Stateline; T1019

[music] [Director ] "Let's go back to the top again. Just this much so far." [Actor 1] '...big story wrong." [Actress 1] "It's always a big story, the biggest story in the world, and the next day everyone's forgotten it, even you!" [Actor] "What do you mean forgotten it?" [Barbra Streisand (on video)] "Love means never having to say you're sorry." [Actor 2] "...know what I am!" [Announcer] "Brighton Beach Memoirs." [Actress 2] "When you asked me to marry you, and I said ..." [music] [singing] "Every log in my house, straight as a pine can grow..." [unknown speaker] "Denver Center promo, take one. Camera one, cue." [Burt Lancaster, actor] "In one word, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts is entertainment. In several words, the Denver Center is the cinema and the stage. It's "Annie," "Annie Hall," "Annie Get Your Gun," "Frankenstein," "Gertrude Stein," "Trumpets,"..." [Announcer] "The Denver Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Denver has become as much a part of the

city as are the boulevards and neighborhoods that surround it.[city noise] But more than beautiful buildings,[music in background begins] The Denver Center possesses a heart that beats with the collective energies and talents of the men and women who share their love for the Performing Arts with the people of Colorado. Today the Denver Center ranks as one of the most impressive performing arts centers anywhere. Still groups of dedicated citizens and government officials are working to finish the master plan. When that is accomplished, Denver will have the most complete performing arts center yet built. Come. Enjoy the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Its productions, its presentations, its glamour. Denver Center Productions; The Denver Center Theatre Company; Robert Garner Center Attractions;

The Recording and Research Center; and the Denver Center Cinema. [background music ends] [Julie Andrews (singing in The Sound of Music)] The hills are alive with the sound of music. [sound of gunshots in movie] [Donald Sutherland (in movie) "You mind not doing that." [music] [music begins] [Announcer] "Film. Motion pictures. They play an important role in our lives. They entertain. They reflect our attitudes, our fears, our fantasies." [music] [Announcer] "The cinema invites famous filmmakers and stars to present lectures and participate in discussions, all to involve the community in the experience of the most flexible, responsive, and infinitely varied sound

instrument known to mankind: the human voice. (operatic singing in background) Research of the voice is a new field. The Denver Center moves a step further in searching for new ways to achieve and maintain optimum voice quality in both live and recorded performances." [Sound researcher speaking] "This will be a measure of the dynamic or moving activity of your larynx." [Unknown female singer] "Waaaaa..." [Announcer] "Necessary to capturing the crystalline sound of music and voice, the Recording and Research Center has created a world class recording studio. Projects produced in the studio have included motion picture and television soundtracks. The excitement of live television production, documentaries, and special events,

is captured on videotape and filmed for local, national, and international distribution." [Unknown actress on video- "Picnic"] "Who is the young man?" [Unknown actress 2 on video- "Picnic"] "Just another no-good Helen Potts took in." [Actor on video-"Picnic"] "You can look, but you can't touch." [music] [Announcer] "Since its founding in 1983, the Recording and Research Center has won increasing recognition and over a dozen prestigious national and international awards. The special you're watching, Willie Dixon's, "I Am The Blues" is scheduled for prime time broadcast over national PBS. [singing]

Denver Center Productions mounts a revival of American musical theater classics and new works for national tour. The popular musical, "Quilters" has set box office records in Washington D.C. and won six Tony nominations on Broadway. Denver Center Productions is breaking new ground by collaborating with the Recording and Research Center on a feature length television drama. With a skyrocketing cost of productions on Broadway, Denver Center Productions will play an increasingly important role in providing affordable professional theater in New York and across the nation." [Carol Channing, actress] "How do? I'm Carol. Carol Channing? Yeah! And I'd love to tell you about Center Attractions, my favorite gem of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. My dear friend, Bob

Garner brings all those wonderful Broadway shows to Denver. You may have seen me in "Hello, Dolly," "Lorelai," or "Jerry's Girls." Center Attractions brings you "Annie," "Evita," "Barnum" and "Zorba." Why, next to diamonds, Robert Garner Center Attractions is a girl's best friend. The Denver Center. Call us entertainment!" [music] [Announcer] "Robert Garner Center Attractions: bringing the best of Broadway to Denver." [Unknown Actor] "...a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo."

[Announcer] "Denver Center Theatre Company; the place for excitement. Since its beginning, the Denver Center has grown from a five to a 12th place season, giving particular emphasis to the discovery and nurturing of new works and local playwrights." [music] [Announcer] "The theatre company is based in Denver, but it is also a truly regional theatre, serving people throughout Colorado and the West by touring productions to cities and towns where professional theater is seldom available. The Denver

Center Theatre Company is also home of the National Theatre Conservatory. The Conservatory, through its affiliation with the American National Theatre and Academy, is the only institution of Theatre Arts with a congressional charter. Students in the master level program are selected from all over the country. Conservatory faculty come from inside the theater company, visiting artists, and professionals from the Denver area. The Conservatory and the resident company support each other. In this way the company continues to grow as the artists of tomorrow achieve their full potential. The Denver Center Theatre Company with three main stages where music, adventure, and magic are alive." [music continues in the background] [Announcer] "The Denver Center reaches out to people in unexpected places and in unexpected ways. Special Activities at the Center include "Festival Caravan" lighting up the summer nights with free entertainment in Denver city parks. Tours

and workshops in area schools, special student matinees, the Theater Company's unique student usher program, and a wealth of other events. The Denver Center needs your support to make all this happen. Your support through contributions, volunteer groups, season subscriptions, and attendance. The magic is all around us. It springs to life and swirls with color. Where there is magic and amazement, there are the performing arts. Come. Share the dreams at The Denver Center for the Performing Arts." [music]

[Announcer 2] "The arts: Excellence, excitement, entertainment. The Denver Art Center, two blocks from the 16th Street Mall at 14th and Curtis, is alive with the best in the West. Boettcher Concert Hall, the home of the Denver Symphony Orchestra and now for Colorado offers unforgettable evenings of magnificent music and opera. Helen Bonfil's Theatre Complex with its spacious lobby and attractive bars is home to the Denver Center Theatre Company and Denver Center Cinema. The Auditorium Theatre, grande dame of Denver's theaters, hosts the Colorado Ballet and Robert Garner Center Attractions, the best of Broadway. Between them, these groups offer Denver over 1,000 performances a year. Performances which rank with the best in the land. Performances to be proud of and to enjoy." [music] [Announcer 2] "One of the world's greatest orchestras performs in the Denver Arts Center, The Denver

Symphony Orchestra. The symphony performs major orchestral, classical works, pops, and kids concerts, and presents today's finest musicians including Lynn Harrell, Alex Wisenberg, James Galloway, Isaac Perlman, and Emmylou Harris. The Denver Symphony Orchestra, in its fifth decade, proudly performs under the artistry of principal conductor Felippe Entremont. The season runs through June 6th 1987, with varied performance schedules on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights, and Sunday afternoons. Group rates, senior, and student discounts are available. Take advantage of the live sounds of the Denver Symphony Orchestra located in beautiful Boettcher Concert Hall, part of the Denver Art Center. Or arrange to bring the symphony to your next event. [Music] The DCPA, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, brings

Broadway to Denver through Robert Garner Center Attractions. These dazzling national tours, which critics often rate above their Broadway originals, are performed at the Auditorium Theatre and enjoyed by thousands each year. The DCPA is the Denver Center Theatre Company. Twelve plays in repertory from September to May in three glorious theatres: the Stage, the Space, and the Source. The eight season lineup includes: "South Pacific," "Molly Newman Shooting Stars," and "Lonesome Highway," a new musical about Hank Williams. The DCPA is the Denver Center Cinema; 600 first class movies a year from around the world and across the film spectrum. The DCPA's new red carpet card is our invitation for you to enjoy a sampling of our programs at substantial discounts. Acclaimed by the Denver Post last year as a company that has achieved major status, the Colorado Ballet performs a Denver season of classical and contemporary ballets.

Highlighted by this year's 26th annual production of "The Nutcracker" and a world class guest company. In addition, the Colorado Ballet performs a suburban series of shorter works for intimate theaters and tours regionally. Colorado Ballet artistic director, William Thompson, and the Colorado Ballet Orchestra, directed by Thomas Jensen, are proud to be an integral part of the lively cultural community of Colorado and to claim the Denver Auditorium Theatre, a part of the Denver Arts Center, as their performing home." [clapping] [Placido Domingo] "Hello. [Placido Domingo] "Hello. This is Placido Domingo. This year, Opera Colorado Denver's premier opera company, will be celebrating their fifth birthday with two outstanding productions, May 2nd and 17th. These productions are Puccini's "Manon Lescaut" and "Sampson and Delilah." Both are exceptional works in the grand opera tradition. Opera Colorado's reputation for quality production is international and stars of highest caliber will be performing. Join me in wishing Opera Colorado

happy birthday. Tickets are now available at Opera Colorado, telephone number 7 7 8 - 6 4 6 4. Opera Colorado will also be presenting, the Houston's Grand Opera production of Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" in June as part of their fifth anniversary celebration. Further information is also available by calling 7 7 8 - 6 4 6 4.[music] [Announcer 2] The Best of the West is at your doorstep seven days a week, every week of the season. Food and beverages are available before and after the shows. So, for family fun, business entertainment, office parties, and benefits for your favorite charity, the Denver Art Center is your entertainment district, and it's growing. The city and downtown businesses have joined the arts in a major revitalization project which will give Denver the best arts center in the country. The Denver Art Center, tomorrow's

home for the fine entertainment you can enjoy today."