Performing Arts - The Durango Herald

The Met presents ‘Roméo et Juliette’ at FLC

What to do Saturday morning is complicated this year. At 11 a.m., you can participate in the big downtown Durango march and make a personal statement about the incoming administration. Or, y...

DATE: Jan 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘Aladdin’ star James Monroe Iglehart switches to ‘Hamilton’

NEW YORK – Tony Award-winner James Monroe Iglehart is trading in his genie bottle for a place in American history onstage. Iglehart, the star of “Aladdin” on Broadway, will join “...

DATE: Jan 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Durango DOT Comedy to take the DAC stage

Improv comedy troupe Durango DOT Comedy will be putting on a show this weekend at the Durango Arts Center theater. Audience participation is a big part of the night: Spectators ar...

DATE: Jan 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Story of the ages: The lure of unattainable love

MET streams new opera Saturday at FLC

DATE: Dec 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘The Nutcracker’ returns to concert hall

State Street ballet to perform with symphony

DATE: Dec 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Merely Players brings ‘A Christmas Carol’ to the stage

Theater, dance and music come together for a unique telling of traditional tale

DATE: Dec 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Durango High School releases the beast within

Splendid production of ‘Beauty’

DATE: Nov 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Playwrights invited to submit plays to DAC

The Durango Arts Center invites emerging and established playwrights to submit original plays to the 10-Minute Play Contest. Annually, DAC receives more than 100 submissions from...

DATE: Nov 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Sarah Vowell to perform Thursday at concert hall

Next Thursday at the Fort Lewis Community Concert Hall, New York Times bestselling author, “This American Life” editor and commentator and frequent “Daily Show” guest Sarah Vowell will be ma...

DATE: Nov 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Durango High School Troupe 1096 to open ‘Beauty and the Beast’

‘I think it’s going to be amazing’

DATE: Nov 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘Ash pit’ redefined when cremains scattered at the Met

Only rarely in its history has the Metropolitan Opera canceled a performance partway through, and the reason is always death. In 1960, Leonard Warren finished his aria “Morir! Tre...

DATE: Nov 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Fort Lewis College Hawkapellas hit the right note

On Tuesday afternoon, Roshong Recital Hall at Fort Lewis College was filled with energy as college students streamed in for the hourlong, twice-a-week Hawkapella rehearsal. And no...

DATE: Oct 20, 2016 | 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.