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Performing Arts

Get Ready for the Holidays with Ballet Wests The Nutcracker

Get Ready for the Holidays with Ballet West’s “The Nutcracker”

By Palak Jayswal, Arts Editor December 10, 2018

  Is it really Christmas without “The Nutcracker?” After all, it’s one of the biggest staples of the holiday season. From the music to the story, “The Nutcracker” is a classic that always...

Courtesy Salt Lake Acting Company

“Pinkalicious” is Visually Captivating and Adorable

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor December 5, 2018

Familiar holiday jingles now ring through every store, the glow of the neighborhood’s lights reflect across the snow and the air carries the undeniably festive smell of pine trees. Garb and decor fall...

“Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley:” Perfect for the Posh and the Pleb Alike

“Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley:” Perfect for the Posh and the Pleb Alike

By Madge Slack December 1, 2018

  Do you ever get sick of the endless tirade of nutcrackers and leg lamps? Do you shudder inwardly when every car commercial plays “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” for the latest year, in the...

Fiona Hannan in Salt Lake Acting Companys Pinkalicious the Musical (dav.d daniels/ dav.d photography)

Step Into Childhood with “Pinkalicious the Musical”

By Adelina Whitten November 29, 2018

  The first snowfall means different things to everyone, but we can all agree it’s a most wondrous time. The season lights the path for a few of our favorite things — Christmas, holiday sweaters...

(Courtesy of Pioneer Theatre Company)

Pioneer Theatre Company Reinvents Mary Bennet with “Christmas at Pemberley”

By Palak Jayswal, Arts Editor November 26, 2018

  Jane Austen lovers like myself will be delighted to hear that Austen’s work has not come to an end quite yet. Pioneer Theatre Company is revitalizing the glory which is “Pride and Prejudice”...

film set of Les Miserables. courtesy Wikimedia Commons

The Movies Are Singing Again

By Abigail Raasch, Arts Writer November 20, 2018

  The movie musical has been making a comeback in the last few years. Movies such as “Les Miserables” and “Into the Woods” have cast big-name stars and brought stage musicals back to life....

courtesy Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Experience Two Decades of Holiday Rock with the Trans–Siberian Orchestra

By Rohit Singh November 13, 2018

  The world's most popular progressive rock band, the Trans–Siberian Orchestra, is coming to Salt Lake City as a part of “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve" Winter Tour. TSO is scheduled to perform...

courtesy U Of U Theatre Department.

“Big Love” is a Bold, Timely #MeToo Parable

By Josh Petersen November 11, 2018

In her book “Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger,” journalist Rebecca Traister argues that female rage can have great potential to inspire political change and alter the course...

Jesse Craig - Miss Utah (U of U Graduate, double major in Economics and English)

A Beginner’s Guide to Pageants

By Abigail Raasch, Arts Writer November 7, 2018

  What do you imagine when you think of pageants? Many may picture the Miss America contest with its swimsuit competition and the iconic statements of a "world peace" dream. I think of the movie...

courtesy of Beau Pearson

Ballet West’s “Jewels” Simply Sparkles

By Madge Slack November 4, 2018

  Art for art’s sake seems to be a forgotten ideal these days. Unless, of course, you look to the world of George Balanchine. As one of the most influential choreographers in history, Balanchine created...