Performing Arts - The Durango Herald

Why local production of ‘Rocky Horror’ never gets old

After 11 years at Henry Strater, audiences keep coming back

DATE: Oct 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Puccini mines U.S. Gold Rush in latest Met Live in HD

Giacomo Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West” (“The Girl of the Golden West”) is a spaghetti opera filled with more clichés than a horse has flies. Based on a popular melodrama by American playw...

DATE: Oct 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

What a way to make a living: Durango High School Troupe 1096 to stage ‘9 to 5’

Production features double cast

DATE: Oct 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Changes announced for MET Live in HD shows

On Oct. 13, the MET Live in HD officially began at Fort Lewis College. It was a so-called “encore” performance, not the originally scheduled live stream on Oct. 6, as schedule by the Met its...

DATE: Oct 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Durango, are you ready to get roasted?

Town will take a pummeling of friendly jabs

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

10-Minute Play Festival stages best of the best

Six plays will come to life at Durango Arts Center

DATE: Oct 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Cowboy poet Sam Noble takes the stage again

Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering celebrates 30 years

DATE: Oct 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Review: Merely Players celebrate Jane Austen in historic library

No doubt about it, “Sense and Sensibility” is a sacred text for Jane Austen fans. Published anonymously in 1811, the story of the Dashwood family has enjoyed innumerable iterations and fierc...

DATE: Oct 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘Space speaks’: Merely Players to perform at Old Fort Lewis

“When we saw the library at the Old Historic Fort site, we knew it would be perfect for our production of ‘Sense and Sensibility,’” said Mona Wood-Patterson. “Space speaks. There’s a high ce...

DATE: Sep 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘Dancing With the Stars’ cast: Mary Lou Retton, Bobby Bones, Tinashe, Joe from ‘The Bachelorette’ and more

ABC officially announced the Season 27 cast of “Dancing With the Stars” on Wednesday morning, and it had the regular assortment you might expect: actors, singers, former Olympic athletes, an...

DATE: Sep 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

DHS theater director helps students find their vein of gold

Ben Mattson: ‘It’s an intense, intense job, but I love it’

DATE: Sep 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Merely Players to hold youth theater class auditions

Merely Players will hold auditions for its youth theater class, which will culminate in a production of “Our Town,” from 4-5 p.m. Sept. 17 and 18 at Animas High School, 271 twin Buttes Ave. ...

DATE: Sep 6, 2018 | 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.