Performing Arts - The Durango Herald

Changes announced for MET Live in HD shows

On Oct. 13, the MET Live in HD officially began at Fort Lewis College. It was a so-called “encore” performance, not the originally scheduled live stream on Oct. 6, as schedule by the Met its...

DATE: Oct 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Durango, are you ready to get roasted?

Town will take a pummeling of friendly jabs

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

10-Minute Play Festival stages best of the best

Six plays will come to life at Durango Arts Center

DATE: Oct 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Cowboy poet Sam Noble takes the stage again

Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering celebrates 30 years

DATE: Oct 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Review: Merely Players celebrate Jane Austen in historic library

No doubt about it, “Sense and Sensibility” is a sacred text for Jane Austen fans. Published anonymously in 1811, the story of the Dashwood family has enjoyed innumerable iterations and fierc...

DATE: Oct 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘Space speaks’: Merely Players to perform at Old Fort Lewis

“When we saw the library at the Old Historic Fort site, we knew it would be perfect for our production of ‘Sense and Sensibility,’” said Mona Wood-Patterson. “Space speaks. There’s a high ce...

DATE: Sep 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘Dancing With the Stars’ cast: Mary Lou Retton, Bobby Bones, Tinashe, Joe from ‘The Bachelorette’ and more

ABC officially announced the Season 27 cast of “Dancing With the Stars” on Wednesday morning, and it had the regular assortment you might expect: actors, singers, former Olympic athletes, an...

DATE: Sep 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

DHS theater director helps students find their vein of gold

Ben Mattson: ‘It’s an intense, intense job, but I love it’

DATE: Sep 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Merely Players to hold youth theater class auditions

Merely Players will hold auditions for its youth theater class, which will culminate in a production of “Our Town,” from 4-5 p.m. Sept. 17 and 18 at Animas High School, 271 twin Buttes Ave. ...

DATE: Sep 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Raven Narratives shows canceled by 416 Fire to be staged

The 416 Fire took over the area this summer, resulting in the cancellation of all sorts of activities and events – including the Raven Narratives storytelling event scheduled for June in Sil...

DATE: Aug 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Photo: ‘Next to Normal’ opens at Durango Arts Center

“Next to Normal,” opened Thursday at Durango Arts Center and will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Thursday, Aug. 31, Sept. 6, 7 and 8. There will be a 2 p.m. matinee Sept. 9. The...

DATE: Aug 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Merely Players tickets available

Merely Players is now selling tickets for its 2018-19 season. The show lineup includes a found-space production of “Sense and Sensibility,” which will be presented in the Old Fort Library bu...

DATE: Aug 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts