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‘Full House,’ Broadway producer Thomas Miller dies at 79

LOS ANGELES – Thomas L. Miller, who produced a string of hit TV comedies included “Full House” and “Perfect Strangers” before beginning a new chapter as a Broadway producer, has died. He was...

DATE: Apr 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Jackson estate gives to Broadway, Vegas needy amid outbreak

LOS ANGELES – The Michael Jackson estate is donating $300,000 to help entertainment industry workers on Broadway, the music business and in Las Vegas who have been hurt by the coronavirus pa...

DATE: Mar 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

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

Tim Robbins, The Actors’ Gang to stage ‘The New Colossus’ at Concert Hall

Play celebrates courage, character of refugees who’ve come to the U.S.

DATE: Feb 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘Good Times’ Ja’Net DuBois dies; co-wrote ‘Jeffersons’ theme

LOS ANGELES – Ja’Net DuBois, who played the vivacious neighbor Willona Woods on “Good Times” and composed and sang the theme song for “The Jeffersons,” has died. DuBois’ song “Mov...

DATE: Feb 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Actor-comedian Orson Bean, 91, hit and killed by car in LA

LOS ANGELES – Orson Bean, the witty actor and comedian who enlivened the game show “To Tell the Truth” and played a crotchety merchant on “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” was hit and killed by a...

DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Don’t tell the secret: DHS Troupe 1096 is setting a ‘Trap’

Student actors gearing up for latest production

DATE: Feb 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Ignacio High School theater to stage ‘Frozen’

Fundraiser dinner will be served before shows

DATE: Jan 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday