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Performing Arts

Count Dracula transforms Lucy into a Vampire. (Courtesy of the University of Utah Theatre Department.)

Good Theatre and Good Monsters: The U of U Theatre Department’s ‘Dracula, the Musical’

By Abigail Bowé, Arts Writer September 17, 2019

  From Homer's fearsome beasts to Victorian penny dreadfuls, Grimm's fairy tales to 1980s slasher flicks, monsters appear everywhere throughout the history of storytelling. One can find Stephen...

Cassandra Stokes-Wylie and Patrick J. Ssenjovu in Death of a Driver at Salt Lake Acting Company. Photo Courtesy of McKenna Frandsen Photography

SLAC’s ‘Death of a Driver’ Confronts the Rollercoaster of Friendship

By Abigail Raasch, Arts Writer September 14, 2019

  “Death of a Driver” from Salt Lake Acting Company is an engaging yet simple production about the importance of friendship in the midst of difficult times. Directed by University of Utah...

Up Close and Personal: The Pioneer Theatre Company Prepares an Intense and Engaging Season of Plays and Musicals

Up Close and Personal: The Pioneer Theatre Company Prepares an Intense and Engaging Season of Plays and Musicals

By Alison Myers, Arts Writer September 10, 2019

  Live theatre offers an authenticity that we can truly appreciate in the light of polished television and movies. To be sure, the experiences are unique enough to hardly be comparable and the...

Save Time and Money While Visiting More Arts Events through the Utah Cultural Alliance

Save Time and Money While Visiting More Arts Events through the Utah Cultural Alliance

By Abigail Bowé, Arts Writer September 10, 2019

  Most of the college students I know love the arts across a broad range of outlets and interests, ranging from professional interests to hobbies. Among them are vinyl collectors, photographers,...

U Theatre Set to Shine in 2019-20 Season

U Theatre Set to Shine in 2019-20 Season

By Palak Jayswal, Arts Editor August 27, 2019

  The beginning of a new school year is like a breath of fresh air across campus, with associations and departments holding different events for student and professors alike to usher in the new...

(Courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

‘The Book of Mormon’ Will Increase Your Faith in Good Musical Theater

By Josh Petersen August 23, 2019

  Less than two blocks away from the Salt Lake Temple, there’s now another landmark to Utah’s most famous faith. Although one allows far more four-letter words than the other, both are sure...

(Courtesy of Great Salt Lake Fringe.)

Fringe’s ‘Telephone:’ A Contemporary Parable on Faith Worth Seeing

By Abigail Bowé, Arts Writer August 22, 2019

  Those unfamiliar with independent theater may imagine it as something along the lines of a certain bit from an episode of "Friends" where protagonist Chandler Bing is uncomfortably trapped in...

Music duo Matt and Kim. Photo by Colin Devon Moore. (Courtesy Right On PR)

Matt and Kim Bring Infectious Energy to Ogden Twilight

By Kate Button, Arts Writer, Copy Editor August 3, 2019

  On Aug. 2, indie duo Matt and Kim took to the Ogden Twilight Concert Series stage and filled the night with their high energy dance music. The duo, comprised of Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino,...

New Deal Swing. (Photo by Lex Anderson, Courtesy of Jeff Whiteley)

Excellence in the Community Brings Social Dancing Back to Utah

By Abigail Raasch, Arts Writer August 1, 2019

  Throughout history, social dancing has been an integral part of many communities. During times of struggle and hardship, people would join together with good music and dance it out. We now live...

Roselit Bone. Courtesy Charlotte McCaslin

Roselit Bone Will Bring Desert Punk to SLC

By Kate Button, Arts Writer, Copy Editor July 28, 2019

  Roselit Bone — a genre-bending band from the Pacific Northwest — released their third album, “Crisis Actor,” on July 19, 2019. In conjunction with this release, the band is embarking...

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