Merely Players stages tragicomedy online
‘WAKEY, WAKEY’ opens this weekend
DATE: Oct 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts
Wave of ‘Nutcracker’ cancellations hits dance companies hard
COLUMBUS, Ohio – For many, it’s not Christmas without the dance of Clara, Uncle Drosselmeyer, the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Mouse King and, of course, the Nutcracker Prince.
But this ...
DATE: Oct 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts
Spend a night at the opera: The MET makes it easy online
Will the biggest of all art forms, grand opera, survive the pandemic? Will die-hard Durango fans ever gather again Saturday mornings at Fort Lewis College for The MET Live in HD?
...
DATE: Oct 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts
Much ado at Jenkins Ranch Park
Merely Players’ Studio Series refreshes Shakespeare
DATE: Sep 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts
Nigerian boy gains fame after dance video goes viral
LAGOS, Nigeria – When Anthony Mmesoma Madu was videoed practicing ballet barefoot in the drizzling rain in Nigeria earlier this year, the 11-year-old thought the footage would be used for a ...
DATE: Aug 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts
World-class hoop dancer Nakotah LaRance dies
Champion hoop dancer Nakotah LaRance, who traveled the world performing with Cirque du Soleil then returned to New Mexico to coach youth dancers, has died at age 30.
LaRance, who ...
DATE: Jul 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts
Merely Players and The Silverton Mine go online
Here are eight reasons to catch Merely Players’ “Zoom Alice: A Wonderland Adventure for a Topsy Turvy World” before it disappears online by the end of Saturday, June 20.
1. A tigh...
DATE: Jun 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts
Second City CEO steps down amid claims of racism at theater
LOS ANGELES – Andrew Alexander, CEO and co-owner of famed The Second City improv theater, said he is stepping down after a former performer leveled accusations of racism against the comedy i...
DATE: Jun 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts
In a topsy-turvy world: Merely Players offers a timely ‘Alice’
“We can wait to go back to an uncertain ‘normal’ or we can work with what is,” Mona Wood-Patterson said in a recent interview.
Co-founder and artistic director of Merely Players,...
DATE: Jun 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts
Larry Kramer, playwright and AIDS activist, dies at 84
NEW YORK – Larry Kramer, the playwright whose angry voice and pen raised theatergoers’ consciousness about AIDS and roused thousands to militant protests in the early years of the epidemic, ...
DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts
‘The Blacksmith’ opera rescheduled for October
First professional show at Mancos Opera House still on
DATE: May 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts
‘Frozen’ musical on Broadway not to reopen
NEW YORK – The big budget musical “Frozen” will not reopen when Broadway theaters restart, marking the first time an established show has been felled by the coronavirus pandemic.
...
DATE: May 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts
