Performing Arts - The Durango Herald

Elaine Stritch, brash stage legend, dies at 89

NEW YORK – Elaine Stritch, the brash theater performer whose gravelly, gin-laced voice and impeccable comic timing made her a Broadway legend, has died. She was 89. A spokesman fo...

DATE: Jul 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Julia Stiles goes ‘back to my roots’ – the stage

NEW YORK – Moving to a new home is said to be one of the most stressful events you can endure – up there with death and divorce – but Julia Stiles has just done it and looks radiant. ...

DATE: Jul 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Felder combines acting and piano playing in masterful performances

NEW YORK – At about 10, Hershey Felder had to make a decision that would change his life: Pick acting or pick the piano. He chose to tickle the ivories. “You can’t fake this,” the...

DATE: Jul 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

David Byrne readies ‘Here Lies Love’ in London

NEW YORK – David Byrne has gone more than an extra mile to ensure his immersive show “Here Lies Love” about Filipino ex-first lady Imelda Marcos is as authentic as possible as it goes intern...

DATE: Jul 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Shakespeare galore shaping up in the West

Utah Shakespeare Festival celebrates brothers, sisters, twins

DATE: Jul 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

New York City police to subway acrobats: Sit down

NEW YORK – The underground acrobats who flip, somersault and pole-dance among New York City subway riders as trains roll are drawing a new audience – police officers. The New York...

DATE: Jul 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

A once and future king

DAC’s summer musical ‘Pippin’ is colorful and ambitious

DATE: Jun 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Unmasking the dame of Durango

Durango Melodrama & Vaudeville summer show kicks off today at Strater Theatre

DATE: Jun 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Go West, young man

DHS graduate picked up by established Shakespeare troupe

DATE: Jun 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Carnegie Hall concert honors black history

NEW YORK – In a rehearsal room near Times Square this week, some two dozen men with Broadway-honed voices huddled to strategize. They were practicing choral work ahead of a landma...

DATE: Jun 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Hang-ups, hijinks at the opera

Santa Fe stages five new productions this summer season

DATE: Jun 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Ruby Dee’s legacy of activism, acting mourned

NEW YORK – For Ruby Dee, acting and activism weren’t contradictory things. They were inseparable, and they were intertwined. The African-American actress, who earned lead roles in...

DATE: Jun 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts