids) 1:00pm - 2:30pm (show only - no sack lunch) - $10 per person
Saturday, 10/30 - ""Horror in Hollywood" (adults&families) 6:30pm-9:30pm - $42 and $46 per person
Sunday, 10/31 - "Horror in Hollywood" (adults&families) 12:00noon - 3:00pm - $42 and $46 per person
TICKETS: Must be purchased in advance, by calling 303-455-1848, or buy online http://www.adamsmysteryplayhouse.com/.
Come witness a murder - and then solve it - this Halloween! You are and "extra" in a 1960's movie, "Vampire Circus", when suddenly, there's a murder on the set. You and your table-mates will unravel a story that is not soon to be forgotten. Click here to see KMGH-TV7 interview
WHAT: "HORROR IN HOLLYWOOD" interactive, comedy Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre AND, for Kids (8-14), "MURDER IN THE HAUNTED MANSION".
WHERE: Adams Mystery Playhouse, 2406 Federal Blvd., Denver, 80211
WHEN:
Friday, 10/29 - "Murder in the Haunted Mansion" (for kids) 12:00 noon - 2:15 pm (BYO sack lunch show) - $10 per person
Friday, 10/29 - "Murder in Hollywood" (for adults and families) 6:30pm - 9:30pm - $42 and $46 per person
Saturday, 10/30 - "Murder in the Haunted Mansion" (for kids) 1:00pm - 2:30pm (show only - no sack lunch) - $10 per person
Saturday, 10/30 - ""Horror in Hollywood" (adults&families) 6:30pm-9:30pm - $42 and $46 per person
Sunday, 10/31 - "Horror in Hollywood" (adults&families) 12:00noon - 3:00pm - $42 and $46 per person
TICKETS: Must be purchased in advance, by calling 303-455-1848, or buy online http://www.adamsmysteryplayhouse.com/.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
What happens when our best loved founding father is miraculously teleported into a 21st century television studio to face questions from an aggressive group of lively panelists? There’s more to Ben Franklin than a kite in a storm, as audiences will discover when they attend Ben Franklin’s Tea Party at THEATREWORKS, 14-17 October in t...he Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater at UCCS. The production features Christopher Lowell as Benjamin Franklin. Tea will be served. Ben Franklin’s Tea Party plays Oct. 14, 15, 16 at 7:30p.m, with a 2:00 matinee on Oct. 16, and a 4:00 p.m. performance on Oct. 17. Each performance will be broadcast live on the on the UCCS cable television channel. For reservations and further information, contact the THEATREWORKS box office at (719) 255-3232 or (719) 255-3232, or online at http://www.theatreworkscs.org/.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Saw Dracula at the DCPA tonight, a powerful performance of a powerful story. Message is still as relevant today, maybe more so, as when the play was written in the late 1800s as we were ramping up the scientific revolution, "there are things in heaven and earth that are not dreamed of in your philosophy" basics that just don't lend themselves to understanding through the scientific method.
Made me very glad to be a Catholic.
Non-christians might find the play tedious and difficult if not impossible to understand. The Denver Post reviewer gave it a bad review.
If you take your spiritual life seriously, I say don't miss it! See more about the play and information about how to get tickets below.
Made me very glad to be a Catholic.
Non-christians might find the play tedious and difficult if not impossible to understand. The Denver Post reviewer gave it a bad review.
If you take your spiritual life seriously, I say don't miss it! See more about the play and information about how to get tickets below.
University of Denver coach Joe Scott talks about the drive for the conference championship this year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPkMP1nodtw&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPkMP1nodtw&feature=channel
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Grease, TIME magazine’s 2007 pick for “#1 musical of the year,” is rockin’ across the country in this new production direct from Broadway. Take a trip to a simpler time of poodle skirts, drive-ins and T-birds. “Bad boy” Danny and “the girl next door” Sandy fall in love all over again to the tune of your favorite songs: “Summer Nights,” “Greased Lightnin’” and “We Go Together” as well as additional songs from the hit movie: “Grease,” “Hopelessly Devoted to You” and “You’re the One That I Want.” So throw your mittens around your kittens and Hand Jive the night away with the show that’ll make you want to stand up and shout, “A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop A-wop-bam-boom!” GREASE plays the Buell Theatre Oct 12-17 only. http://www.denvercenter.org/
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Monday, September 27, 2010
VAMPIRE CLASSIC DEBUTS ON DCTC STAGE
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Dracula plays the Stage Theatre Oct 1 – 31
Opening Night Thurs, Oct 7
Denver — Charles Morey’s thrilling adaptation of Bram Stoker’s DRACULA will play the Denver Center Theatre Company’s Space Theatre October 1-31 (with a press opening night Thursday, October 7.) Tickets for the original vampire tale are on sale now, by calling 303.893.4100 or www.denvercenter.org.
Directed by Gavin Cameron-Webb, the DCTC production of DRACULA promises to be lushly staged and amply frightening. Charles Morey’s adaptation is loyal to Stoker’s original novel in both plot and style, and mirrors the novel’s overarching sense of threat and dread, says Cameron-Webb. He also notes that what makes this tale so thrilling is that our imagination and our fear of what lurks in the fog and might emerge from the gloom, is more frightening than anything in reality. He aims to play on those fears in the production, while staying true to the classic vampire tale.
Single tickets for DRACULA start at $18 and are on sale now. To purchase, call Denver Center Ticket Services at 303.893.4100. TTY (for Deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons): 303.893.9582. Groups of 10 or more, please call 303.446.4829. Tickets may also be purchased at the Denver Center Ticket Office, located at the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex Lobby. Buy and print online at www.denvercenter.org. Student $10 rush ticket are available one hour prior to curtain with a valid student ID subject to availability. Senior and military rush tickets are available one hour prior to curtain, subject to availability. No
children under six will be admitted to any theatre.
Special Events for DRACULA
Perspectives on the Play
October 1 at 6pm
The DCTC’s creative team gives audiences a unique viewpoint about the play they are about to see, which makes the stage experience even more rewarding. In the Jones Theatre.
Student Nights
October 1 at 7pm
Students with ID can purchase $10 tickets in advance along with other social activities. Use promo code STUDENT when ordering. On October 1, enjoy the pre-show “Perspectives on the Play”, the Student Lounge in the lobby and a special for a local restaurant.
Talkback hosted by the Higher Education Advisory Council
October 9
Join the cast for a post-show discussion led by members of our academic community.
DCTC at the TC
October 8 at 12pm
Part of our ongoing partnership with The Tattered Cover LoDo. In the event space on the second floor of the Tattered Cover on 16th Street downtown, DCTC Literary Manager Douglas Langworthy will examine the art of adapting works for the stage. Come and find out why the Charles Morey adaptation of Dracula was selected over several others.
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Dracula plays the Stage Theatre Oct 1 – 31
Opening Night Thurs, Oct 7
Denver — Charles Morey’s thrilling adaptation of Bram Stoker’s DRACULA will play the Denver Center Theatre Company’s Space Theatre October 1-31 (with a press opening night Thursday, October 7.) Tickets for the original vampire tale are on sale now, by calling 303.893.4100 or www.denvercenter.org.
Directed by Gavin Cameron-Webb, the DCTC production of DRACULA promises to be lushly staged and amply frightening. Charles Morey’s adaptation is loyal to Stoker’s original novel in both plot and style, and mirrors the novel’s overarching sense of threat and dread, says Cameron-Webb. He also notes that what makes this tale so thrilling is that our imagination and our fear of what lurks in the fog and might emerge from the gloom, is more frightening than anything in reality. He aims to play on those fears in the production, while staying true to the classic vampire tale.
Single tickets for DRACULA start at $18 and are on sale now. To purchase, call Denver Center Ticket Services at 303.893.4100. TTY (for Deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons): 303.893.9582. Groups of 10 or more, please call 303.446.4829. Tickets may also be purchased at the Denver Center Ticket Office, located at the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex Lobby. Buy and print online at www.denvercenter.org. Student $10 rush ticket are available one hour prior to curtain with a valid student ID subject to availability. Senior and military rush tickets are available one hour prior to curtain, subject to availability. No
children under six will be admitted to any theatre.
Special Events for DRACULA
Perspectives on the Play
October 1 at 6pm
The DCTC’s creative team gives audiences a unique viewpoint about the play they are about to see, which makes the stage experience even more rewarding. In the Jones Theatre.
Student Nights
October 1 at 7pm
Students with ID can purchase $10 tickets in advance along with other social activities. Use promo code STUDENT when ordering. On October 1, enjoy the pre-show “Perspectives on the Play”, the Student Lounge in the lobby and a special for a local restaurant.
Talkback hosted by the Higher Education Advisory Council
October 9
Join the cast for a post-show discussion led by members of our academic community.
DCTC at the TC
October 8 at 12pm
Part of our ongoing partnership with The Tattered Cover LoDo. In the event space on the second floor of the Tattered Cover on 16th Street downtown, DCTC Literary Manager Douglas Langworthy will examine the art of adapting works for the stage. Come and find out why the Charles Morey adaptation of Dracula was selected over several others.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Miners Alley Playhouse presents
“Art”
How much would you pay for a white painting?
How would you feel about your best friend if he suddenly did something you thought so colossally stupid, it made you doubt the very basis of the friendship? When an art lover Serge, buys what is in essence a pure white painting for a horse-choking sum, his best friend, Marc goes ballistic. A third friend, Yvan squeezed in the middle of the conflict, tries to please and mollify them both. Serious questions about the meaning of contemporary art and contemporary friendships (and how they're sometimes not all that different)are bought into sharp relief in this classic comedy “Art”.
Sept 10 – Oct 24
Fri./Sat. 7:30 p.m.; *Sun. 6 p.m. *Sunday, October 24 will be at 2 p.m. There will be no evening show on this date
1224 Washington Avenue (13th and Washington 2nd floor entrance on 13th).
Tickets: $19 - $26.50
Call 303-935-3044 or online at minersalley.com
“Art”
How much would you pay for a white painting?
How would you feel about your best friend if he suddenly did something you thought so colossally stupid, it made you doubt the very basis of the friendship? When an art lover Serge, buys what is in essence a pure white painting for a horse-choking sum, his best friend, Marc goes ballistic. A third friend, Yvan squeezed in the middle of the conflict, tries to please and mollify them both. Serious questions about the meaning of contemporary art and contemporary friendships (and how they're sometimes not all that different)are bought into sharp relief in this classic comedy “Art”.
Sept 10 – Oct 24
Fri./Sat. 7:30 p.m.; *Sun. 6 p.m. *Sunday, October 24 will be at 2 p.m. There will be no evening show on this date
1224 Washington Avenue (13th and Washington 2nd floor entrance on 13th).
Tickets: $19 - $26.50
Call 303-935-3044 or online at minersalley.com
CARIDAD SVICH’S THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS
PLAYS THE DENVER CENTER THEATRE COMPANY’S SPACE THEATRE
SEPT 17-OCT 23
Denver — THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS, an adaptation of Isabel Allende’s epic novel written by award-winning playwright Caridad Svich, will play the Denver Center Theatre Company’s Space Theatre September 17-October 23 (opening night Thursday, September 23.) Tickets are on sale now, by calling 303.893.4100 or www.denvercenter.org.
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS is a family saga that looks at four generations of political, social and familial upheaval, and the pride, passion and triumph of characters living in turbulent times. Playwright Caridad Svich’s English adaptation of Allende’s novel will receive its first major production at the DCTC. The play has previously been produced in Spanish both in Chile and at Repertorio Espanol in New York City.
Isabel Allende, who last Thursday was awarded Chile’s National Literature Prize, published her debut novel The House of the Spirits in 1982 and it quickly became an international best-seller and critical success. Set in a fictional Latin American country, the novel spans over 50 years and deals with themes of oppression, tyranny, gender and class issues, but also romance, love, healing and forgiveness. These themes greatly interested Svich as she approached the novel to adapt it for the stage, as they echoed topics in her previous plays.
The cast of THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS includes Meaghan Wolf (Alba), Franca Sofia Barchiesi (Clara), Allison Pistorius (Rosa the Beautiful/Blana), John Hutton (Esteban Trueba), Drew Cortese (Esteban Garcia), Dena Martinez (Pancha/Woman 1), Jeanne Paulsen (Nivea/Woman 2), Jeanine Serralles (Ferula/Count Satigny/Woman 3), Lanna Joffrey (Transito Soto), Lawrence Hecht (Severo/Pedro Garcia/Fr. Antonio) and Dion Mucciacito (Pedro Tercero/Guard/Barrabas).
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS, a play with songs by Caridad Svich, is directed by Jose Zayas, who directed last season’s staged reading of the play, the Spanish language version of the play at Repertorio Espanol in NYC, and the Chilean premiere of the adaptation. Costume design is by Deborah Dryden (DCTC’s The Trip to Bountiful). Scenic design is by Robert Mark Morgan (The Diary of Anne Frank), with projection design by Charlie I. Miller (When Tang Met Laika, Mama Hated Deisels) and lighting design by Jane Spencer (Well, The Voysey Inheritance). Arrangements and additional music is by Jane Shaw, with sound design by Jason Ducat (DCTC’s Othello, When Tang Met Laika).
About the playwright: Caridad Svich is a US Latina playwright, translator, lyricist and editor whose works have been presented across the US and abroad at diverse venues including Repertorio Espanol, The Women’s Project, INTAR, 59East59, Cincinnati Playhouse, McCarren Park Pool, 7 Stages, Salvage Vanguard Theatre, ARTheater-Cologne, and Edinburgh Fringe Festival/UK. Among her key plays are 12 Ophelias, Any Place But Here, Alchemy of Desire/Dead-Man's Blues, Fugitive Pieces, Iphigenia...a rave fable, Instructions for Breathing, and the multimedia collaboration The Booth Variations. She is currently working on new play A Little Story and In the Time of the Butterflies (based on the novel by Julia Alvarez). She has translated nearly all of Federico Garcia Lorca’s plays as well as works by Lope de Vega, Calderon de la Barca, Julio Cortazar and new plays from Spain, Cuba and Mexico and has freely adapted works by Wedekind, Sophocles, Euripides and Shakespeare.
Single tickets for THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS start at $18 and are on sale now. To purchase, call Denver Center Ticket Services at 303.893.4100. TTY (for Deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons): 303.893.9582. Groups of 10 or more, please call 303.446.4829. Tickets may also be purchased at the Denver Center Ticket Office, located at the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex Lobby. Buy and print online at www.denvercenter.org. Student $10 rush ticket are available one hour prior to curtain with a valid student ID subject to availability. Senior and military rush tickets are available one hour prior to curtain, subject to availability. No children under six will be admitted to any theatre.
PLAYS THE DENVER CENTER THEATRE COMPANY’S SPACE THEATRE
SEPT 17-OCT 23
Denver — THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS, an adaptation of Isabel Allende’s epic novel written by award-winning playwright Caridad Svich, will play the Denver Center Theatre Company’s Space Theatre September 17-October 23 (opening night Thursday, September 23.) Tickets are on sale now, by calling 303.893.4100 or www.denvercenter.org.
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS is a family saga that looks at four generations of political, social and familial upheaval, and the pride, passion and triumph of characters living in turbulent times. Playwright Caridad Svich’s English adaptation of Allende’s novel will receive its first major production at the DCTC. The play has previously been produced in Spanish both in Chile and at Repertorio Espanol in New York City.
Isabel Allende, who last Thursday was awarded Chile’s National Literature Prize, published her debut novel The House of the Spirits in 1982 and it quickly became an international best-seller and critical success. Set in a fictional Latin American country, the novel spans over 50 years and deals with themes of oppression, tyranny, gender and class issues, but also romance, love, healing and forgiveness. These themes greatly interested Svich as she approached the novel to adapt it for the stage, as they echoed topics in her previous plays.
The cast of THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS includes Meaghan Wolf (Alba), Franca Sofia Barchiesi (Clara), Allison Pistorius (Rosa the Beautiful/Blana), John Hutton (Esteban Trueba), Drew Cortese (Esteban Garcia), Dena Martinez (Pancha/Woman 1), Jeanne Paulsen (Nivea/Woman 2), Jeanine Serralles (Ferula/Count Satigny/Woman 3), Lanna Joffrey (Transito Soto), Lawrence Hecht (Severo/Pedro Garcia/Fr. Antonio) and Dion Mucciacito (Pedro Tercero/Guard/Barrabas).
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS, a play with songs by Caridad Svich, is directed by Jose Zayas, who directed last season’s staged reading of the play, the Spanish language version of the play at Repertorio Espanol in NYC, and the Chilean premiere of the adaptation. Costume design is by Deborah Dryden (DCTC’s The Trip to Bountiful). Scenic design is by Robert Mark Morgan (The Diary of Anne Frank), with projection design by Charlie I. Miller (When Tang Met Laika, Mama Hated Deisels) and lighting design by Jane Spencer (Well, The Voysey Inheritance). Arrangements and additional music is by Jane Shaw, with sound design by Jason Ducat (DCTC’s Othello, When Tang Met Laika).
About the playwright: Caridad Svich is a US Latina playwright, translator, lyricist and editor whose works have been presented across the US and abroad at diverse venues including Repertorio Espanol, The Women’s Project, INTAR, 59East59, Cincinnati Playhouse, McCarren Park Pool, 7 Stages, Salvage Vanguard Theatre, ARTheater-Cologne, and Edinburgh Fringe Festival/UK. Among her key plays are 12 Ophelias, Any Place But Here, Alchemy of Desire/Dead-Man's Blues, Fugitive Pieces, Iphigenia...a rave fable, Instructions for Breathing, and the multimedia collaboration The Booth Variations. She is currently working on new play A Little Story and In the Time of the Butterflies (based on the novel by Julia Alvarez). She has translated nearly all of Federico Garcia Lorca’s plays as well as works by Lope de Vega, Calderon de la Barca, Julio Cortazar and new plays from Spain, Cuba and Mexico and has freely adapted works by Wedekind, Sophocles, Euripides and Shakespeare.
Single tickets for THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS start at $18 and are on sale now. To purchase, call Denver Center Ticket Services at 303.893.4100. TTY (for Deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons): 303.893.9582. Groups of 10 or more, please call 303.446.4829. Tickets may also be purchased at the Denver Center Ticket Office, located at the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex Lobby. Buy and print online at www.denvercenter.org. Student $10 rush ticket are available one hour prior to curtain with a valid student ID subject to availability. Senior and military rush tickets are available one hour prior to curtain, subject to availability. No children under six will be admitted to any theatre.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
I'll be attending this next Saturday, July 24. Join us?
Miners Alley Playhouse presents
The Underpants
By Steve Martin
Adapted from Carl Sternheim original 1913 play Die Hose
Directed by Rick Bernstein
Miners Alley Playhouse presents “The Underpants” through August 29, with performances every Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 6 p.m.; *Sunday, August. 29 will be at 2 p.m.—no evening performance on this date.* Regular Tickets are $20 ($21 online). Senior, Student and Group rates available. Tickets are available by calling 303-935-3044 or online at minersalley.com.
Miners Alley Playhouse presents
The Underpants
By Steve Martin
Adapted from Carl Sternheim original 1913 play Die Hose
Directed by Rick Bernstein
Miners Alley Playhouse presents “The Underpants” through August 29, with performances every Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 6 p.m.; *Sunday, August. 29 will be at 2 p.m.—no evening performance on this date.* Regular Tickets are $20 ($21 online). Senior, Student and Group rates available. Tickets are available by calling 303-935-3044 or online at minersalley.com.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
This should be a lot of fun, events throughout the month of July, starting with concerts this week, including the Colorado Symphony with fireworks in Civic Center Saturday, July 3.
Some of these roundtables, concerts and other events will sell out, so order your tickets now.For complete schedule go to: http://www.biennialoftheamericas.org/
Monday, June 28, 2010
Miners Alley Playhouse presents
The Underpants
By Steve Martin
Adapted from Carl Sternheim original 1913 play Die Hose
Directed by Rick Bernstein
Miners Alley Playhouse presents “The Underpants” July 9 through August 29, with performances every Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 6 p.m. ; *Sunday, August. 29 will be at 2 p.m. —no evening performance on this date.* There will be one Industry Night on Thursday, July 15 at 7: 30 p.m. , industry night tickets $15. Regular Tickets are $20 ($21 online). Senior, Student and Group rates available. Tickets are available by calling 303-935-3044 or online at minersalley.com.
Opening night features a great, gala hors d’ oeuvres reception after the show; audience is invited to join the festivities and mingle with the cast. On Saturday, July 17, Miners Alley holds its "Second Saturday" talk back with the cast after the performance.
In The Underpants, actor-writer Steve Martin has adapted the 1910 social comedy by German playwright Carl Sternheim and turned it into a hilarious, over-the-top farce centered on an unruly pair of knickers. Louise is a pretty, young housewife in turn-of-the-century Germany, whose frilly pantaloons accidentally fall to her ankles while watching the Kaiser's parade, it causes a scandal and sets in motion a zany chain of events. A foppish poet and a nebbish barber, both entranced by the brief glimpse of her underwear, vie to become Louise's lover. Her new-found fame terrifies her husband, thrills her neighbor and brings out her own parade of bizarre suitors.
In "The Underpants" actor-writer Steve Martin turns the 1910 social comedy by German playwright Carl Sternheim into a hilarious, over-the-top farce centered on an unruly pair of knickers.
The cast includes: John Greene as Theo Maske, Haley Johnson as Louise Maske, as Paige L. Larson Gertrude Deuter, Chris Bleau as Franklin Angelo “The Cat” Luigi Versati III , Christian Mast as Benjamin Cohen, Del Domnik as Herr Klinglehoff.
”Not since Monica Lewinsky's thong almost toppled a presidency has a pair of panties caused such a national fuss. ...a hilarious, over-the-top farce" -The New York Daily News
Miners Alley Playhouse presents
The Underpants
“Never underestimate the power of a glimpse of lingerie”!
July 9 – Aug 29
Fri./Sat. 7:30 p.m. ; *Sun. 6 p.m. \ *Sunday, August 29 will be at 2 p.m. There will be no evening show on this date
Industry Night – Thur. July 15 @ 7:30 p.m. . (Industry Night Tickets $15)
Tickets: $20 ($21 online)
Call 303-935-3044 or online at minersalley.com
Call 303-935-3044 or online at minersalley.com
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Denver Gains First SBC Road Win
Chase Hallam stars with 19 points and six rebounds
NEW ORLEANS – Freshman Chase Hallam (Mesquite, Texas) scored a career-high 19 points to lead Denver to a 53-45 win over New Orleans in Sun Belt Conference action at Lakefront Arena. Denver earned its first SBC road win of the season and improves to 16-11 overall and 9-7 in the SBC. New Orleans falls to 8-19, 3-13 SBC.
“I really like the way we are playing right now,” DU head coach Joe Scott said. “We overcame a lot of adversity tonight to get this road win. All of our players have been getting better and it was nice our senior Nate Rohnert played at his best when it mattered tonight.”
Nate Rohnert (Parker, Colo.) added 17 points, including 10 late in the second half, and a career-best 13 rebounds as DU won for the first time ever in New Orleans.
DU led 20-10 at the half by outplaying UNO and turning in a stellar defensive effort. Chase Hallam scored 10 points, including DU’s first eight. The Pioneers held the Privateers to a paltry 2-for-17 from the floor, but went 2-of-12 from three-point range, and missed three layups and five charity attempts.
UNO went on an 8-0 run to start the second half, but five points from Travis Hallam (Mesquite, Texas) and a three-pointer from Justin Coughlin (Yuma, Colo.) gave DU a 28-22 lead.
The Privateers cut the DU lead to 39-38, but eight free throws by Nate Rohnert (Parker, Colo.) and four points from Chase Hallam in the last four minutes iced DU’s first SBC road win.
Denver returns to action at South Alabama on Feb. 25. The Pioneers close out the regular season against Louisiana Lafayette on Feb. 27.
Chase Hallam stars with 19 points and six rebounds
NEW ORLEANS – Freshman Chase Hallam (Mesquite, Texas) scored a career-high 19 points to lead Denver to a 53-45 win over New Orleans in Sun Belt Conference action at Lakefront Arena. Denver earned its first SBC road win of the season and improves to 16-11 overall and 9-7 in the SBC. New Orleans falls to 8-19, 3-13 SBC.
“I really like the way we are playing right now,” DU head coach Joe Scott said. “We overcame a lot of adversity tonight to get this road win. All of our players have been getting better and it was nice our senior Nate Rohnert played at his best when it mattered tonight.”
Nate Rohnert (Parker, Colo.) added 17 points, including 10 late in the second half, and a career-best 13 rebounds as DU won for the first time ever in New Orleans.
DU led 20-10 at the half by outplaying UNO and turning in a stellar defensive effort. Chase Hallam scored 10 points, including DU’s first eight. The Pioneers held the Privateers to a paltry 2-for-17 from the floor, but went 2-of-12 from three-point range, and missed three layups and five charity attempts.
UNO went on an 8-0 run to start the second half, but five points from Travis Hallam (Mesquite, Texas) and a three-pointer from Justin Coughlin (Yuma, Colo.) gave DU a 28-22 lead.
The Privateers cut the DU lead to 39-38, but eight free throws by Nate Rohnert (Parker, Colo.) and four points from Chase Hallam in the last four minutes iced DU’s first SBC road win.
Denver returns to action at South Alabama on Feb. 25. The Pioneers close out the regular season against Louisiana Lafayette on Feb. 27.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
DENVER – The Denver Center Theatre Company prepares to welcome nearly 300 theatre professionals and press representatives from across the nation to Denver and the 2010 Colorado New Play Summit this weekend. For video overview see http://www.denvercenter.org/10Minutes
Photo: (L to R front) Mike Hartman, Philip Pleasants, Reema Zaman and members of the cast in a Colorado New Play Summit reading of Eventide by Eric Schmiedl, based on the novel written by Kent Haruf. Photo by Kyle Malone
In just four seasons, the nation’s youngest major new play festival has premiered nine full productions, read 20 new plays, and presented panel discussions on the subjects of new voices for women, crossing cultures, writing for the stage and television, and what’s next in new play development. New plays commissioned by the Denver Center Theatre Company for the Summit have been produced Off-Broadway and at major regional theatres from Yale Repertory Theatre to the Center Theatre Group’s Mark Taper Forum, and have been among the finalists for some of the nation’s most prestigious new play awards.
Centerpiece of the fifth annual Summit are the commissioned world premieres of When Tang Met Laika by Rogelio Martinez – the love story imaginatively set on the International Space Station and Eventide by Eric Schmiedl based on the novel by Kent Haruf – the company’s signature poignant story of Holt, Colorado and the companion piece to the critically-acclaimed play Plainsong (commissioned and premiered by the Denver Center Theatre Company in 2008). In addition, four playwrights will hear two readings of their new works in development: Caridad Svich based her new play on Isabel Allende’s novel The House of the Spirits, looking at four generations of political and social upheavals through the powerful lens of memory. Michele Lowe (Inana) introduces Map of Heaven, a contemporary drama with tragic undertones, exploring the devastating consequences of a single lapse in judgment. In Ken Weitzman’s The Catch, America’s national pastime meets America’s financial meltdown when a failed dot-commer plots to regain his fortune by catching a star slugger’s record-breaking home run ball. And Jason Grote (1001) interweaves a giant pig on the rampage, mass choreography, Washington and Jefferson selling snacks to the inner city and the search for love and meaning in Civilization (All You Can Eat).
A highlight of the fifth annual Summit is the mid-winter meeting of the American Theatre Critics Association with theatre reporters from Chicago Public Radio, Salt Lake Tribune,
Miami Herald, Albuquerque Journal, South Florida Sun Sentinel, Chicago Tribune, Pittsfield Gazette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and many of the nation’s top theatre websites. National theatre philanthropist Jim Steinberg of the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust will moderate a discussion of “New Works and the Critics” with four ATCA members – Christine Dolen from The Miami Herald, Jeffrey Eric Jenkins editor of Best Plays Theatrical Yearbook, Chris Jones from The Chicago Tribune and Christopher Rawson from The Pittsburgh Post - Gazette.
Theatre professionals scheduled to participate in the Summit February 11 -13 include artistic directors, literary managers, agents, actors, dramaturgs and directors. They represent: Utah Shakespearean Festival; New York’s Lark Play Development Center, Primary Stages, Chautaqua Theatre Company and Clubbed Thumb; California’s Cornerstone Theatre, TheatreWorks, Center Theatre Group and Native Voices at the Autry; Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre Company; Chicago Dramatists; and Denver’s Paragon Theatre and Buntport Theatre.
Some of the readings are open to the public.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Denver Takes Down Florida Atlantic, 73-63
Nate Rohnert had a game-high 25 points and eight rebounds against the Owls
My son John, son-in-law Tim, and grandson Josh joined me to watch the University of Denver men’s basketball senior captain Nate Rohnert (Parker, Colo.) score 25 points and make eight rebounds, as the Pioneers defeated Florida Atlantic 73-63 at Magness Arena on Saturday afternoon.
Freshman guard Chase Hallam (Mesquite, Texas) chipped in 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting for the Pioneers (14-9, 7-5 SBC), while junior guard scored 10 points. Sophomore guard Brian Stafford (Walnut Creek, Calif.) dished out a game-high four assists and added eight points.
Denver shot 61.1 percent (22-of-36) from the floor, the third time in the past four home games that DU eclipsed 60 percent, and 71.4 percent (10-of-14) from three-point range.
It was Boy Scout day, the arena was packed with enthusiastic young people and we all had a great time!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Game #23: Denver (13-9, 6-5 SBC) vs. Florida Atlantic (12-11, 8-4 SBC)
Saturday, February 6, 2010 • 4 p.m. MT
Magness Arena (7,200) • Denver, Colorado
TV: None • Radio: AM 950 • Web: www.DenverPioneers.com (Video & Audio)
About Denver: DU enters Saturday’s game after going 1-4 in the past five games, including a 73-62 loss at Arkansas State on Jan. 30. DU is in fourth place in the SBC West Division, two games behind first-place Arkansas State. Denver returns nine players, including all five starters, and 98 percent of its scoring and rebounding from last year. DU was picked second in the Sun Belt West Division in the annual coaches’ preseason poll, and senior captain and guard Nate Rohnert was named to the Preseason All-SBC First Team.
About Florida Atlantic: The Owls are in a three-way tie for first place in the SBC East Division at 12-11 overall and 8-4 in the SBC. FAU won five-straight and 7-of-its-last-8 games before falling 86-69 at North Texas on Feb. 4. Florida Atlantic was picked to finish fifth in the SBC East Division after finishing 6-26 overall and 2-16 in the SBC last year. The Owls are averaging 75.2 points per game, the second most in the SBC, but they have allowed 74.1 points per game, also the second most in the conference.
The Match-up: The Pioneers and Owls are tied 2-2 in the all-time series with both teams winning a pair of games at home, including a split last season.
Magness Magic: The Pioneers have won 12-straight at home, following a season opening loss to Missouri Valley favorite Northern Iowa. Since Joe Scott took over as head coach prior to the 2007-08 season, the Pioneers are 33-7 (.825) overall and 20-4 (.833) against SBC teams at Magness Arena.
Friday, February 5, 2010
A Denver Center Commissioned World Premiere
Eventide
by Eric Schmiedl
From the novel by Kent Haruf
Directed by Kent Thompson
Runs through February 27, 2010 The Stage Theatre
Commissioned by the Denver Center Theatre Company.
Eventide, the old English term for evening, is the title of the new Denver Center Theatre Company commisioned play that just opened, a riveting drama, set in a small town and a ranch with 3 sections of grass land where the two unmarried McPheron brothers live out their lives as self-confessed old men in a house built by their grandparents.
The epic story of Holt, Colorado began with Kent Haruf’s bestselling novel and Eric Schmiedl’s critically-acclaimed play – Plainsong, commissioned and premiered by the Denver Center Theatre Company in 2008. The McPheron brothers, Harold and Raymond, captured the hearts of audiences from across the Rocky Mountain West and a national Colorado New Play Summit audience of theatre professionals.
The small town story continues for those who loved Plainsong and is introduced to a new audience with the world premiere of Schmiedl’s commissioned adaptation of Haruf’s companion novel Eventide. Haruf's plainspoken and endearing characters – the aging McPheron brothers and Victoria Roubideaux, the pregnant young girl they took into their home – are joined in Eventide by a lonely young boy who generously cares for his grandfather, and a mentally challenged couple trying to hold their family together.
There is a full range of emotions, evoked by skilled actors led by Mike Hartman's outstanding portrayal of Raymond McPheron.
Tickets start at $18 (some restrictions may apply) and are on sale now. The Denver Center Box Office located in the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex is open from 10am to 6pm Monday through Saturday. To purchase tickets by phone call (303) 893-4100 – for those outside the Denver calling area, 1 (800) 641-1222, TTY (303) 893-9582. Buy and print tickets on-line by visiting www.denvercenter.org.
Student $10 rush ticket are available one hour prior to curtain with a valid student ID subject to availability.
Senior and military rush tickets are available one hour prior to curtain, subject to availability.
Groups of 10+ contact 303.446.4829 or groupsales@dcpa.org
Eventide
by Eric Schmiedl
From the novel by Kent Haruf
Directed by Kent Thompson
Runs through February 27, 2010 The Stage Theatre
Commissioned by the Denver Center Theatre Company.
Eventide, the old English term for evening, is the title of the new Denver Center Theatre Company commisioned play that just opened, a riveting drama, set in a small town and a ranch with 3 sections of grass land where the two unmarried McPheron brothers live out their lives as self-confessed old men in a house built by their grandparents.
The epic story of Holt, Colorado began with Kent Haruf’s bestselling novel and Eric Schmiedl’s critically-acclaimed play – Plainsong, commissioned and premiered by the Denver Center Theatre Company in 2008. The McPheron brothers, Harold and Raymond, captured the hearts of audiences from across the Rocky Mountain West and a national Colorado New Play Summit audience of theatre professionals.
The small town story continues for those who loved Plainsong and is introduced to a new audience with the world premiere of Schmiedl’s commissioned adaptation of Haruf’s companion novel Eventide. Haruf's plainspoken and endearing characters – the aging McPheron brothers and Victoria Roubideaux, the pregnant young girl they took into their home – are joined in Eventide by a lonely young boy who generously cares for his grandfather, and a mentally challenged couple trying to hold their family together.
There is a full range of emotions, evoked by skilled actors led by Mike Hartman's outstanding portrayal of Raymond McPheron.
Tickets start at $18 (some restrictions may apply) and are on sale now. The Denver Center Box Office located in the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex is open from 10am to 6pm Monday through Saturday. To purchase tickets by phone call (303) 893-4100 – for those outside the Denver calling area, 1 (800) 641-1222, TTY (303) 893-9582. Buy and print tickets on-line by visiting www.denvercenter.org.
Student $10 rush ticket are available one hour prior to curtain with a valid student ID subject to availability.
Senior and military rush tickets are available one hour prior to curtain, subject to availability.
Groups of 10+ contact 303.446.4829 or groupsales@dcpa.org
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Omigod you guys!
Legally Blond opened it's national tour tonight in Denver.
http://tour.legallyblondethemusical.com/
You've got until valentines day February 14 to see this energetic, entertaining play that packs an emotional punch.
Phenomenal Becky Gulsvig, the Elle understudy in the original Broadway cast, is Elle Woods in the tour.
Sorority star Elle Woods doesn't take "no" for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone more "serious," Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law.
Like a Greek chorus, Elle's sorority sisters encourage her, a demonstration of the old truth: first we make our friends and then our friends make us, they lift us up or pull us down.
Elle is lifted higher and higher to the emotional Finale.
Be true to yourself, don't miss it!
Legally Blond opened it's national tour tonight in Denver.
http://tour.legallyblondethemusical.com/
You've got until valentines day February 14 to see this energetic, entertaining play that packs an emotional punch.
Phenomenal Becky Gulsvig, the Elle understudy in the original Broadway cast, is Elle Woods in the tour.
Sorority star Elle Woods doesn't take "no" for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone more "serious," Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law.
Like a Greek chorus, Elle's sorority sisters encourage her, a demonstration of the old truth: first we make our friends and then our friends make us, they lift us up or pull us down.
Elle is lifted higher and higher to the emotional Finale.
Be true to yourself, don't miss it!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
When Tang Met Laika was too much for the couple that sat next to me, they left at intermission.
A very well-educated and thoughtful friend who attended with me wondered afterwords if there was any real depth to the story; It surprised me that we had very little conversation about it as he gave me a ride home. This after another friend had told me the day before it was one of the best plays she had ever seen.
This morning I wake to look out at a beautiful moon setting behind the mountains to the west as they start to brighten at sunrise.
So I'll be thinking about the play, it's author http://www.goddard.edu/rogeliomartinez and it's message this morning.
Have you seen it? What did you think?
A very well-educated and thoughtful friend who attended with me wondered afterwords if there was any real depth to the story; It surprised me that we had very little conversation about it as he gave me a ride home. This after another friend had told me the day before it was one of the best plays she had ever seen.
This morning I wake to look out at a beautiful moon setting behind the mountains to the west as they start to brighten at sunrise.
So I'll be thinking about the play, it's author http://www.goddard.edu/rogeliomartinez and it's message this morning.
Have you seen it? What did you think?
Friday, January 29, 2010
A Denver Center Commissioned World Premiere
When Tang Met Laika
by Rogelio Martinez
Directed by Terrence J. Nolen
January 22 – February 27, 2010 (Opening Thursday, January 28) The Space Theatre
Commissioned by the Denver Center Theatre Company and
Magic Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation New Science & Technology Plays Initiative.
Playwright Rogelio Martinez looked to his love of the space program for inspiration when he was commissioned by the Denver Center Theatre Company to write a new play. His resulting love story is set on planet Earth and the International Space Station and involves Laika – a Soviet dog sent into space with no hope of recovery, Tang – the astronaut’s breakfast drink loved by an entire generation of American children and the ghost of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. When Tang Met Laika, described by Director Terrence J. Nolen (Denver Center debut, Artistic Director of Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre) as “unique and audacious,” explores how a Soviet Cosmonaut and an American Astronaut thawed the Cold War.
Tickets and Subscriptions
Tickets start at $18 (some restrictions may apply) and are on sale now. The Denver Center Box Office located in the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex is open from 10am to 6pm Monday through Saturday. To purchase tickets by phone call (303) 893-4100 – for those outside the Denver calling area, 1 (800) 641-1222, TTY (303) 893-9582. Buy and print tickets on-line by visiting www.denvercenter.org.
Student $10 rush ticket are available one hour prior to curtain with a valid student ID subject to availability.
Senior and military rush tickets are available one hour prior to curtain, subject to availability.
Groups of 10+ contact 303.446.4829 or groupsales@dcpa.org
No children under six will be admitted to any theatre.
When Tang Met Laika
by Rogelio Martinez
Directed by Terrence J. Nolen
January 22 – February 27, 2010 (Opening Thursday, January 28) The Space Theatre
Commissioned by the Denver Center Theatre Company and
Magic Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation New Science & Technology Plays Initiative.
Playwright Rogelio Martinez looked to his love of the space program for inspiration when he was commissioned by the Denver Center Theatre Company to write a new play. His resulting love story is set on planet Earth and the International Space Station and involves Laika – a Soviet dog sent into space with no hope of recovery, Tang – the astronaut’s breakfast drink loved by an entire generation of American children and the ghost of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. When Tang Met Laika, described by Director Terrence J. Nolen (Denver Center debut, Artistic Director of Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre) as “unique and audacious,” explores how a Soviet Cosmonaut and an American Astronaut thawed the Cold War.
Tickets and Subscriptions
Tickets start at $18 (some restrictions may apply) and are on sale now. The Denver Center Box Office located in the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex is open from 10am to 6pm Monday through Saturday. To purchase tickets by phone call (303) 893-4100 – for those outside the Denver calling area, 1 (800) 641-1222, TTY (303) 893-9582. Buy and print tickets on-line by visiting www.denvercenter.org.
Student $10 rush ticket are available one hour prior to curtain with a valid student ID subject to availability.
Senior and military rush tickets are available one hour prior to curtain, subject to availability.
Groups of 10+ contact 303.446.4829 or groupsales@dcpa.org
No children under six will be admitted to any theatre.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Watch a video about Legally Blonde
Groups (15+) submit a Group Request or call 303.446.4829
Run time: 2 hours, 30 minutes including one 20 minute intermission
Valentine Package at the Westin Tabor Center - Fri, Feb 12
Follow your evening at Legally Blonde with an overnight stay at the Westin Tabor Center. Located just four blocks away, you'll enjoy a spacious guestroom featuring the world-famous Westin Heavenly Bed, parking and breakfast for two.
For tickets and more info see http://www.DCPA.org
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Great article about coach Joe Scott and his American Dream team in the Denver Post yesterday, see: http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_14169789
NEXT GAME
University of Denver (12-5, 5-1 SBC) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (5-10, 2-2 SBC)
Thursday, January 14, 2010 • 6:05 p.m. MT
Cajundome (11,550) • Lafayette, Louisiana
TV: None • Radio: AM 950 • Web: www.DenverPioneers.com (Video & Audio)
About Denver: The Pioneers enter Sunday’s game as the winners of the past six-out-of-eight games. DU beat two-time defending SBC champion Western Kentucky 72-67 on Jan. 10, the second-straight time the Pioneers beat the Hilltoppers. Denver returns nine players, including all five starters, and 98 percent of its scoring and rebounding from last year. DU was picked second in the Sun Belt West Division in the annual coaches’ preseason poll, and senior captain and guard Nate Rohnert was named to the Preseason All-SBC First Team.
About Louisiana-Lafayette: The Ragin’ Cajuns beat North Texas in their last game on Jan. 7, snapping a five-game losing streak. ULL returned all five starters and nine seniors from last year’s squad that went 10-20 overall and 7-11 in the SBC. The Cajuns were picked to finish third in the SBC West Division in the preseason coaches’ poll. ULL is led by Tyren Johnson, who is seventh in the SBC with 15.7 points per game and second with 7.9 rebounds per game. Preseason All-SBC second team member Chris Gradnigo is averaging 13.6 points, and Randell Daigle has contributed 11.7 points per game. ULL is second in the SBC with a +1.9 turnover margin.
The Match-up: The Ragin’ Cajuns hold a 16-6 advantage in the all-time series, including an 8-1 mark in Lafayette. The two teams have split a pair of games in each of the past two years with the home team winning each contest. However, Denver took ULL to a pair of overtimes at the Cajundome on Jan. 3, 2009, before falling 63-62.
Nice Shootin’: The Pioneers hit 66.7 percent (30-of-45) from the field against Western Kentucky on Jan. 10, tying for the sixth-highest single game total in Denver history. Of those six games, three were this season and the other three were during DU’s NAIA days in the 1980s, meaning Denver’s top three Division I performances have all come this year. The Pioneers hit 70.5 percent (31-of-44) against Louisiana-Monroe on Dec. 19, 2009, and 67.3 percent (33-of-49) at South Dakota State on Nov. 28, 2009.
O Captain! My Captain!: Nate Rohnert continues to climb up the Denver record books. Rohnert moved into 19th place on DU’s all-time scorer list with 1,129 points, just three points shy of Alonzo Weatherly (1,132 points) for 18th place and 27 points from John Johnson (1,156 points) for 17th place. The senior captain is sixth on Denver’s all-time career list with 313 assists. After going 14-for-17 from the charity stripe in his last three games, Rohnert is sixth on DU’s all-time list with 324 career free throw made and 451 free throw attempts. The Parker, Colo., native has career totals of 1,129 points, 441 rebounds and 106 steals in 105 games.
Player of the Week: Rohnert was named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week on Jan. 11 after combining for 50 points and 13 assists, while going 17-for-23 from the field, in Denver’s wins over New Orleans and Western Kentucky last week. Rohnert became just the second player this season to earn the honor twice (also WKU’s A.J. Slaughter). Rohnert was also named the national Mid-Majority Baller of the Week by midmajority.com.
National Rankings: The Pioneers shot over 60 percent from the field in both games last week, including 66.7 percent against WKU. Denver is second in the nation with a 52.7 field goal percentage, trailing only No. 5 Syracuse (53.6 percent). Denver is also 23rd in three-point percentage (40.1 percent). Nate Rohnert also ranks fifth in the nation with 102 free throws made.
Percentage Game: After going 7-for-10 against WKU, junior forward Rob Lewis increased his Sun Belt lead in field goal percentage to 64.6 percent, despite missing the season’s first four games with an injury. Lewis has a career field goal percentage of 55.2 percent, which ranks seventh in DU history. Freshman guard Chase Hallam is second in the SBC at 58.9 percent, and Nate Rohnert is eighth (54.9 percent).
Tournament Teams: In the past two seasons, Denver has gone 5-1 against teams that were defending an NCAA Tournament berth. On Jan. 10, the Pioneers defeated SBC favorite Western Kentucky for the second-straight season, giving DU a 2-1 mark against 2009 Tournament teams.
Rocky Mountain Way: Eight of Denver’s 15 players hail from Colorado: Sabatino Chen (Louisville), Tom Chott (Littleton), Justin Coughlin (Yuma), Andrew Hooper (Lakewood), Kyle Lewis (Denver), Rob Lewis (Colorado Springs), Trevor Noonan (Broomfield) and Nate Rohnert (Parker).
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Denver Knocks Off Western Kentucky, 72-67
Nate Rohnert scored 23 points and dished out six assists in DU’s victory
DENVER – The University of Denver men’s basketball team defeated two-time defending Sun Belt Conference champion Western Kentucky 72-67 on Saturday afternoon in Magness Arena.
Senior guard Nate Rohnert (Parker, Colo.) paced the Sun Belt-leading Pioneers (12-5, 5-1 SBC) with 23 points, shooting 9-for-13 from the field. Rohnert also added six assists, three rebounds and a steal.
Junior forward Rob Lewis (Colorado Springs, Colo.) netted 15 points, while tallying four rebounds, three assists and one block.
“Our senior and our junior played terrific tonight,” head coach Joe Scott said. “Nate has been playing well all season, but he’s really stepped it up this time of year, and Rob Lewis played his best two games in a row. That’s what you need, because when your upperclassmen play well, your team plays well.”
The No. 2 shooting team in the nation entering today’s game, Denver shot 66.7 percent from the field today, which tied for the sixth highest field goal percentage in DU history. Western Kentucky (9-5, 2-1 SBC) shot 57.1 percent (24-of-42) from the field and hit 14-of-15 from the free throw line.
The Pioneers never trailed in the game and led by as many as 13 points with 12:12 remaining in the game, but the Hilltoppers fought back and cut the DU lead to 66-65 with 2:22 remaining, following an 11-2 run.
Sophomore guard Travis Hallam (Mesquite, Texas) caught a pass from Lewis while going backdoor, sank a hook shot and buried a free throw with 42 seconds left to play. Hallam finished the game with eight points.
Preseason SBC Player of the Year A.J. Slaughter led the Hilltoppers with 28 points, six assists and three steals.
The Pioneers hit the road this week to play at Louisiana-Lafayette on Thurs., Jan. 14 and Louisiana-Monroe on Sat., Jan. 16.
Friday, January 8, 2010
DU takes on conference champs Sunday.
University of Denver (11-5, 4-1 SBC) vs. Western Kentucky (9-4, 2-0 SBC)
Sunday, January 10, 2010 • 1 p.m. MT
Magness Arena (7,200) • Denver, Colorado
TV: FSN Rocky Mountain • Radio: AM 950 • Web: www.DenverPioneers.com (Audio)
Ticket Info: Men's basketball season tickets for the 2009-10 Denver Pioneers are currently on sale. DU continues its commitment to provide the community with the most affordable and exciting entertainment in the Denver metro area. Ticket packages start at $64.
Individual game tickets also are on sale with prices ranging from $9-$15 for adults. DU students get into the game free with their Pioneer Card.
For ticket information, please visit DenverPioneers.com or call the Pioneer Basketball Ticket Hotline at (303) 871-HOOP.
Family Fun Pack Ticket Special: University of Denver men's and women’s basketball fans can purchase a Family Fun Pack for just $44 for Jan. 10 games against Western Kentucky. The Family Fun Pack includes four tickets, four sodas and four hot dogs, and is available at Ticketmaster.com and the Ritchie Center ticket windows.
About Denver: The Pioneers enter Sunday’s game as the winners of the past five-out-of-seven games. DU beat New Orleans 75-66 on Thursday, the team’s 10th-straight win at home. Denver returns nine players, including all five starters, and 98 percent of its scoring and rebounding from last year. DU was picked second in the Sun Belt West Division in the annual coaches’ preseason poll, and senior captain and guard Nate Rohnert was named to the Preseason All-SBC First Team.
About Western Kentucky: The Hilltoppers have won four-straight and seven times in their last eight games, including a 67-64 overtime victory at South Alabama on Thursday. WKU was picked to win the SBC East Division in the preseason coaches’ poll, collecting 12 of 13 first place votes. The Hilltoppers are led by Preseason SBC Player of the Year A.J. Slaughter, who is averaging 15.8 points per game, which is fifth in the SBC, and Preseason All-SBC second team selection Steffphon Pettigrew’s 13.9 points and 6.9 rebounds per game. Sergio Kerusch, who also was voted to the second team and is averaging 13.4 points per game, is injured and expected to be out until early February. WKU is 10th in the Sun Belt in field goal percentage (43.1 percent) and 12th in both three-point percentage (30.0 percent) and assists (11.1 per game). However, the Hilltoppers are second in the conference with 12.8 offensive rebounds per game.
The Match-up: The Hilltoppers hold a 9-4 advantage in the all-time series, including a 5-2 mark in Denver. DU beat Western Kentucky 78-74 at Magness Arena on Jan. 24, 2009, which snapped a three-game losing streak to WKU.
Magness Magic: The Pioneers have won 10-straight at home, following a season opening loss to Missouri Valley favorite Northern Iowa. Since Joe Scott took over as head coach prior to the 2007-08 season, the Pioneers are 31-7 (.816) overall and 18-4 (.818) against SBC teams at Magness Arena.
TV Stars: Sunday’s game against Western Kentucky will be broadcast live on FSN Rocky Mountain with Tom Helmer (play-by-play) and Greg Lackey (color) calling the action, while Marc Stout reports from the sidelines. The Pioneers are 12-2 in games on FSN Rocky Mountain under head coach Joe Scott, including a 78-74 win over Western Kentucky on Jan. 24, 2009.
O Captain! My Captain!: Nate Rohnert continues to climb up the Denver record books. Rohnert moved into 21st place on DU’s all-time scorer list with 1,106 points, just four points shy of Dave Chavlovich (1,110 points) for 20th place and eight points from Dennis Hodge (1,113 points) for 19th place. The senior captain is sixth on Denver’s all-time career list with 307 assists. After going 9-for-10 from the charity stripe on Thursday, Rohnert is sixth on DU’s all-time list with 321 career free throw made and 447 free throw attempts. The Parker, Colo., native has career totals of 1,106 points, 438 rebounds and 105 steals in 104 games.
National Rankings: The Pioneers shot 60.5 percent (23-of-38) against New Orleans on Jan. 7, returning DU back to second place in the nation with a 51.9 field goal percentage, trailing only No. 5 Syracuse (53.8 percent) and just ahead of Murray State (51.8 percent) and No. 1 Kansas (51.3 percent). Denver is also 18th in three-point percentage (40.5 percent). Although no DU player qualifies for the minimum among NCAA statistics, Rob Lewis (63.8), Sabatino Chen (61.0), Chase Hallam (57.5), Tyler Thalken (54.5), Nate Rohnert (53.6) and Travis Hallam (50.0) all are shooting better than 50 percent from the floor. Rohnert also ranks third in the nation with 99 free throws made.
Percentage Game: Junior forward Rob Lewis has jumped into the Sun Belt lead in field goal percentage at 63.8 percent after missing the first four games of the season with an injury. Lewis has a career field goal percentage of 54.9 percent, which ranks seventh in DU history. Freshman guard Chase Hallam is fifth in the SBC at 57.5 percent, and Nate Rohnert is ninth (53.6 percent).
Chen Music: Since the beginning of December, sophomore guard Sabatino Chen has increased his scoring output from 0.8 points per game to 4.2, scoring at least 10 points four times - something Chen had never done before. Chen, who scored 11 points against UNO on Jan. 7, has also raised his field goal percentage to 61.0, and he has gone 14-for-18 (77.8 percent) from the free throw line this season.
University of Denver (11-5, 4-1 SBC) vs. Western Kentucky (9-4, 2-0 SBC)
Sunday, January 10, 2010 • 1 p.m. MT
Magness Arena (7,200) • Denver, Colorado
TV: FSN Rocky Mountain • Radio: AM 950 • Web: www.DenverPioneers.com (Audio)
Ticket Info: Men's basketball season tickets for the 2009-10 Denver Pioneers are currently on sale. DU continues its commitment to provide the community with the most affordable and exciting entertainment in the Denver metro area. Ticket packages start at $64.
Individual game tickets also are on sale with prices ranging from $9-$15 for adults. DU students get into the game free with their Pioneer Card.
For ticket information, please visit DenverPioneers.com or call the Pioneer Basketball Ticket Hotline at (303) 871-HOOP.
Family Fun Pack Ticket Special: University of Denver men's and women’s basketball fans can purchase a Family Fun Pack for just $44 for Jan. 10 games against Western Kentucky. The Family Fun Pack includes four tickets, four sodas and four hot dogs, and is available at Ticketmaster.com and the Ritchie Center ticket windows.
About Denver: The Pioneers enter Sunday’s game as the winners of the past five-out-of-seven games. DU beat New Orleans 75-66 on Thursday, the team’s 10th-straight win at home. Denver returns nine players, including all five starters, and 98 percent of its scoring and rebounding from last year. DU was picked second in the Sun Belt West Division in the annual coaches’ preseason poll, and senior captain and guard Nate Rohnert was named to the Preseason All-SBC First Team.
About Western Kentucky: The Hilltoppers have won four-straight and seven times in their last eight games, including a 67-64 overtime victory at South Alabama on Thursday. WKU was picked to win the SBC East Division in the preseason coaches’ poll, collecting 12 of 13 first place votes. The Hilltoppers are led by Preseason SBC Player of the Year A.J. Slaughter, who is averaging 15.8 points per game, which is fifth in the SBC, and Preseason All-SBC second team selection Steffphon Pettigrew’s 13.9 points and 6.9 rebounds per game. Sergio Kerusch, who also was voted to the second team and is averaging 13.4 points per game, is injured and expected to be out until early February. WKU is 10th in the Sun Belt in field goal percentage (43.1 percent) and 12th in both three-point percentage (30.0 percent) and assists (11.1 per game). However, the Hilltoppers are second in the conference with 12.8 offensive rebounds per game.
The Match-up: The Hilltoppers hold a 9-4 advantage in the all-time series, including a 5-2 mark in Denver. DU beat Western Kentucky 78-74 at Magness Arena on Jan. 24, 2009, which snapped a three-game losing streak to WKU.
Magness Magic: The Pioneers have won 10-straight at home, following a season opening loss to Missouri Valley favorite Northern Iowa. Since Joe Scott took over as head coach prior to the 2007-08 season, the Pioneers are 31-7 (.816) overall and 18-4 (.818) against SBC teams at Magness Arena.
TV Stars: Sunday’s game against Western Kentucky will be broadcast live on FSN Rocky Mountain with Tom Helmer (play-by-play) and Greg Lackey (color) calling the action, while Marc Stout reports from the sidelines. The Pioneers are 12-2 in games on FSN Rocky Mountain under head coach Joe Scott, including a 78-74 win over Western Kentucky on Jan. 24, 2009.
O Captain! My Captain!: Nate Rohnert continues to climb up the Denver record books. Rohnert moved into 21st place on DU’s all-time scorer list with 1,106 points, just four points shy of Dave Chavlovich (1,110 points) for 20th place and eight points from Dennis Hodge (1,113 points) for 19th place. The senior captain is sixth on Denver’s all-time career list with 307 assists. After going 9-for-10 from the charity stripe on Thursday, Rohnert is sixth on DU’s all-time list with 321 career free throw made and 447 free throw attempts. The Parker, Colo., native has career totals of 1,106 points, 438 rebounds and 105 steals in 104 games.
National Rankings: The Pioneers shot 60.5 percent (23-of-38) against New Orleans on Jan. 7, returning DU back to second place in the nation with a 51.9 field goal percentage, trailing only No. 5 Syracuse (53.8 percent) and just ahead of Murray State (51.8 percent) and No. 1 Kansas (51.3 percent). Denver is also 18th in three-point percentage (40.5 percent). Although no DU player qualifies for the minimum among NCAA statistics, Rob Lewis (63.8), Sabatino Chen (61.0), Chase Hallam (57.5), Tyler Thalken (54.5), Nate Rohnert (53.6) and Travis Hallam (50.0) all are shooting better than 50 percent from the floor. Rohnert also ranks third in the nation with 99 free throws made.
Percentage Game: Junior forward Rob Lewis has jumped into the Sun Belt lead in field goal percentage at 63.8 percent after missing the first four games of the season with an injury. Lewis has a career field goal percentage of 54.9 percent, which ranks seventh in DU history. Freshman guard Chase Hallam is fifth in the SBC at 57.5 percent, and Nate Rohnert is ninth (53.6 percent).
Chen Music: Since the beginning of December, sophomore guard Sabatino Chen has increased his scoring output from 0.8 points per game to 4.2, scoring at least 10 points four times - something Chen had never done before. Chen, who scored 11 points against UNO on Jan. 7, has also raised his field goal percentage to 61.0, and he has gone 14-for-18 (77.8 percent) from the free throw line this season.
CATS RETURNS TO DENVER JANUARY 13-17
DENVER – The show that revolutionized musical theatre is coming to Denver’s Buell Theatre for eight performances only January 13-17. Tickets are now on sale.
Produced by CATS-Eye, LLC, the national tour of CATS is the only production in North America sanctioned by Andrew Lloyd Webber. With original direction by Trevor Nunn and choreography by Gillian Lynne this is the CATS credited with the British invasion of Broadway. The national tour of CATS recently celebrated its 26th anniversary season, holding its place as the longest continuously touring Broadway musical in history.
On May 11, 1981, CATS opened at the New London Theatre in the West End. Eight years later it celebrated its first important milestone: after 3,358 performances CATS became the longest running musical in the history of British theatre. CATS played its final performance on its 21st birthday, May 11, 2002.
CATS opened on Broadway October 7, 1982 at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City and continued to live up to its motto "Now and Forever." On June 19, 1997, CATS became the longest running musical on Broadway. It ended its 18 year run on September 10, 2000.
Based on T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, and with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, CATS won seven 1983 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Lighting and Best Costumes.
In October of 1991 CATS became the longest continuously touring show in American theatre history. Five continents, 26 countries, over eight and a half million audience members and 26 years later, CATS is still America’s most loved family musical. Celebrating not only 26 years but the birth of the musical spectacular, CATS is still revolutionary and awe inspiring.
Now that it has been seen by millions of audience members worldwide, it is time to celebrate with the whole family the magic, the mystery, the wonder of CATS.
Single tickets for CATS start at just $15. To charge by phone, call Denver Center Ticket Services at 303.893.4100. TTY (for Deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons): 303.893.9582. Groups of 15 or more, please call 303.446.4829. Tickets may also be purchased at the Denver Center Ticket Office, located at the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex Lobby, or at TicketsWest outlets, located in all King Soopers stores. Buy and print online at www.denvercenter.org.
CATS is an added attraction in the Denver Center Attractions 2010 season, which is generously supported by United Airlines. Media sponsorship for DCA is provided by The Denver Post, CBS4 and Denver Magazine. The Denver Center for the Performing Arts is supported in part by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District. Please visit our website at www.denvercenter.org.
DENVER – The show that revolutionized musical theatre is coming to Denver’s Buell Theatre for eight performances only January 13-17. Tickets are now on sale.
Produced by CATS-Eye, LLC, the national tour of CATS is the only production in North America sanctioned by Andrew Lloyd Webber. With original direction by Trevor Nunn and choreography by Gillian Lynne this is the CATS credited with the British invasion of Broadway. The national tour of CATS recently celebrated its 26th anniversary season, holding its place as the longest continuously touring Broadway musical in history.
On May 11, 1981, CATS opened at the New London Theatre in the West End. Eight years later it celebrated its first important milestone: after 3,358 performances CATS became the longest running musical in the history of British theatre. CATS played its final performance on its 21st birthday, May 11, 2002.
CATS opened on Broadway October 7, 1982 at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City and continued to live up to its motto "Now and Forever." On June 19, 1997, CATS became the longest running musical on Broadway. It ended its 18 year run on September 10, 2000.
Based on T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, and with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, CATS won seven 1983 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Lighting and Best Costumes.
In October of 1991 CATS became the longest continuously touring show in American theatre history. Five continents, 26 countries, over eight and a half million audience members and 26 years later, CATS is still America’s most loved family musical. Celebrating not only 26 years but the birth of the musical spectacular, CATS is still revolutionary and awe inspiring.
Now that it has been seen by millions of audience members worldwide, it is time to celebrate with the whole family the magic, the mystery, the wonder of CATS.
Single tickets for CATS start at just $15. To charge by phone, call Denver Center Ticket Services at 303.893.4100. TTY (for Deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons): 303.893.9582. Groups of 15 or more, please call 303.446.4829. Tickets may also be purchased at the Denver Center Ticket Office, located at the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex Lobby, or at TicketsWest outlets, located in all King Soopers stores. Buy and print online at www.denvercenter.org.
CATS is an added attraction in the Denver Center Attractions 2010 season, which is generously supported by United Airlines. Media sponsorship for DCA is provided by The Denver Post, CBS4 and Denver Magazine. The Denver Center for the Performing Arts is supported in part by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District. Please visit our website at www.denvercenter.org.
Pioneers Prevail Over Privateers, 75-66
Nate Rohnert scored 27 points and dished out seven assists in DU’s victory
DENVER – University of Denver men’s basketball senior guard Nate Rohnert (Parker, Colo.) scored 27 points and dished out seven assists to lead the Pioneers to a 75-66 victory over the University of New Orleans Privateers on Thursday night at Magness Arena.
Rohnert was 8-of-10 from the field and 2-for-2 from three-point range, and added three steals. Sophomore guard Brian Stafford (Walnut Creek, Calif.) scored 15 points, while junior forward Rob Lewis (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and sophomore guard Sabatino Chen (Louisville, Colo.) added 11 points each.
“Nate Rohnert played really well tonight. He played like a senior, and Rob Lewis for the first time looked like he was back to playing the way we need him to with some energy,” head coach Joe Scott said. “We stopped them when we needed to. I thought our defense was good.”
Denver (11-5, 4-1 SBC) shot 60.5 percent off 23-for-38 from the field, while holding New Orleans (6-10, 1-4 SBC) to 47.7 percent (21-of-44).
DU trailed by three with 8:23 remaining in the first half, when the Pioneers went on an 11-0 run and took a 29-21 lead into halftime.
The Privateers clawed back within four points with 14:01 left in the game before Rohnert scored a layup and sophomore guard Travis Hallam (Mesquite, Texas) hit a three-pointer, and Denver maintained the lead to the buzzer.
UNO was led by Carl Blair and Charles Carmouche, who both scored 16 points.
The Pioneers host two-time defending SBC champion Western Kentucky Sunday, Jan. 10 at 1 p.m.
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