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THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APR 3 - APR 9

Broadway in Utah: Life of Pi, Ballet West: The Rite of Spring, Stephen E. Strom: Forging a Sustainable Southwest
By City Weekly Staff

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 27 - APR 2

Pioneer Theatre Company: A Case for the Existence of God, Science Friday Live, Odyssey Dance: Shut Up & Dance, and more.
By City Weekly Staff

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 20 - 26

Ziegfeld Theater: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, "The Forbidden Bookshelf" book club @ The King's English Bookshop, NCECA Conference and exhibitions, and more.
By City Weekly Staff
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APR 3 - APR 9
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APR 3 - APR 9

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APR 3 - APR 9

Broadway in Utah: Life of Pi, Ballet West: The Rite of Spring, Stephen E. Strom: Forging a Sustainable Southwest
It's clear that Martel's tale is rich with possibility for interpretations in other media.

By City Weekly Staff April 2, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 13 - 19
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 13 - 19

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 13 - 19

Sheng Wang, RDT: Regalia, Ben and Gabrielle Blair, and more.
He's a multi-cultural kind of guy, but also decidedly modest, and generally takes a self-effacing, observational approach as far as his comedy routines are concerned.

By City Weekly Staff March 12, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 6 - 12
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 6 - 12

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 6 - 12

Jenna Voris: Say a Little Prayer, Utah Opera: Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, International Women's Day, and more.
Saturday, March 8 marks the 50th anniversary of the United Nations' first declaration of an International Women's Day, and there are ways to celebrate the occasion locally.

By City Weekly Staff March 5, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 27 - MAR 5
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 27 - MAR 5

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 27 - MAR 5

Josh Johnson, Hubbard Street Dance, Mad King Productions: Proof, and more.
It's a frustrating experience, because deep down, we understand that it takes time to appreciate the art that's truly great.

By City Weekly Staff February 26, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 20 - 26
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 20 - 26

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 20 - 26

Pygmalion Productions: The Big Quiet, City Weekly Winter Soirée, Ed Yong: Becoming a Birder @ Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 2/25
The 2024 thriller Heretic prominently centered the experience of two female missionaries, and now we have the local premiere of playwright Morag Shepherd's The Big Quiet, inspired by her own experience as a missionary.

By City Weekly Staff February 19, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 13 - 19
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 13 - 19

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 13 - 19

Jim Jefferies: Son of a Carpenter Tour, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical @ Pioneer Theatre Company, Adam Ray is Dr. Phil Live, and more.
Jim Jefferies: Son of a Carpenter Tour Comedian, writer and actor Jim Jefferies is multi-talented man who rose from the ordinary while raised in his native Australia

By City Weekly Staff February 12, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 6 - 12
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 6 - 12

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 6 - 12

Salt Lake Acting Company: The Robertassey, Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock Live, Utah Symphony: Disney's Beauty and the Beast in Concert, and more.
Salt Lake Acting Company has established quite a relationship with Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Kathleen Cahill over the years.

By City Weekly Staff February 5, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JAN 30 - FEB 5
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JAN 30 - FEB 5

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JAN 30 - FEB 5

Pete Holmes, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company: Re-Mix, Charles Ross: One-Man Star Wars® Trilogy, and more.
Pete Holmes boasts the persona of an everyday kinda guy, albeit an everyday kinda guy who's both talented and versatile.

By City Weekly Staff January 29, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JAN 16 - 22
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JAN 16 - 22

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JAN 16 - 22

Utah Opera: Humperdinck's Hansel & Gretel, MLK Day activities, Broadway at the Eccles: The Book of Mormon, and more.
Instead, that honor belongs to Hansel & Grete, the 1893 work by German composer Engelbert Humperdinck (not the 20th-century British-born pop singer of the same name) which was suggested to the composer by his sister, who wrote the libretto.

By City Weekly Staff January 15, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JAN 9 - 15
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JAN 9 - 15

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JAN 9 - 15

RDT: Emerge, PTC: Dial M for Murder, Patrick Warburton @ Wiseguys Gateway, and more.
The winter Emerge concert celebrates the fact that there is always undiscovered talent bubbling up beneath the surface in Utah, whether it's in local dance studios, in university programs or among dancers who might be a little older.

By City Weekly Staff January 8, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JAN 2 - 8
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JAN 2 - 8

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JAN 2 - 8

Utah Symphony: Modern Times in Concert, Sarah Silverman @ Kingsbury Hall, Park City Shows: Gwyneth Goes Skiing, and more.
It can be found in Chaplin's 1936 classic Modern Times, a critique of the industrialized world that was the first of the legendary filmmaker's movies in which his voice was heard.

By City Weekly Staff January 2, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR DEC. 26 - JAN 1
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR DEC. 26 - JAN 1

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR DEC. 26 - JAN 1

Shrek the Musical, Brenda Hattingh Peatross: Perfectly Imperfect, New Year's Eve Celebrations, and more.
It's not uncommon to find a highly successful blockbuster film translate into a hit Broadway show, and then, in turn, morph into a popular touring musical.

By City Weekly Staff December 26, 2024

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR DEC. 19 - 25
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR DEC. 19 - 25

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR DEC. 19 - 25

David Koechner/ The Office Trivia Competition, The Sting & Honey Company: This Bird of Dawning, Brick Fest Live, and more.
His behind-the-scenes knowledge from The Office will highlight a weekend of appearances by Koechner in Salt Lake City.

By City Weekly Staff December 18, 2024

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR DEC. 12 - 18
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR DEC. 12 - 18

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR DEC. 12 - 18

Kimberly Akimbo, Doug & Lynne Seus: The Grizzlies and Us, Fem Dance: Tetrad, and more.
It's certainly not unusual for a Broadway musical to have a play as its source material.

By City Weekly Staff December 11, 2024

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR DEC. 5 - 11
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR DEC. 5 - 11

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR DEC. 5 - 11

Salt Lake Acting Company: Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!, Maria Bamford, Utah Authors Day, and more.
For more than 20 years, writer/illustrator Mo Willems has been creating a series of lively picture books about the adventures of a strong-willed pigeon whose personality might seem familiar to anyone who has ever had or cared for a pre-schooler.

By City Weekly Staff December 4, 2024

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR NOV 28 - DEC. 4
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR NOV 28 - DEC. 4

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR NOV 28 - DEC. 4

Irreplaceable: A Poem for the Great Salt Lake, Cirque Dreams: Holidaze, Heather Gay: Good Time Girl, and more.
While the landscape of Utah has often inspired artists with its beauty, there is also a component to artists being inspired by nature's fragility.

By City Weekly Staff November 27, 2024

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