Fans of satire will find plenty to enjoy when the Denver Press Club’s annual Gridiron Show takes place on Friday at the newly renovated Reiman Theater on the campus of the University of Denver.
The DPC’s show of political and cultural satire features a returning Governor John Hickenlooper and the Hick-Tones (including Tom Clark, CEO Metro Denver Economic Development Corp.), Rocky Mountain PBS’ Cynthia Hessin, a crew from the 9News morning show (excellent singer Belen DeLeon, Gary Shapiro, Corey Rose and Gregg Moss) and more folks from politics and media.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and showtime is at 7 p.m. at the Reiman Theater, in the Margery Reed Hall building (2306 E. Evans Ave.) on the DU campus, next to the Daniels College of Business. Parking is free at the Daniels College of Business.
The Gridiron show is a laugh-fest of local performers, journalists, politicians and Denver Press Club members, who present a hilarious skewering of local and national political and cultural happenings – mostly in song, plus a fake newscast. The original performance was held in 1946, and its current run has been an almost-annual occurrence since 2000.
Also returning are members of the core cast each year: Edie Sonn, Ruth Darling-Goldberg, Cynthia Rose, Steve Koenigsberg, Tom Corona, Bruce Goldberg and violinist Julia Hays, plus newcomer Kevin Flynn, a veteran of The Rocky Mountain News. Fred Brown, the retired statehouse reporter from The Denver Post and 9News, again will serve as master of ceremonies and offer up some hilarious haikus.
Tickets to the show are $30 and available at www.blacktie-colorado.com, by clicking on Oct. 10, or by using this URL: http://tinyurl.com/kvnjynl.
Sponsors include Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Comcast, Egan Printing, Linhart Public Relations, Southwest Airlines, The Denver Post, Wells Fargo and Xcel Energy.
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