

The building opened in 1930 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Some highlights from their late 2017- early 2018 season include A Christmas Carol, American Mariachi, and The Who’s Tommy.Įlsewhere in Denver is the Paramount Theatre-a former movie theatre that now holds concerts and live events. The Tony Award-winning Denver Theatre Company performs there throughout the year.

The Performing Arts Complex has a number of other venues, including the 750-seat Stage Theatre. Some of its recent and upcoming shows include Something Rotten, Chicago, Elf: The Musical, and Hamilton. The Buell Theatre also hosted the first national touring production of The Lion King in 2002 and was extensively renovated again for the Democratic National Convention of 2008. The theatre opened in 1991 to the first national touring production of The Phantom of the Opera. Some time after the Denver Nuggets moved out of the building, renovations began to make the Buell Theatre the venue it is today. Before the venue became a destination for live theater, it hosted professional basketball, tennis, and wrestling. It was originally built to host the 1908 Democratic National Convention, and it was in Buell Theatre (then the Auditorium Arena) that Led Zeppelin played its first show in the United States. The Buell Theatre is one of the premier venues at the Performing Arts Complex, and the building has hosted many types of events throughout its rich history. Touring Broadway productions often visit Denver at venues in the Performing Arts Complex. The complex encompasses multiple venues and is one of the largest homes for performing arts in the US. Denver is committed to the arts, and you can best see the proof of that commitment at the Denver Performing Arts Complex.
