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DAC prepares for 10-minute play festival

Staged readings of short, original plays will again constitute one of the most popular events in Durango on May 18. Area actors and directors will mount the first iteration of our own 10-min...

DATE: May 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

10 reasons to see MET’s ‘Luisa Miller’

A lavishly staged tale of doomed love

DATE: Apr 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Master classes enrich students

Kerry Ginger knows plenty of people in “the biz,” and she’s invited two pros to Fort Lewis College for a series of open master classes in musical theater. “The tools, and the tri...

DATE: Mar 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

MET Live delivers Love Potion No. 9

No doubt about it, “L’Elisir d’Amore” is a potboiler. Brimming with stock characters, melodramatic story line and the sudden discovery of a rich uncle, “The Elixir of Love” could...

DATE: Feb 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Hidden gems to be found at St. Mark’s

The next recital in the St. Mark’s chamber music series has to be among the most unusual concerts to come our way in a very long time. Titled “Hidden Gems of Eastern Europe,” the ...

DATE: Jan 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Dennis Elkins returns for Christmas

Pagosa mounts a comedic ‘Tuna’

DATE: Dec 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

How to say goodbye with style

DAC stages a theatrical farewell

DATE: Dec 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

A Sondheim prescription for the holidays

“Not while I’m Around” is one of Stephen Sondheim’s warmest ballads. It arrives in the middle of one of his darkest, coldest musicals, “Sweeney Todd.” The message is that no matter how dange...

DATE: Dec 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

What’s in a master class?

You play what you’ve been practicing for months. When you finish, the teacher may say “Bravo.” Then the nitpicking begins. Master classes are a study in preparation, nerves and ...

DATE: Jul 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Tricksters in only 10 minutes

DAC play festival has mixed results

DATE: Jun 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Memory and its mysteries

Two productions bring classics to life

DATE: May 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Time and time again : The MET stages contemporary ‘La Traviata’

Time is the big villain in Verdi’s “La Traviata,” and in case you don’t get it, director Wily Decker puts a huge clock on stage even before the overture begins. At 11 Saturday mo...

DATE: Mar 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch