Theatre - The Durango Herald

Why local production of ‘Rocky Horror’ never gets old

After 11 years at Henry Strater, audiences keep coming back

DATE: Oct 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

What a way to make a living: Durango High School Troupe 1096 to stage ‘9 to 5’

Production features double cast

DATE: Oct 25, 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

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

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

Gentle humor was the lifeblood of playwright Neil Simon

NEW YORK – When master playwright Neil Simon accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2006, he was visibly nervous. But his gentle humor was evident. “It took me six ye...

DATE: Aug 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

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

Durango Arts Center presents musical for our fractured time

“Next to Normal,” the bracing American musical about how one family member’s mental illness impacts everyone in the group, won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 2010. At the time, ...

DATE: Aug 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts