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THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 28 - APR 3

Pioneer Theatre Company: The Lehman Trilogy, Jurassic Quest, Pretty Woman: The Musical, and more.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 21 - 27

Utah Symphony: Danny Elfman's Percussion Concerto, Ocean Filibuste, Lisa Thompson: Wild Wasatch Front, and more.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 14 - 20

St. Patrick's Day, Bored Teachers Comedy Tour, Downy Doxey-Marshall: Bloom and Laura Sharp Wilson: Gilding the Lily: A Choreography , and more.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 28 - APR 3

Pioneer Theatre Company: The Lehman Trilogy, Jurassic Quest, Pretty Woman: The Musical, and more.
Sometimes, a business's name feels like something separated from the real world, a signifier that just becomes part of the cultural atmosphere.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 7 - 13

Sam Daley-Harris: Reclaiming Our Democracy, Gary Gulman @ Wiseguys, Pilar Pobil gallery dedication @ Utah Cultural Celebration Center, and more.
It's perhaps natural to think that the times one is living in are unprecedented—particularly bad, particularly good, or in some other way without reasonable points of comparison from earlier times.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 29 - MAR 6

Pictures of Belonging @ UMFA, Healing Palette of Mystical Mestizaje @ Ogden Contemporary Arts, RDT: Regalia, and more.
The artistic canon is always evolving, and always looking to address historical inequities in representation.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 22 - 28

In the Now Productions: The Gaza Monologues, Pioneer Theatre Company: Bonnie & Clyde, MJ: The Musical, and more.
The ongoing devastation in Gaza has inspired international outrage, with tales of indiscriminate warfare affecting families and traumatized children.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 15 - 21

Plan-B Theatre Company: Balthazar, Utah Symphony: Sonorous, SLC White Party @ Utah Arts Alliance, and more.
In playwright Debora Threedy's Balthazar —a twist on Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice focused on Portia, who poses as a man in order to argue a case in court

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 8 -14

Ballet West: Swan Lake, Salt Lake Winter Roundup, Utah Indigenous Fashion Week Fundraiser, and more.
If you asked any given person on the street to tell you what they picture when you say the word "ballet," it would almost certainly be this: Young women in white costumes, standing en pointe

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 1 - 7

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company: Traverse, New World Shakespeare Company: Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, Steve Treviño, and more.
An innovative and inventive dance company, it shares artistry and creativity through the combined talents of its performers, its exceptional alumni and, in this case, its special guests from the University of Utah's School of Dance.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JAN 25 - 31

Myq Kaplan, Bluey's Big Play: The Stage Show, Peter Coviello: Is There God After Prince?, and more.
Comedian Myq (pronounced "Mike") Kaplan is a fixture on the late-night TV circuit, including the  Tonight Show, Conan, James Corden and Seth Meyers, as well as various appearances on Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing and America's Got Talent

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JAN 18 - 24

Pioneer Theatre Company: Native Gardens, Utah Opera: The Little Prince, Modern West Gallery: Lake Effect, and more.
We're quite fond of defining who should be on one side or another of a border, and creating structures that define the limits of our land.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JAN 11 - 17

Brian Posehn, Wasatch Theatre Company: JQA, Step Afrika! @ Kingsbury Hall, and more.
If Brian Posehn looks familiar, it's understandable.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JAN 4 - 10

RDT: Emerge, Broadway at the Eccles: SIX, Glass Art Guild of Utah: Bling in the New Year, and more.
For its first production of 2024, Emerge, RDT emphasizes the opportunity the company provides for its dancers to create new work, as well, and invites dance studios and students from throughout the Salt Lake Valley into the process.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR DEC 28 - JAN 3

One Night in Memphis: Presley, Perkins, Lewis & Cash, Jay Whittaker, Ice Castles @ Soldier Hollow, and more.
December 4, 1956 has taken on an almost mythological status in the history of early rock and roll.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR DEC 21 - 27

The Arch-Hive: Public Dreams / Private Myths, Broadway at the Eccles: Mamma Mia!, Utah Symphony: Disney's Frozen in Concert, and more.
According to a statement by curator Laz. "By asking these artists to interpret a well-known folk belief, or create a new legend, we uncover a view into the modern psyche surrounding this religion and culture."

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR DEC 14 - 20

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company: Synthesis (Young Artist Showcase), Sam Jay, Utopia Early Music: A Celtic Christmas, and more.
This week's program at Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company serves to fold some of those levels together, as Synthesis offers not just the phenomenal work of the company's dancers, but a chance to celebrate young dancers from high schools around the valley.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR DEC 7 - 13

Chris Distefano, Ballet West: The Nutcracker, Curtis Chin: Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant, and more.
Chris Distefano provides proof that bigger can be better.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR NOV 30 - DEC 6

PTC: Christmas in Connecticut, Salt Lake Acting Company: Elephant & Piggie's 'We Are in a Play!', Utah Authors Day, and more.
Broadway musicals in recent years have tended to look towards pop-culture properties like recent hit films for their source material.

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