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Arts And Theatre
From Russia, with locals: Moscow Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ features Missoula dancers and a few changes
There's no more familiar and tradition-bound work in the performing arts repertoire than Pyotr Tchaikowsky's Christmastime ballet, "The Nutcracker." But you've never seen "The Nutcracker" like the Moscow Ballet does "The Nutcracker."
Nov 20, 2009 | 8:00 am | Loading…
War’s subtle horrors: Caughey’s ‘Half-Life’ looks at minutiae
Pamela Caughey doesn’t want to terrify you with the horrors of nuclear war.
Nov 20, 2009 | 7:15 am | Loading…
Missoula high schools putting original spin on classic dramas
If you love traditional, staid, tried-and-true, cookie-cutter theater, it's best to stay away from Hellgate and Sentinel high schools starting next week. At first blush, the theatrical fare seems standard enough: Hellgate has Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," the centuries-old saw about youn…
Nov 15, 2009 | 9:00 am | Loading…
Depression-era art a reminder how the country overcame tough times before
They were the worst of times, far worse than the sufferings of today.
Nov 13, 2009 | 5:15 am | Loading…
Overloaded: ‘Fully Committed’ role requires portrayal of 40 characters, almost at the same time
It's challenge enough for any theater director to find four or five actors who can create vivid and balanced characters and bring a script to life. Forty actors? That's a challenge at a whole different level.
Nov 12, 2009 | 2:45 am | Loading…
Inspired by eastern Montana skies, Dennis Sloan melds light, landscapes and nudes
Naked women with guns? It wasn't Dennis Sloan's idea - at least not at first. One day in the early 1980s, when the artist was in the midst of his female-form phase, his model walked into the studio wearing high heels and nothing more than her birthday suit.
Nov 08, 2009 | 2:15 am | Loading…
UM art students’ work on display
The 15th annual Juried Student Art Exhibition is on display at the University of Montana's Gallery of Visual Arts through Nov. 20.
Nov 06, 2009 | 7:00 am | Loading…
Montana Rep back in town
Montana Repertory Theatre's educational outreach tour announced the return of this year's touring show "ThePoeProject."
Nov 06, 2009 | 7:00 am | Loading…
Risque risk: Fate of Montana Actors’ Theatre rests in production of ‘Rocky Horror Show’
Grant Olson is about to put his whole livelihood on the line this weekend, and he can't stop giggling.
Oct 30, 2009 | 8:00 am | Loading…
‘Eurydice’ a wild ride on a Greek myth turned modern feminist coming-of-age tale
For thousands of years, it's been all about Orpheus, and hardly a peep about his dead wife. Orpheus, the towering Greek legend, the godlike musician and mystic who went to hell to walk his bride back up to Earth.
Oct 25, 2009 | 8:30 am | Loading…
Closer look at ‘South Pacific’s’ original script, score reveals deeper story
Like any longtime fan of musical theater, Jim Caron has no trouble enumerating the many glories of Rogers and Hammerstein's musical, "South Pacific." "Some Enchanted Evening." "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair." "Bali Ha'i." "There's Nothing Like a Dame." "I'm in Love With a Wonder…
Oct 25, 2009 | 8:25 am | Loading…
UM Opera Theater performing double bill
For many of us born in the age of television, our first exposure to opera came courtesy of a wascally wabbit named Bugs Bunny, whose flights from Elmer Fudd gave us the Wagner-inspired "What's Opera, Doc?" and the Rossini-inspired "The Rabbit of Seville."
Oct 25, 2009 | 8:15 am | Loading…
Three artists of differing media to speak about their work at UM
Three distinguished artists will speak about their work Oct. 28 and 29 and Nov. 16 at the University of Montana.
Oct 23, 2009 | 8:15 am | Loading…
Dinner and show benefits Jewish congregation
For $150, you get five courses and a lesson. Congregation Har Shalom gets a home.
Oct 15, 2009 | 8:25 am | Loading…
Exhibit curator to speak about Pulitzer Prize photographs
At first, the photographers were hesitant to say much at all.
Oct 11, 2009 | 9:30 am | Loading…
Live from New York: Roxy hosting simulcast of Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Tosca’
Growing up in Missoula, Andy Morris never had much exposure to opera. Even as he earned his college degree as an orchestral French horn player, Morris says his knowledge of the music and drama of opera remained limited.
Oct 11, 2009 | 8:10 am | Loading…
‘Laramie Project: 10 Years Later’ promotes healing
The murder of Matthew Shepard in a Wyoming field in 1998 would come to be many things over the next 11 years.
Oct 11, 2009 | 8:10 am | Loading…
Maori movement: Gallery displays photos of indigenous festival from N.Z. sister city
Palmerston North, New Zealand, is half a world away from Missoula. Yet when Tom Bensen looks at the series of colorful photographs that now hangs at Zootown Arts Community Center in Missoula, he sees images that feel surprisingly familiar.
Oct 09, 2009 | 8:05 am | Loading…
Choreographer moves in many genres: Bebe Miller to give look into her work at university
Renowned choreographer Bebe Miller will be featured Thursday, Oct. 15, at a University of Montana School of Theatre and Dance "Meet the Artist" presentation.
Oct 09, 2009 | 8:00 am | Loading…
Coming of age: New actor gets role of young Neil Simon in UM production of ‘Brighton Beach’
In most ways, Eugene Jerome is like any other hormone-addled Brooklyn teenager of the 1930s. At 15, his fantasies are split between girls and baseball. Living in the midst of a messy family, he muddles through, even as he imagines that his small world is the center of something bigger.
Oct 04, 2009 | 8:15 am | Loading…
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