Theatre

Much ado at Jenkins Ranch Park

Players’ Studio Series refreshes Shakespeare

September 19, 2020

Broadway veteran Nick Cordero dies from virus complications

Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero, who specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as “Waitress,” “A Bronx…

July 7, 2020

Film

Fiesta Theatre in Cortez reopens Friday

Coronavirus precautions in place

June 28, 2020

Visual Arts

Durango Arts Center slowly reopening

Kids’ camp to begin July 6

June 25, 2020

Performing Arts

Merely Players and The Silverton Mine go online

1. A tight, contemporary adaptation of an old, familiar story. 2. A jazzy, up-to-date video recording. 3. Suspenseful original music.…

June 18, 2020

Performing Arts

In a topsy-turvy world: Merely Players offers a timely ‘Alice’

Adobe Stock Co-founder and artistic director of Merely Players, Wood-Patterson had to cancel the company’s spring production of “Matilda” and…

June 5, 2020

Performing Arts

Larry Kramer, playwright and AIDS activist, dies at 84

Larry Kramer, left, and Daryl Roth embrace after they won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play for…

May 27, 2020

Performing Arts

‘The Blacksmith’ opera rescheduled for October

professional show at Mancos Opera House still on

May 16, 2020

Performing Arts

‘Frozen’ musical on Broadway not to reopen

Characters, from left, Sven, Olaf, voiced by Josh Gad, Kristoff, voiced by Jonathan Groff, Elsa, voiced by Idina Menzel, and…

May 14, 2020

Performing Arts

Broadway shutdown extended until at least Labor Day

COVID-19 has shaken theater fans and shuttered all of New York City’s venues, including Broadway, which grossed $1.8 billion last…

May 12, 2020

Performing Arts

Disney makes filmed version of ‘Hamilton’ streamable

The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it will offer the live capture of “Hamilton” on Disney TV Plus starting on…

May 12, 2020

Performing Arts

Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy dies from coronavirus at 75

Horn died of complications from the coronavirus on Friday in a Las Vegas hospital, according to a statement released by…

May 9, 2020

Performing Arts

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

Composer and executive producer Andrew Lloyd Webber has launched a virtual competition that could lead to one fan singing on…

April 24, 2020

Local News

After nearly 60 years, the Henry Strater Theatre closes

owner terminates lease at popular event space

April 14, 2020

Arts and Entertainment

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

This 1985 image released by NBC shows executive producer Thomas L. Miller, who produced a string of hit TV comedies…

April 8, 2020

Arts and Entertainment

Jackson estate gives to Broadway, Vegas needy amid outbreak

Pop star Michael Jackson acknowledges his fans in 2005 as he arrives at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse, in Santa…

March 25, 2020

Performing Arts

Multiple Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally dies at 81

Tony Award winning playwright Terrence McNally, one of America’s great playwrights whose prolific career included winning Tony Awards for the…

March 24, 2020

Performing Arts

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

‘Bittersweet’ musical will run for two weekends

March 12, 2020

Performing Arts

Bayfield High School theater gets dramatic with ‘Bright Star’

Student actors tackle Steve Martin, Edie Brickell play

March 5, 2020

Performing Arts

Staging a timeless ‘Macbeth’

Players tackle the bard

February 28, 2020

Performing Arts

Fort Lewis College stages a taut American drama

‘Two Rooms’ to be performed in Black Box Theatre

February 28, 2020

Performing Arts

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

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

February 20, 2020

Arts and Entertainment

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

DuBois’ song “Movin’ on Up” provided a joyous intro to “The Jeffersons” during the show’s 10-season run. BernNadette Stanis, who…

February 18, 2020

Arts and Entertainment

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

The Los Angeles County coroner’s office confirmed Bean’s Friday night death, saying it was being investigated as a “traffic-related” fatality.…

February 8, 2020