Raymond Burr (1944)
[For the 1944 season] Raymond Burr was the leading man. He had extensive theatrical experience before making his debut at Elitch. He made his New York debut in the musical […]
Joe E. Brown (1963)
The final play of the 1963 season featured Joe E. Brown in the role of Elwood P. Dowd in Mary Chase’s Harvey. The play was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for […]
Donald Woods (1933)
“Although it was not absolutely necessary for the leading lady at Elitch’s to possess great physical beauty, it was certainly highly advantageous for the leading man to be attractive and […]
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 […]
Blanche Walsh (1901)
In 1901 Walsh did a four-week engagement at the Elitch Theatre. She opened in Under Two Flags, the dramatization of Ouida’s novel by Denverite, Edward Elsner. The biographer of Mary […]
George Brent (1929)
Before he made 11 films with Bette Davis, a young 25-year-old George Brent appeared in the 1929 summer stock cast at the Historic Elitch Theatre. After his summer at the […]
Isobel Elsom (1928)
Isobel Elsom appeared as the leading lady for the Elitch season of 1928. At Elitch, she appeared in the role she created in the play The Outsider earlier that year […]
Lea Penman (1917)
Born on October 4th, 1895 in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Married George Treadwell Herbert on December 28, 1918 in Denver. Later married Clyde Fillmore (aka: Clyde Fogle) on December 06, 1924 […]