Performing Arts

Dan MacIvor’s “Communion” is now up at Urban Stages, 259 West 30 Street, through October 30. Tickets available here. [caption id="attachment_61918" align="aligncenter" width="226"] Writer-Director Daniel MacIvor[/caption] Blame it on a Blythe spirit. Actress Blythe Danner had seen and admired Daniel MacIvor’s ‘Marion Bridge” and asked if he might be...

“The Encounter” a techno trip and tour de force is now up at the John Golden Theatre,” 252 West 45, between 7th & 8th Avenues. Runs through January 8, 2017. Tickets here. Since the company was founded in 1983, Complicite has performed worldwide, winning over 50 major awards...

”An Evening with Steve Earle” honors the prolific singer-songwriter and roots rocker. The solo show takes place Tuesday, October 4, at Telluride's Sheridan Opera House. Tickets are $50 and $65 (reserved seats) here. Or call 970-728-6363 ext. 5. Earle’s concert is a double celebration: on that same evening, the newly built Opera House...

Know the name Sister Rosetta Tharpe? I know, not a household name. (But should be.) How about Elvis? Thought so. Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, and Jimi Hendrix. Brands. Icons, right? [caption id="attachment_61777" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Sister Rosetta Tharpe.[/caption] Well, those musical titans all owe a major debt to Tharpe, (1915–1973), a legend in her time and one of...

Reserved seating tickets for The Cashore Marionettes at Telluride’s Michael D. Palm Theatre on Sunday, October 2, 4 p.m., are available online at www.telluridepalm.com; general admission tickets can be purchased at the door the day of the event. Ticket prices are $8 for students and children; $12 for adults. For questions about...

Telluride's Sheridan Arts Foundation Young People’s Theater is proud to present its third annual Parents/Kids play starring 10 students grades 3-5 and their parents. The play kicks off the 2016-2017 YPT school year under the helm of new artistic director Allie Scherich.   Step back in time to the...

Beyond the Groove is pleased to announce Brett Dennen with his full band, Thursday, September 22. The event takes place at Club Red in Telluride Conference Center, Mountain Village. Doors open at 8 p.m.; show time is 8:30 p.m. Indianapolis sister duo Lily & Madeleine opens for Dennan. (All ages.) Tickets...

The Sheridan Arts Foundation presents reggae legends The Wailers, live in concert at Telluride's historic Sheridan Opera House on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.; show time is 8 p.m. Tickets are $45 general admission on the floor and $55 reserved seats in the balcony here* or call 970-728-6363,...

Connect the dots – founder/artistic director Jennie Franks, board chair Rachel Bowers, even the protagonists in two productions penned by Franks – and the picture becomes clear: SPARKy/ Telluride Playwright Festival is all about strong women. Two summers ago, Playwright Fest featured what was then a new work by Franks; "Ayn/Sister"...

What’s funny? [caption id="attachment_61038" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Lilly Sullivan[/caption] Blowing raspberries at every little thing that weighs heavy on us: elections, global warming, the guest list for our upcoming party. Sometimes humor is so arch a person could drive a double decker bus through it. What’s funny can also be wildly slapstick...