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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Lexi Rabadi and Daniel Plimpton as Portia and Nigel in Something Rotten (Courtesy Pioneer Theatre Company)

Actors Lexi Rabadi and Daniel Plimpton on ‘Something Rotten’ at Pioneer Theatre Company

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor February 25, 2022

  As a major regional theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company brings in actors from across the nation to perform in their seasons of productions. With opening night for “Something Rotten” coming up,...

Max Chernin as Buddy the Elf in Elf the Musical. (Courtesy BW Productions)

‘Elf the Musical’ at PTC Joyously Ushers in the Holiday Season

By Luke Jackson December 4, 2021

  The boundary between the Christmas season and the rest of the year becomes seemingly thinner and thinner as time goes on. I find myself making excuses to play Christmas music in October and,...

(Courtesy Pioneer Theatre Company)

Pioneer Theatre Company’s ‘Holiday Scene Shoppe’ Brings Holiday Spirit to Salt Lake City

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor November 18, 2020

  It feels as though many people in our community are already in the holiday spirit. The first snow in Salt Lake City opened the floodgates to start playing classic Christmas songs, preparing gift...

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...

Summer Arts Events Calendar

Summer Arts Events Calendar

By Sofia Sant'Anna-Skites May 12, 2019

  Now that summer is here, we have much more free time to enjoy events all around Utah. Music, art, theater and more — summer is the perfect time to celebrate art. This calendar highlights some...

(Courtesy of Mandy McDonell)

U Alumna Heads to the Broadway Stage: Mandy McDonnell’s Journey to ‘Cinderella’

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor February 8, 2019

  If you are looking for actress Mandy McDonell, she is currently waltzing her way across the nation in the national tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella.” As a member of the show’s...

Courtesy of Pioneer Theatre Company

Corruption is Fun in ‘The Lion in Winter’

By Josh Petersen January 9, 2019

  Even if you think that your family is hard to deal with over the holidays, you probably didn’t have to reunite with an evil mom who was locked in a tower by a maybe even more evil dad. (If...

(Courtesy of Pioneer Theatre Company)

‘The Lion in Winter:’ A Historical ‘Game of Thrones’

By Madge Slack December 31, 2018

  What better way to kick off the new year than with a little death, betrayal and inheritance? Pioneer Theatre Company presents “The Lion in Winter” as their first show of 2019. Not only is...

Kevin Early as Sweeney Todd. Courtesy Pioneer Theatre Company

‘Sweeney Todd’ Puts the Gore in Gorgeous

By Madge Slack October 27, 2018

  What better show to see in October than Sweeney Todd? “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” is currently playing at Pioneer Theatre Company, and they have definitely done this...

2017-2018 line-up for Pioneer Theater Company

2017-2018 Pioneer Theatre Company Line-Up

By Haley Oliphant, Editor-in-Chief March 24, 2017

It's that time of year again: Salt Lake's premier regional theater has announced its next seven-show season. The Pioneer Theatre Company strives to present the greatest theatre has to offer, and serve...