1937
An article in the Rocky Mountain News referenced comments made in Time magazine that expressed the continuing popularity of Elitch Theatre throughout the country. Denver is becoming more and more […]
1936
The Death of Mary Elitch Long On July 15, 1936, Mary Elitch Long suffered a heart attack at the home of her sister-in-law, Jeannette Arnold, at 4567 West 38th Avenue, […]
1935
Roy Roberts and Nancy Sheridan were the leads. More comedies were presented this year at Elitch because the company selected was especially suited for comedies, although their years of experience […]
1934
The season opened with the A. E. Thomas comedy No More Ladies, a Lee Shubert production that closed for the summer at the Morosco Theater in New York, to be […]
1933
The regular season at Elitch Theatre was to open with the play Forsaking All others, However, the season began earlier than scheduled with another play. A road show production of […]
1932
Selena Royle was the leading woman and Roger Pryor the leading man. G. Bradford Ashworth returned to handle the scenic end of the productions. The director for the season was […]
1931
Carlton Miles, a former drama editor of the Minneapolis Journal who, a few seasons earlier, had served as a press agent at Elitch Gardens, wrote a tribute for the then […]
Walter Pidgeon (1964)
Walter Pidgeon agreed to come to Elitch for this 1964 season to perform in Take Her, She’s Mine only after Miss Bonfils and Connor convinced him that Denver’s mile-high altitude […]
Milton Sills (1912)
“Milton Sills, one of the most charming young men I ever knew, came as my leading man, and Louise Woods as leading lady, for a limited engagement. Their first presentation […]
Donald Cook (1930)
Donald Cook made his Broadway debut in 1926 as Donn Cook, and was billed as Donn Cook at Elitch during this season. During the 1930 engagement at Elitch, Cook met […]