Showtime Denver's Performing Arts Convention Centers Theatre District Author:Thomas J. Noel, Amy B. Zimmer In Showtime Tom Noel ( Dr. Colorado ) and Amy Zimmer trace Denver s love affair with theatre, dance, opera, music and conventions back to its gold-rush origins. This historical account details the events that transformed a rough-and-tumble Western town into one of the nation s foremost performing arts destinations. With five-hundred illustration... more »s and a sweeping narrative, Showtime chronicles the first 150 years of Colorado s cultural landscape.« less