Performing Arts - The Durango Herald

John Waters: Dreaming of a weird Christmas

The sly-looking, pencil-mustachioed man behind such kitschy, offbeat Baltimore-based films as “Female Trouble,” the original “Hairspray” and “Serial Mom” would seem to be the last person you...

DATE: Dec 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Technicolor tapestry of music

Young, vibrant actors take stage for 1970s-era rock musical

DATE: Dec 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

A boy’s technicolor dreams come true

Local show of ‘Joseph’ features more than 60 young actors

DATE: Dec 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Rare Shakespeare Folio discovered in French town

PARIS – The accidental discovery in a small library in northern France of an original first folio of Shakespeare’s plays has sent a jolt of excitement around the world of Shakespeare scholar...

DATE: Nov 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Figaro, the factotum of Seville

The Met stages smart and frothy ‘Barber’

DATE: Nov 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

The ‘Side Show’ stars reveal how the magic is done

NEW YORK – A big Broadway stage can leave even the most confident performer feeling a bit lonely. Not Emily Padgett or Erin Davie these days. The actresses play conjoined twins in...

DATE: Nov 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

A stage fiasco turns funny in ‘Play On!’

Durango LIVEly mounts love letter to community theater

DATE: Nov 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Immortal songs, splendid voices in ‘Les Mis’

DHS launches state-winning production of epic musical

DATE: Nov 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

At the Strater, doing the Time Warp – again

Rowdy ‘Rocky Horror’ takes over historic theater

DATE: Oct 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Review: Sting’s ‘The Last Ship’ is thrilling stuff

NEW YORK – You may be tempted upon leaving Sting’s Broadway musical “The Last Ship” to head straight to a pub to drain a pint and sing some sea shanties. Or maybe go weld something. Or do bo...

DATE: Oct 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts