Arts & Entertainment

When President Barack Obama and his family visited Ghana, they were entertained by the Saakumu Dance Troupe. And, tonight, Durango will get a taste of the presidential treatment when the West...

Will you share your life with me?” Jamie Wellerstein said Cathy Hyatt. The moment occurs in the middle of the marvelous contemporary musical “The Last Five Years.” Jamie’s proposal leads directly...

If all goes well, Durango’s opera lovers will be watching when The Met: Live in HD season opens Oct. 13. “It is realistic. I can’t put a percentage on it, but there’s a very strong possibility that...

A diva, a goddess and a poor-little-rich-girl. This summer, the heroines of “Tosca,” “The Pearl Fishers,” and “Arabella” at Santa Fe Opera have plenty of obstacles to overcome. The diva: Everyone...

NEW YORK – “The Book of Mormon” arrived on Broadway like a bawdy toddler, cursing and making poo jokes, but winning hearts anyway. Now, it’s ready for a road trip.The nine-time Tony Award-winning...

I bring you this review with an important caveat: I have not seen “The Bicycle Men.”Nevertheless, I am as confident in my recommendation as one can be after watching a few YouTube clips and...

During intermission of the Durango Arts Center’s production of “Beehive: The ’60s Musical,” more than one theatergoer announced “I had no idea I knew the words to these songs!” From The Chiffons to...

When King Roger makes his first entrance in the modern opera named after him, it’s a troubling sight of personal defeat and depression. In Rossini’s “Maometto II,” the Turkish potentate bursts...

Henry is a man who thinks before he speaks. In the opening scene of Cindy Lou Johnson’s “Brilliant Traces,” that simple trait becomes a Herculean task.Put yourself in Henry’s shoes, which for...

When he doesn’t understand something, 10-year-old Jeffrey Hatcher bluntly asks “What?” His new etiquette teacher promptly fines him a quarter. “Don’t say ‘What?’ Say, ‘I beg your pardon,’” she...