Performing Arts

Master wordsmith David Ives is probably best known for his evenings of one-act comedies,  All In The Timing and Time Flies. All In The Timing won the Outer Critics Circle Playwriting Award, ran for two years Off-Broadway, and in the 1995-96 season, was the most performed play in the country...

"Retrograde" is a progressive, intimate dance experience produced and choreographed by Amanda Carlson, directed by Katy Parnello, Friday, April 4, 5 p.m., 5:45 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7:15 p.m. & 8 p.m. Some like it hot. And few events burn hotter in the region (and now beyond) than...

The National Theatre’s multi-award-winning production of War Horse, seen by over four million people worldwide since its premiere at the National Theatre in 2007, will be broadcast live, thanks to SPARKy Productions, at Telluride's Palm Theatre on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. 7 p.m. as part...

Spring is in the air. (When the snow isn't flying and the wind isn't blowing like stink.) And so is the sound of music. [caption id="attachment_39031" align="aligncenter" width="262"] Rhonda Muckerman, director, Telluride Choral Society[/caption] The Telluride Choral Society announces its 20th annual SpringSing. The rescheduled concert takes...

Dragon Smoke (Stanton Moore, Ivan Neville, Rob Mercurio & Eric Lindell), Claudia Villela, and Young Razzcals Jazz Project set to perform  The 38th Telluride Jazz Festival, set to take place Friday, August 1 - Sunday, August 3, 2014 in Telluride Town Park, welcomes additional artists Dragon...

"Good People" runs through April 19 at Denver's Curious Theatre, Running time is two hours, with one intermission. Buy tickets here. "Keenly observed rumination on how far decency can get you and how much depends on sheer luck," Variety [caption id="attachment_38844" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Left to right: Leslie...

  I am so glad the folks at the Sheridan Opera House are throwing the three-night, four-band Telluride Tribute Fest, Thursday-Saturday, March 13-15. That’s right – all tribute bands! Why is it such a great notion? Because tribute bands are often every bit as good as the...

"Urinetown"  at the Palm Theatre in Telluride Tuesday, March 11-Sunday, March 16. Curtain at 8 PM (4:00 PM Sunday). [caption id="attachment_38768" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Sasha and Cast[/caption] Let's start with a disclaimer: I have a meager history in theatre, and only a few readings with Telluride Theatre Fest...

"Coriolanus" at the Palm Theatre on Tuesday,March 4,  7 p.m. SPARKy Members are free. $15 for adults. $10 for students. SPARKy Productions brings live theatre to town through the Telluride Playwrights Festival in July – and also through a live simulcast of the best of the National...

"Urinetown" & Telluride Theatre, the backstory: The Declaration of Independence made it very clear: life, liberty –  and the pursuit of a toilet are among man's inalienable (read "natural") rights, right? Well, only maybe...