The Performing Arts Project

Ever heard of “Method Composing”? It's an underlying process used by April Alsup to create new musical theatre works, by stepping inside...

Broadside the Musical is officially assembled and around Denver people are starting to take notice. From rehearsal rooms to theatre lobbies...

Before posts went viral, broadsides did; ink-on-paper “posts” loud enough to spark a revolution. As we head toward America’s 250th anniversa...

If you’ve ever watched a post explode online; shared, remixed, debated, meme’d into oblivion you already understand Revolutionary Boston. Lo...

Our covert cultural operatives have been busy ducking into rehearsal rooms, lurking around Denver coffee shops, and eavesdropping behind mus...

It’s been another amazing year for Denver-based theatre troupe April Alsup Productions, a regular at the Edinburgh International Fringe Fest...

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts goes back to the vision of Donald Seawell. In the early seventies he looked at the general area ar...

It was by chance that a Denver-area theatre troupe and Colorado producer April Alsup , were given the opportunity to open this year’s Edinbu...

It's that time of year again, when theatre enthusiasts from around the globe start planning for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It's ...

The Performing Arts Project (PAP) announced today a tentative agreement to identify talent for the website accompanist.com . The online acco...

The Performing Arts Project announced today it is teaming up with Florida based New Horizons on their 2024 Summer Performing Arts Festival S...

Earlier this month, we picked up our first major sponsor of 2024. Viewmark ® , a privately held Colorado Corporation, has signed a definitiv...

It's not everyday a new Musical comes out of nowhere and is selected as the best music theatre show of the year. It's hard for a sma...

Perhaps the most captivating music theatre work to ever come from Denver Colorado, Eigg the Musical took Scotland by storm this Summer at th...

In 2019 members of the development team visited the tiny Isle of Eigg. They stayed at the Glebe Barn and made friends with a group of lovely...

The Eigg show has been a wondrous musical journey. Early on, I knew we needed to supplement the score with traditional Scottish music and af...

There's always a whole bunch of collateral ideas considered when a music theatre marketing team embarks on their production journey and ...

Established in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), the Edinburgh Festival Fringe  takes place in Scotland ...

Creating a brand image for your new music theatre show can be challenging, but if you follow some basic design principles the process can be...

Lots of things have changed with the music theatre development processes lately. It seems like making a soundtrack for a new music theatre w...

In Music Theatre, an ALSUP (Another Libretto Score User Production) guide is a single PDF document that combines a musical's libretto wi...

We recently attended another webinar from the the Dramatist Guild's Production Compensation Series . It's was an in-depth discussion...

Here's an online magazine interview about choosing the Performing Arts as a career profession.  April Alsup , a leading music theater ex...

One thing theatre groups often overlook is branding for their new music theatre shows. There are a lot of hats for a theater's marketing...

We've been participating in the production compensation webinars presented by the Dramatist Guild in New York City over the last few wee...