Spring is a busy time for the Telluride Playwrights Festival. While everyone is getting their last minute snow licks in, we are down to reading the final selections for our sixth annual season at the historic Sheridan Opera House, July 9 – 15. The Festival has...
Raise you hands if you have ever been in any of following situations: • A blind date that went south in a hurry • Shades of "Bridget Jones's Diary," dressed totally inappropriately for a major event • Disappointment with a spouse • Suspicious of a spouse's real intentions with...
The warmer weather and longer days of spring make many of us want to break out in song. Check out the best spring singers at this year’s annual SpringSing. The concert, on March 29th and April 1st, features singers from Telluride Chorale and the Chamber...
Surf rock. What’s not to like about it, especially as the snow piles high. The days grow longer and warmer, and Telluriders’ thoughts inevitably turn to the beach. And the laid-back vibe of beach life has no better soundtrack than the music of Donovan Frankenreiter....
Telluride has its own collection of performers and tricksters. But coming to town this Thursday, March 22nd is something a little different: Stunt Dogs. The Extreme Stunt Dog Performance features a cast of fabulous dogs who fly, leap, jump rope, you name it. They even...
Everything's coming up Sasha. We are talking about the one and only Ms. Cucciniello, artistic director of the (relatively) newly formed Telluride Theatre. The nonprofit is the platform that will allow Sasha and partner Colin Sullivan, executive director, to enhance the region's dramatic landscape big time....
It has been a joy to discover there are still good, new musicals being produced that capture modern life. For musicals to work, they have to have both excellent narrative and strong, character-driven songs. "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" is just such a...
To delve into the music of Blitzen Trapper is to explore the sound of escape. Escape from the past, escape from a no-hope town, escape from whatever holds a soul down. It is some of the best music being made in America and is rooted...
This Sunday, four women playing heavy, blues-based rock and roll will rock the Opera House. To many rock fans, wading into Led Zeppelin's well-loved catalogue is sacred territory. Lez Zeppelin, however, reigns over it like leather-clad goddesses. Led Zeppelin is arguably one of the most influential...
Editor's note: Ok, it's more like an Editor's Confession. We saw it. Sneaked into a tech rehearsal Sunday night (March 11) before leaving for Chile. (And turning over the day to day of Telluride Inside...
