Performing Arts - The Durango Herald

Auditions for ‘Gypsy’ to be held

Fort Lewis College, in a collaboration with the Durango community, will hold auditions for singers actors and dancers 18 years and older for the musical “Gypsy.” Auditions will be...

DATE: Aug 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Four Corners Comedy Festival gets funny in Durango

Despite Bobcat Goldthwait’s cancellation, annual fest brings in the comedians

DATE: Aug 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Comedian Andy Dick reports attack in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS – Comedian Andy Dick said he was assaulted outside a New Orleans nightclub after performing in the French Quarter. Dick tells The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advoca...

DATE: Aug 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Durango playfest takes stage for second year

Five readings will highlight annual event

DATE: Aug 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

A Grand Imperial melodrama

Show at Silverton hotel celebrates past entertainment

DATE: Jul 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Let’s put on a S-H-O-W

FLC students mount Tony Award-winning musical

DATE: Jul 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

20MOONS picks up where ‘What is True?’ left off

Dance theatre stages ‘Between Vigilance and Sleeping’ at Fort Lewis

DATE: Jun 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Merely Players seeks a few good actors

Merely Players will hold open auditions for “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare. One of the most powerful plays of all time will come to the Merely Players stage in winter 2020. Audi...

DATE: Jun 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Dennis Elkins will bring mesmerizing solo show to Durango Arts Center

Dennis Elkins, the popular Fort Lewis College professor and former chairman of the Drama Department, is coming back to town with his solo show: ‘box.” Autobiographical in nature, ...

DATE: May 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

MET Opera based on true story from French Revolution to be screened

Paris, July, 1794: “Today, 40 individuals had their heads cut off, including 16 Carmélite nuns from Compiègne.” That brief, contemporaneous note about a mass execution during the ...

DATE: May 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Merely Players conjures super dreamtime with ‘Mama Mia!’

Production is high on energy, color and fantasy

DATE: May 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Aerial arts, acrobatics showcase takes form of high school circus

Founder wants to grow program into full-fledged school

DATE: May 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.