Denver, CO: Denver Performing Arts Complex

Country: United States of America
State: Colorado
City: Denver
Location: 14th Street / Curtis Street

Performing arts center, mainly built in the 1980s and 1990s, consisting of several theatre and concert halls:

  • Buell Theatre. Built in the 1990s. Used for musicals and shows. 2839 seats.
  • Boettcher Concert Hall. Concert hall, built 1978 by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates. 2679 seats.
  • Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Built 1908 as "Municipal Auditorium". 1956 converted into a theatre. 1992 renovations. 2002 renamed "Quigg Newton Denver Municipal Auditorium". 2002-2005 major renvations and rebuilding. Re-opened 10 Sep 2005 as "Ellie Caulkins Opera House". 2200 seats.
  • Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex, containing:
    • Stage Theatre. 778 seats.
    • Space Theatre. Theatre in the round. Demolished and rebuilt 2017. 380 seats.
    • Ricketson Theatre. Originally a cinema. 250 seats.
    • Jones Theatre. 200 seats.
  • Garner Galleria Theatre. Cabaret-style theatre. 210 seats.
  • Randy Weeks Conservatory Theatre. 185 seats.

Links: www.denvercenter.org, Wikipedia: Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Wikipedia: Denver Performing Arts Complex

Denver, CO: Denver Performing Arts Complex Picture: Municipal Auditorium (now Ellie Caulkins Opera House)
Front Text: "Municipal Auditorium, Denver, Colorado"
Reverse Text: "Municipal Auditorium, Denver, Colorado. The Municipal Auditorium is one of the largest of the kind in the U. S. with a seating capacity of over 12,000. It contains one of the finest pipe organs in the world and is unique in that it may be subdivided so that one portion may be thrown into a large theatre seating 3,000."
Publisher: E. D. Bowman News Co., Denver; 21
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
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Denver, CO: Denver Performing Arts Complex Picture: Municipal Auditorium (now Ellie Caulkins Opera House)
Front Text: "Auditorium, Denver, Colorado"
Reverse Text: "Auditorium. Denver's location, her climate, the scenery of the surrounding mountians and the magnificent way she is able to entertain and care for all visitors, all contribute to make her a convention city par excellence. The Auditorium, a magnificent structure, capable of accommodating 12,000 people, one of the largest of its kind in the country, was built at a cost of $700,000."
Publisher: H-H-T Co.; 1967
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
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Denver, CO: Denver Performing Arts Complex Picture: Municipal Auditorium (now Ellie Caulkins Opera House)
Front Text: "Interior of Auditorium, Denver, Colo."
Reverse Text: "Interior of Auditorium, Denver, Colo. This mammoth building constructed in 1908 to accommodate the Democratic Convention, is owned by the city. It is one of the largest convention halls in America, seating over 12,000. The structure is designed so that part of it can be converted into a theatre. Free band concerts are given in the Auditorium every Sunday afternoon and evening at public expencse. - Denver, the City of Opportunities. Ask Its Chamber of Commerce."
Publisher: H. R. Schmidt & Co., Wichita-Denver
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
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Denver, CO: Denver Performing Arts Complex Picture: Municipal Auditorium (now Ellie Caulkins Opera House)
Front Text: "Interior of Auditorium - Denver, Colo."
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Denver to New York NY, 1916

Denver, CO: Denver Performing Arts Complex Front Text: "New Municipal Auditorium, Dwenver, Colorado"
Reverse Text: "A spacious new $375,000 addition, the Municipal Auditorium, with a seating capacity of 10,000 in the main auditorium, is equipped to serve a vastly greater number of persons. The addition provides many new exhibit and committee rooms as well as 29,110 square feet of added floor space."
Publisher: Elmer C. Clark, Denver; 48344 Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
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Denver, CO: Denver Performing Arts Complex Picture: Galleria Walk (left: Ellie Caulkins Opera House)
Reverse Text: "The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, Colorado"
Publisher: Colorado Creative Sopply, Englewood CO; D-126
Size: Modern
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