Performing Arts - The Durango Herald

Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy dies from coronavirus at 75

LAS VEGAS – Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy, the duo whose extraordinary magic tricks astonished millions until Horn was critically injured in 2003 by one of the act’s famed white tigers, has di...

DATE: May 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

A ‘Phantom of the Opera’ contest seeks singer with style

NEW YORK – Andrew Lloyd Webber has launched a virtual competition that could lead to one fan singing on Broadway or the West End when musicals resume playing. The composer has inv...

DATE: Apr 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Durango dancer keeping on her toes

Pandemic forces Francesca Bianchi home from college

DATE: Apr 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Multiple Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally dies at 81

NEW YORK – Terrence McNally, one of America’s great playwrights whose prolific career included winning Tony Awards for the plays “Love! Valour! Compassion!” and “Master Class” and the musica...

DATE: Mar 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Montezuma-Cortez High to perform ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

‘Bittersweet’ musical will run for two weekends

DATE: Mar 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Bayfield High School theater gets dramatic with ‘Bright Star’

Student actors tackle Steve Martin, Edie Brickell play

DATE: Mar 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Staging a timeless ‘Macbeth’

Merely Players tackle the bard

DATE: Feb 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Fort Lewis College stages a taut American drama

‘Two Rooms’ to be performed in Black Box Theatre

DATE: Feb 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

An inky-black comic opera for our time

The MET updates Roman skullduggery in ‘Agrippina’

DATE: Feb 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Laurie Anderson among new arts academy inductees

NEW YORK – Like many incoming members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Laurie Anderson didn’t know a lot about the venerable honor society until she was asked to join it. ...

DATE: Feb 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts