Performing Arts

Last summer, the Telluride Playwright Festival featured a new work by the nonprofit's artistic director Jennie Franks. Jennie's play,"Ayn/Sister," is about the Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter Ayn Rand, whose sister pays her a surprise visit from the Soviet Union of the 1970s. The goal of the Telluride Playwrights Festival is...

“The Drowsy Chaperone,” a musical comedy adapted and directed by Jennifer Julia, artistic director, Sheridan Arts Foundation Young People’s Theatre. Performed by students in grades 9 - 12 at the Sheridan Opera House, Fri. & Sat., Jan. 30-31, & Monday,Feb. 2, 6 p.m. Adults $15; children 12 &...

SPARKy Productions, also host of the Telluride Playwrights Festival, presents hit Broadway production, “Of Mice and Men,” filmed on stage by National Theatre Live. Tuesday, January 27, 6 p.m. at The Palm. Golden Globe® winner and Academy Award® nominee James Franco ("127 Hours," “Milk") and Tony Award® nominee Chris O’Dowd (“Bridesmaids," “Girls")...

Beyond the Groove is pleased to announce Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers live at Club Red. Doors Saturday Jan 17, 2015, 8:00 p.m., with The Harmaleighs opening at 8.30 p.m. Show, all ages. Tickets, $20, here. Club Red debuted with a sold-out show earlier this year and transforms the Telluride Mountain Village Conference...

"Charles Ives Takes Me Home,” Denver’s Curious Theatre. Tickets here. The program for “Charles Ives Takes Me Home” tells us that the setting is “Here and There” and the Time is “Now and Then.” We are heading for a trip to universal messages, we figure, big-picture stuff....

Former front man of Yonder Mountain String Band, Jeff Austin and his band play the historic Sheridan Opera House Friday and Saturday, January 16-17, 2015, with opening support from Grant Farm. Austin is joined by Danny Barnes on banjo, Eric Thorin on bass and Ross Martin on guitar. Doors are at 8...

Banjo and slide guitar player Tony Furtado, known to be gregarious, engaging and entertaining both on and off stage, returns to the historic Sheridan Opera House on Saturday, January 10. Doors are at 8 p.m. and show time is 8:30 p.m. Tickets for the show, available here, are general...

The Guest of Honor for the 39th annual Telluride Jazz Festival is two-time Grammy Award winning saxophonist Ernie Watts. Starting his vibrant career at the tender age of 13, Watts has been featured on over 500 recordings with artists ranging from Thelonious Monk to Frank Zappa. His years...

SPARKy Productions, also host of the Telluride Playwrights Festival, presents David Hare’s SKYLIGHT with Bill Nighy, Carey Mulligan and Matthew Beard to be broadcast at the Palm Theatre by National Theatre Live Bill Nighy, Carey Mulligan and Matthew Beard appear in the West End production of David...

Inaugural event ignites Wednesday, January 14 and burns hot through Monday, January 19. Tickets here. Some like it hot. And in the Telluride region the New Year is off to a flaming start thanks to two locals, Erin Ries and Chris Myers. From the fire in their bellies emerged a fabulous phoenix: the first ever Telluride Fire Festival....