Applause Magazine

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Potential Audience
103,000 average per issue

Frequency
7 issues per season

AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS

63% ARE FEMALE
74% ARE 59 OR YOUNGER
67% HAVE SOME COLLEGE EDUCATION

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September - November 2025

September 19 - November 16
Ad Deadline: August 15

THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH
September 19 - November 2
Based on The New York Times best-selling memoir by Eddie Jaku, this “powerful and magnificent new work” (BroadwayWorld) tells a remarkable story of survival, revealing a paradox of joy built on a foundation of grief.

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
October 3 - November 2
Winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Drama! Raw, turbulent, and riveting from start to finish, this American classic by Tennessee Williams unfolds one sweltering night on the Pollitt family estate, where betrayals and unburied truths leave no one unscathed.

SHUCKED
October 7-19
Shucked is the Tony Award–winning musical comedy about an unlikely hero, a lovable con man, and an a-maize-ing battle for the heart & soil of Cob County.

LION KING
October 23 - November 16
Winner of six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, this landmark musical event brings together one of the most imaginative creative teams on Broadway. Tony Award-winning director Julie Taymor brings to life a story filled with hope and adventure set against an amazing backdrop of stunning visuals.

November - December 2025

November 21 - December 28
Ad Deadline: October 17

A CHRISTMAS CAROL
November 21 - December 28
Essential to the holiday season in Denver, A Christmas Carol is a joyous and opulent musical adaptation for the whole family that traces money-hoarding curmudgeon Ebenezer Scrooge’s triumphant overnight journey to redemption.

THE NOTEBOOK
December 16-28
Based on the best-selling novel that inspired the iconic film, The Notebook tells the story of Allie and Noah, both from different worlds, who share a lifetime of love despite the forces that threaten to pull them apart. “Full of butterfly-inducing highs and beautiful songs” (Entertainment Weekly), The Notebook is a deeply moving portrait of the enduring power of love.

January - March 2026

January 7 - March 1
Ad Deadline: November 21

SIX
January 7-11
From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a Euphoric Celebration of 21st century girl power! This new original musical is the global sensation that everyone is losing their head over!

COWBOYS AND EAST INDIANS
January 16 - March 1
From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the Six wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a Euphoric Celebration of 21st century girl power! This new original musical is the global sensation that everyone is losing their head over!

GODSPEED
January 30 - February 22
It’s 1865. Slavery has just been abolished in Texas. And a gunslinger named Godspeed returns to the Lone Star State with a six-shooter, one bullet, and vengeance on her mind. Think classic Western, with a twist.

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
February 11-22
After losing what matters most, a young man jumps a moving train unsure of where the road will take him and finds a new home with the remarkable crew of a traveling circus, and a life—and love—beyond his wildest dreams. Seen through the eyes of his older self, his adventure becomes a poignant reminder that if you choose the ride, life can begin again at any age.

MEREDITH WILLSON’S THE MUSIC MAN
February 27 - March 1
There’s trouble in River City when a fast-talking salesman gets his heart stolen by the town librarian. Meredith Willson’s six-time, Tony Award-winning musical comedy The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band that he vows to organize – this, despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef

march - May 2026

March 18 - May 3
Ad Deadline: February 13

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
March 18 - April 5
Cameron Mackintosh’s legendary production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is back to thrill American audiences once again! A revitalized production featuring Maria Björnson’s brilliant original design will launch in a multi-year North American Tour in November 2025, premiering at the Buell Theatre in Denver March 18 – April 5, 2026.

NEXT TO NORMAL
April 3 - May 3
Winner of three Tony Awards, this “impeccable” (The Washington Post) pop-rock musical deploys wry humor and brutal honesty to explore how a family navigates their darkest hours.

HELL’S KITCHEN
April 14-26
Ali is a 17-year-old girl full of fire – searching for freedom, passion and her place in the world. How she finds them is a New York City coming-of-age story you’ve never felt before – Hell’s Kitchen, a new musical from 17-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys, whose new songs and greatest hits about growing up in NY inspire a story made for Broadway.

APRIL - MAY 2026

April 17 - May 31
Ad Deadline: March 13

ENGLISH
April 17 - May 31
Undeniably one of the best plays of the decade” (Variety), this Pulitzer Prize winner is a disarmingly funny and tender new play about the foibles of language and miscommunication.

SOMEWHERE
May 1-31
From the Tony Award-winning writer of The Inheritance and The Legend of Georgia McBride comes a music and dance-filled portrait of a tight-knit Puerto Rican family striving to make it in show business.

HADESTOWN
May 5-10
Welcome to Hadestown, where a song can change your fate. Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, Hadestown is a haunting and hopeful theatrical experience that grabs you and never lets go.

MJ
May 13-17
Created by Tony Award-winning director/choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, MJ goes beyond Michael Jackson’s singular moves and signature sound, offering a rare glimpse at the making of the 1992 Dangerous World Tour. Don’t miss your chance to experience the show that’s electrifying sold-out crowds on Broadway, in cities across North America, London’s West End, and Hamburg, Germany once again to the Buell Theatre in May 2026.

May - August 2026

May 30 - August 23
Ad Deadline: April 24

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD
May 30 - June 27
Broadway’s spellbinding spectacular Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is coming to Denver. Join Harry and his son on a mind-blowing new adventure—brought to life with the most astonishing theatrical magic ever seen on stage.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC
July 29 - August 2
With its timeless story and irresistibly charming score, this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic isn’t just meant to be enjoyed – it’s meant to be shared. Directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien (Hairspray), this vibrant and romantic tale of Maria and the von Trapp family features beloved songs like “Do-Re-Mi,” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” and “Edelweiss.”

BEETLEJUICE
August 4-9
Based on the Tim Burton film comes Beetlejuice, a musical comedy about making the most of every Day-O. Entertainment Weekly calls it “a feast for the eyes and soul.”

MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT
August 11-23
Spamalot, which first galloped onto Broadway in 2005, features a book & lyrics by Eric Idle and music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle. The original Broadway production was nominated for fourteen Tony Awards and won three, including best musical. The musical comedy lovingly ripped off from the film classic, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot features well-known song titles such as “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life,” “The Song That Goes Like This,” “Find Your Grail” and more that have become beloved classics in the musical theatre canon.

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