Performing Arts

Telluride Theatre and the Sheridan Arts Foundation present “Peter & the Starcatcher” at the Sheridan Opera House starting Saturday, December 17 through Friday, December 23, 7 p.m. Saturday, December 24 (noon matinee). Tickets are $25 for adults; $15 for kids 18 and under. To purchase tickets go here...

SPARKy and Telluride's The Palm present a rare Christmas treat Monday, December 19, starting at 6 p.m. at The Palm. The event is a screening of the National Theatre of Great Britain’s latest production of  "The Three Penny Opera" by Bertolt Bretcht. Dinner and wine will be...

The Hot Club of San Francisco returns to Telluride for a much-anticipated encore performance. Their FREE holiday concert opens the new Black Box Theater, the first live musical show in the Palm Arts complex. Encore performance by the Hot Club, "Cool Yule,” takes place Friday, December 16,...

Telluride's Sheridan Arts Foundation presents a night of all-star comedy on Friday, December 16, with two different shows: “Jay and Silent Bob Get Old” at 7 p.m.; “An Evening with Kevin Smith” at 10 p.m. Tickets for the 7 p.m. show, which was announced in October,...

The Telluride Choral Society’s WinterSing, #23, takes place Friday, December 9, 7 p.m. at Christ Church on Columbia Avenue; the performance on Sunday, December 11, is at  3 p.m., also at Christ Church. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students, available at the door. For more information, call (970)729-0082. Whatever its origins – pagan,...

The Sheridan Arts Foundation and Ride Festival present Americana rockers The Wood Brothers live in concert on Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 8 p.m. They will be joined by opening act Ben Sollee. Tickets are $25 general admission on the floor; $35 reserved seats in the balcony.* Tickets...

“Elf the Musical JR” is directed by Allie Scherich and performed by students in grades 6 - 8 live at Telluride’s historic Sheridan Opera House. Event is this weekend, Dec. 2-4, 2016, 6 p.m. nightly. (Doors at 5:30 p.m.) Adults $13; children 12 & under $11 and lap children free. For...

“Hand to God” now up at Denver’s Curious Theatre Company through December 17, 2016. Tickets here. Our Denver theater critic, award-winning author Mark Stevens, reviews the production. [caption id="attachment_62406" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Tyrone wakes up Jason. Courtesy, Curious Theatre Company.[/caption] "Hand to God” thrives on the good side of...

Brian Friel’s “Afterplay,” is now up at the Irish Repertory Theatre, 132 West 22nd Street. The run is through November 6. Tickets here. Two people, obviously strangers, try to connect over tea, later vodka, talking trivia and telling lies about their lives around a table in the dining room...

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...