Best Things to Do in the Vail Valley for Valentine's Day

January 6, 2011 By

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Enjoy the great outdoors on Vail or Beaver Creek Mountain as you ski or snowboard your way into an early spring vacation. Take your special partner to lunch in Vail Village or on the Beaver Creek Mall just off the slopes. The arts and entertainment scene is a delight, with performances in Beaver Creek at the Vilar Performing Arts Center February 10, 13, 15 and 16.

February 10 at 7:30pm ~  2005 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical, Monty Python’s Spamalot, will make you laugh all the way to Valentine’s Day.

The Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile play Sunday, February 13 at 7:30pm ~ provide a cutting-edge sound that blends bluegrass traditions with their innovative compositions.

Teatro Lirico d’Europa  brings Turandot, Puccini’s last opera masterpiece, to the Vilar on Tuesday, February 15 at 6:30pm and “Great Moments in Opera” on Wednesday, February 16 at 6:30pm.

Winter performances in Beaver Creek

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Nate the Great crime-solving detective entertains kids at Beaver Creek

February 8, 2010 By

Theatreworks USA presents Nate the Great. Introducing the latest and greatest crime-solving detective. Like Sherlock Holmes, Nero Wolfe and Charlie Chan…it’s Nate the Great. This pint-size young detective has found lost balloons, books, slippers, chickens and even a goldfish. But when his neighbor Annie asks for help in locating her missing painting, it takes all of Nate’s derring-do to solve his toughest case.

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Spellbinding and magical Le Grande Cirque tours Beaver Creek Sunday March 7

February 1, 2010 By

Sold-out performances and standing ovations night after night. Le Grand Cirque features an international cast of 50 acclaimed acrobats and performers, this thrill-a-minute spectacle takes your breath away. A wonder for audiences of all ages, the show features unparalleled visual adventure set to music selected from classical composers and arranged for international appeal.  Sunday, March 7 at 7:30pm.

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Russian National Orchestra with soloist Yuja Wang plays Vilar Performing Arts Center February 23

January 25, 2010 By

The Russian National Orchestra amazed audiences in the 2007-08 Vilar Performing Arts Center season, accompanied by pianist Yuja Wang, sought-after as a soloist. In demand throughout the music world since its 1990 Moscow premiere, this is the first Russian orchestra to perform at the Vatican and in Israel. The RNO maintains an active international tour schedule, appearing frequently in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

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The Second City on Tour brings its humor to the Vilar Performing Arts Center

January 17, 2010 By

The Second City has established itself as the great in improvisational humor. This 50th Anniversary Tour brings an evening of off-the-cuff improv comedy that will make audiences laugh until they can’t anymore.the Second City alumni include Joan Rivers, John Belushi, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Martin Short, and Tina Fey.

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Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek presents: An Evening with Lily Tomlin

December 29, 2008 By

An Evening with Lily Tomlin in Beaver Creek        March 17, 2009

Underwritten by Judy & Howard Berkowitz and Liz Armstrong & Michelle Alford

Lily Tomlin is one of America’s foremost comediennes. Tomlin has received numerous awards, including six Emmys, two Tony awards, a Drama Desk Award, a CableACE Award, a Grammy Award, two Peabody Awards and an Outer Critics’ Circle Award.

Tomlin joined the sketch comedy show “Laugh-In” in 1969. Several characters she created on that show have stayed with her throughout her career, including the gum-chewing, wisecracking, snorting telephone operator, Ernestine; the bratty five-year-old Edith Ann, seated in an over-sized rocking chair making rude noises while telling stories about her baby brother and pet dog Buster; and the Tasteful Lady, who lives a gracious, naive life of entitlement in the upper class and shades of whom show up in Tomlin’s film role in “All of Me.”

As with many comedy shows, some content may not be suitable for children.

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Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek presents: “Tango Fire”

December 23, 2008 By

“Tango Fire” February 25, 2009

Graciously underwritten by Sandy & Charles Lloyd

“‘Tango Fire’ blazes with danger and exuberance” - The Boston Globe

Take the sensual chemistry of Tango, danced by five accomplished couples; the passionate music of Astor Piazzolla, played to perfection by live musicians; and the striking voice of Javier ‘Cardenal’ Dominguez, and you have “Tango Fire,” Argentina’s hottest dance export.

Born in Buenos Aires 150 years ago, the Tango went through a major Renaissance in the early 1980s.  Its style and focus have shifted, but the Tango has remained the most passionate and emotive dance in the world. “Tango Fire” explores the history of Tango with intimate duets and blazing group dances. The live accompaniment by Quatrotango and Dominguez is unparalleled and weaves together the technical brilliance and eagerness of the dance.

Under the choreographic direction of Yanina Fajar, “Tango Fire” opens with a demonstration of Milonga, the dance of the people, where the Tango got its start. The evening progresses into modern Tango, epitomized by the timeless compositions of the legendary Astor Piazzolla and aggressive, daring lifts that are always audience pleasers.

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Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek presents: The Beach Boys Concert

December 21, 2008 By

The Beach Boys         March 7, 2009

Sponsored by the Beaver Creek Property Owners Association

Signature sounds of the 1960s California surfin’ culture

The Beach Boys’ sunny vocal harmonies are one of the signature sounds of the modern era. They return to the Vilar Performing Arts Center for an encore, after selling out the theatre in winter 2008.

The Beach Boys began mostly as a family affair in the Los Angeles suburb of Hawthorne, California in 1961. Brothers Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson joined with cousin Mike Love and friend Alan Jardine to form the original group.

Their earliest hits, “Surfin’,” “Surfin’ Safari,” “Surfin’ U.S.A.” and “Surfer Girl,” all released in 1962-63, helped raise the profile of the state of California and the sport of surfing. The group also celebrated the Golden State’s obsession with hot-rod racing (“Shut Down,” “409,” “Little Deuce Coupe”) and the pursuit of happiness in less complicated times (“Be True to Your School,” “Fun, Fun, Fun,” “I Get Around”).

The Beach Boys showed increasingly sophisticated arrangements with such harmony-filled pop tunes as “Help Me, Rhonda,” “California Girls,” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “God Only Knows” and “Sloop John B.” Their release “Good Vibrations” returned The Beach Boys to the top of the charts in 1966.

The Beach Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.

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Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek presents: “An Evening on Broadway”

December 18, 2008 By

Vail Valley Theatre Company presents “An Evening on Broadway” at the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek, Colorado

February 21-22, 2009

Saturday evening is underwritten by Olivia & Rod Miller

Immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of Broadway in the mountains!  An annual favorite among locals and visitors, “An Evening on Broadway” showcases outstanding local talent in a review of Broadway hits. With each year’s theme kept top-secret until a month prior to the show, audiences are always in for a fantastic surprise. Under the musical direction of Bob Finnie and direction and choreography of Beth Swearingen Kuntz, the stage comes alive with song and dance.

The Vail Valley Theatre Company was founded more than 20 years ago, initially as the Vail Valley Players, and has produced a wide variety of plays and musicals from “Butterflies Are Free” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” to “Annie Get Your Gun,” “Man of La Mancha” and “Side by Side by Sondheim.”

Proceeds from the show benefit the Vail Valley Theatre Company and the Vilar Center Community Performance Fund, which underwrites the technical, production, labor and theatre usage costs for approximately 10 local dance, music and theatrical performances each year.

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Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek presents: Chris Botti

December 16, 2008 By


Chris Botti performs with Colorado Symphony Orchestra at the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek, Colorado      February 15, 2009

Soloist Chris Botti’s performance is underwritten by The Vilar Center Guild

Colorado Symphony Orchestra is graciously underwritten by Anne & Dennis Wentz

Contemporary jazz trumpeter Chris Botti is a gifted instrumentalist, a talented composer and a charismatic performer who has created a virtual genre-of-one. Having launched his career as Sting’s trumpet player and later as the opening act on Sting’s Sacred Love tour, Botti’s exquisite talent is everywhere.  His numerous appearances on television and stage with high-profile friends have opened doors for Botti’s musical development.

Botti’s career has also seen him collaborate with and tour alongside musical icons Sting, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and Natalie Merchant.

Botti has wowed audiences in his previous two performances at the Vilar Performing Arts Center. For this special return engagement, the VPAC brings the Colorado Symphony Orchestra to Beaver Creek to offer a rich, orchestral jazz backdrop for Botti’s outstanding trumpet sound.

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