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06 Jul PLAYWRIGHTS FEST: DUBAC STARS IN “FREE RANGE THINKING”
In 1996, a young comedian came to town to perform at the Sheridan Opera House. On opening night, the house was a perfectly respectable two-thirds full. Within 24 hours, however, after the buzz hit the street: writer and actor Bob Dubac (and his one-man show,...
04 Jul THEATRE FESTIVAL: “THEATRE POLITICOS SPEAK UP”
Drama survives because it eludes trends. Good drama finds poetry in the flotsam and jetsam of our lives. It survives because it extrapolates what is universal and external from quotidian muddles in a way that heightens an audience’s self-awareness. In so doing, a good play...
01 May PLAYWRIGHTS FEST: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (continued)
Editor’s note: This is part 2 of a three-part series from Jennie Franks of the Telluride Playwrights Festival, which takes place over a week in July. Jennie went to Moscow this spring to check out the theatre scene in caviar country. Read on about Day...
01 Mar TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL: “BEST OF YOUTH” AT LIBRARY
Event is a double-header, Monday and Tuesday nights, 5:30 p.m. Drumroll please. This is the grand finale of the Ciao Cinema! segment of Cinematheque, a cinema club and joint venture between the Telluride Film Festival and the five-star Wilkinson Public Library. The six-part Italian series,...
25 Feb OSCAR AND TELLURIDE FILM FEST: AND THE WINNER IS….
Regardless of who goes home with the gold at this year’s Oscars tomorrow night, the winner is the buzzmeister extraordinaire: the Telluride Film Festival. The directors of the Telluride Film Festival, first founders Bill and Stella Pence, and now Tom Luddy, also a co-founder, with...