Behind the Scenes

2023 in Review
Posted December 4, 2023What a year! We produced three magnificent productions, including our first-ever world premiere, and garnered critical acclaim, and dozens of...

60 Minutes Archive: Stephen Sondheim
Posted October 28, 2023
Kaddish for Steve: On the Jewishness of Sondheim
Posted October 24, 2023Sondheim’s work is elusive, ambivalent, internally conflicted, and deeply concerned with how stories are told. What could be more Jewish?...

Sondheim comes home to Cherry Creek
Posted September 19, 2023DENVER—Stephen Sondheim’s indelible career began writing lyrics for “West Side Story” in 1957. Nearly 70 years later, the posthumous world...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
Posted July 11, 2023Dear Theater Patron and Lover of the Arts: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,”...

Cherry Creek Theatre nominated for a record-breaking TEN Henry Award nominations
Posted June 16, 2023The Colorado Theatre Guild’s 17th Annual Henry Awards will take place on the evening of Monday, July 24, 2023 at...

Westword: Twentieth-Century Vaudeville Stars Tackle 21st-Century Issues in The Headliners
Posted May 8, 2023By Toni Tresca, May 8, 2023 Celebrated local playwright Jeffrey Neuman has long been drawn to vaudeville. “So much of...