The Performing Arts Project

Promoting and Supporting the Performing Arts in Colorado

Sunday, April 26, 2026

Method Composing: April Alsup on writing musicals

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Ever heard of “Method Composing”? It's an underlying process used by April Alsup to create new musical theatre works, by stepping inside...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Broadside takes on USA liberty celebrations in Denver this July

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Broadside the Musical is officially assembled and around Denver people are starting to take notice. From rehearsal rooms to theatre lobbies...
Tuesday, March 3, 2026

The Original Social Media Was Paper: Why Denver’s Performing Arts Project Is Backing Broadside

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Before posts went viral, broadsides did; ink-on-paper “posts” loud enough to spark a revolution. As we head toward America’s 250th anniversa...
Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Calling Denver Artists: Broadside Auditions at Regis University

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If you’ve ever watched a post explode online; shared, remixed, debated, meme’d into oblivion you already understand Revolutionary Boston. Lo...
Saturday, November 1, 2025

Broadside the Musical: Awaken the Revolution Within

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Our covert cultural operatives have been busy ducking into rehearsal rooms, lurking around Denver coffee shops, and eavesdropping behind mus...
Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Denver based theatre troupe three-peats Edinburgh theatre festival

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It’s been another amazing year for Denver-based theatre troupe April Alsup Productions, a regular at the Edinburgh International Fringe Fest...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts

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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...
Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Denver based theater troupe receives rave reviews in Edinburgh Scotland

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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...
Thursday, April 18, 2024

Denver area music theatre troupe sails to Scotland

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It's that time of year again, when theatre enthusiasts from around the globe start planning for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It's ...
Saturday, April 13, 2024

Performing Arts Project announces online accompanist initiative

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The Performing Arts Project (PAP) announced today a tentative agreement to identify talent for the website accompanist.com . The online acco...
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

PAP announces headliner for New Horizons Festival

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The Performing Arts Project announced today it is teaming up with Florida based New Horizons on their 2024 Summer Performing Arts Festival S...
Saturday, January 27, 2024

Performing Arts Project announces new sponsor

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Earlier this month, we picked up our first major sponsor of 2024. Viewmark ® , a privately held Colorado Corporation, has signed a definitiv...
Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Eigg Musical wins "Best Musical" from Broadway World Denver

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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...
Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Denver based musical about the Isle of Eigg takes Scotland by storm

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Perhaps the most captivating music theatre work to ever come from Denver Colorado, Eigg the Musical took Scotland by storm this Summer at th...
Thursday, September 14, 2023

The theatrical research behind Eigg the Musical

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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...
Monday, August 21, 2023

Developing the musical score for Eigg the Musical

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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...
Saturday, June 3, 2023

Integrating poster(s) into your music theatre show

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There's always a whole bunch of collateral ideas considered when a music theatre marketing team embarks on their production journey and ...
Friday, March 31, 2023

Denver based Musical heads to Scotland

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Established in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), the Edinburgh Festival Fringe  takes place in Scotland ...
Tuesday, February 28, 2023

How to create a brand image for a new musical theater show

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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...
Sunday, December 11, 2022

Creating Musical soundtracks during a pandemic

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Lots of things have changed with the music theatre development processes lately. It seems like making a soundtrack for a new music theatre w...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Using the ALSUP document format for Music Theatre Productions

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In Music Theatre, an ALSUP (Another Libretto Score User Production) guide is a single PDF document that combines a musical's libretto wi...
Sunday, August 14, 2022

Production compensation webinar: Music Compensation

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We recently attended another webinar from the the Dramatist Guild's Production Compensation Series . It's was an in-depth discussion...
Friday, July 8, 2022

Canvas Rebel Magazine Interview | Meet April Alsup

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Here's an online magazine interview about choosing the Performing Arts as a career profession.  April Alsup , a leading music theater ex...
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Brand identity for NEW music theater works

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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...
Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Production compensation webinars from the Dramatist Guild

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