Mining a children’s show for additional copper is a fine art in the touring world, as evidenced by the glut of ice and stage productions reprising kids’ animated shows.
This week a pair of popular kiddie brands announced stints at the Denver Coliseum, including the first “My Little Pony” stage show. Introduced in 1982, you may remember the miniature plastic-pastel horses from the time they spent under siege from various G.I. Joe forces (as I do) or the animated TV series – essentially a half-hour commercial for the toy.
Dubbed “The World’s Biggest Tea Party,” it will visit the Denver Coliseum Feb. 8-11. Tickets for the 90-minute song-and- dance production are on sale. ($14-$22, TicketsWest)
The long-running Disney on Ice tour also announced a show based on its 2001 hit “Monsters, Inc.” Tickets for the show’s March 14-18 run, also at the Coliseum, will not go on sale publicly until Jan. 28 but an online presale to “preferred customers” already has begun. ($14-$60, Ticketmaster)
The Second City Touring Company is an offshoot of the famous Chicago sketch comedy troupe, and its touring shows are where the bigger names get their start. At least that’s the idea. Second City’s Denver contingent at the Galleria was supposed to fill that role locally, but closed shop last week because of poor ticket sales. Maybe a month-long absence (and a single performance) will find the show “Truth, Justice, or the American Way” faring better. Tickets for the Feb. 10 comedy at the Boulder Theater are on sale. ($17.50-$23.50, bouldertheater.com)
The Used will lead Rockstar’s “Taste of Chaos” tour, a lineup calculated to wring suburban angst from even the most stoic clove smokers and Hot Topic shoppers. The aforementioned post-hardcore/emo band will be joined by 30 Seconds to Mars, Senses Fail, Saosin, Aiden, Chiodos, Evaline and others at Magness Arena on Feb. 27. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($20-$28, Ticketmaster)
Born in the Flood and The Photo Atlas will release and rerelease, respectively, their albums at a hotly anticipated Feb. 9 show at the Gothic Theatre. Scuff up your brand new Chucks and come out to see the best in local indie rock and post-punk. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($8-$10, TicketWeb)
Snowden, a moody indie rock quartet with one of the most criminally underappreciated albums of 2006, gets another crack at Denver on March 9 when it plays the Larimer Lounge with Malajube. Tickets are on sale. ($8, bigmarks tickets.com)
Newsboys started as a dyed-in- the-wool Christian band but slowly followed industry currents toward a more secular sound. The group will play
April 7 at Magness Arena.
Tickets are on sale. ($18-$55, Ticketmaster)
This article has been corrected in this online archive. Originally, due to a reporting error, it listed the wrong ticketing agent for the “My Little Pony” show – the correct company is TicketsWest.
