Good comedy is long overdue for a PR rebranding. At the Academy Awards every year, only a few straightforward comedies garner major nominations, and fewer actually win. On television, the attitude toward...
The University of Utah Theatre Department is presenting another classic play to Salt Lake City audiences. George Bernard Shaw’s play “You Never Can Tell” portrays the misadventures of a feminist...
CORRECTION: Due to a casting change that has just come to our attention, the names of dancers Sayaka Ohtaki and Adrian Fry have been changed to match the actual casting of the Nov. 4 performance.
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When encountering an artist, many expect to hear a beautiful origin story explaining the person’s history and connection to their given field. Were they moved by a sudden lightning bolt of inspiration?...
By every stretch of the imagination, opera singer and University of Utah graduate Robyn VanLeigh is well on her way to a successful, exciting career. In 2017, she graduated with a master’s in music in...
In the University of Utah Theatre Department’s first show of the season, “Steel Pier,” audience members are transported back several decades into 1933 Atlantic City. But theater goers anxious to...
University of Utah graduate Sydney Duncan, the first black woman with a double major in physics and ballet, is finally living her dream. Her hard work and perseverance paid off as she begins her professional...
In many ways, art is one of the most inclusive industries out there. Anyone can be brilliant and talented, but it is also not terribly hard to hide behind your work. This is where shy actors, reclusive...
When Haim released their 2013 album "Days Are Gone," the songs seemed to be a direct product of consuming music in the Internet age, where everything is available and genre is meaningless. At first glance,...
Let’s face it. There are many people in the world who don’t love art. It is not their idea of a fantastic night to go to a gallery opening and stare at multi-colored blobs blown up on a seven-foot...
