The Denver Post: "Demolition of the venerable dinner theater in Arapahoe County, affectionately known as 'The Barn,' began early Tuesday, and is expected to take about two weeks. The Playhouse staged nearly 200 productions, including 'too' of 'Fiddler on the Roof' — as in, 'too many to count,' so the joke went.
As a single excavator chewed through the structure like paper, former producer Paul Dwyer tossed his set of keys into the rubble. 'I won't be needing those anymore,' said Dwyer. 'And I can't protect it anymore, either.'
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Seeing this happen is incredibly painful because I grew up as a patron, performer and technician at CDP. I was there for that final parking lot performance of Evita in the rain and the mood was very similar to the demolition - somber on one side, but incredibly moving in knowing that there was so much history in that building, yet it lives on in the people who call it home. The closing of the CDP is a cautionary tale to anyone out there who manages the money for the theatre. There was no inclination at all that the theatre was running out of money, and the owners made a horrendous decision to inform no one until the Evita cast and crew arrived to see the door locked with only a note saying "The Country Dinner Playhouse has closed". Obviously many people lost their jobs and lost a month's worth of pay, but it also devastated the entire family of CDP patrons and employees. Please, please, folks. Even in the most dire of straits, even in the commercial theatre, your people matter.
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