Performing Arts - The Durango Herald

Overcoming turmoil, Met opera opens season

NEW YORK – After a summer of uncertainty, the sounds of discord gave way to joyful music-making as the Metropolitan Opera opened its season Monday night with a sparkling new production of Mo...

DATE: Sep 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘The Lion King’ musical makes history

NEW YORK – Here’s something the folks at Disney can take real pride in: “The Lion King” is the top ticket of all time. With a worldwide gross of over $6.2 billion, “The Lion King...

DATE: Sep 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Creating a universe in just 10 short minutes

Quick, final-selection plays were deliciously good – mostly

DATE: Sep 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Great theater, 10 minutes at a time

DATE: Sep 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Living, breathing history

Chautauqua performance Wednesday bring Alexander Hamilton to Durango

DATE: Sep 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Mad, bad, sad and spectacular for new MET season

2014-15 performances offer you eclectic choices

DATE: Sep 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Gillian Anderson onscreen soon in ‘Streetcar’

NEW YORK – If you can’t get to London in time to catch Gillian Anderson spinning onstage in “A Streetcar Named Desire,” her orbit is about to get larger. Starting Tuesday, Fathom ...

DATE: Sep 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Relationships’ dark side

Stage production brings a more somber tone in Deitch’s latest

DATE: Sep 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Michael Cera, actor, venturing into Broadway, music

NEW YORK – Brooklyn currently has a love affair with facial hair, is awash with hipsters, tons of kale – and now 100 percent more Michael Cera. The 26-year-old star of “Juno” and ...

DATE: Sep 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘Can we all get along?’ Well, maybe

Nuances, joys and complexities of relationships probed in play

DATE: Sep 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Trickster on the loose on Creede theater’s stage

Witty French farce is well worth drive out of town

DATE: Sep 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Dustin Diamond returns again to his inner Screech

NEW YORK – The rank of mega-stars who are known simply by one name includes, of course, Madonna, Cher, Beyonce and Bono. Oh, and one more, surely – that man-boy known as Screech. ...

DATE: Sep 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.