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Hale Centre Theatre: Is He Dead?
Price: $16-$31
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As a new year begins, we're often looking to fresh, new experiences. But not every new experience is "new" in the obvious sense of the word. In the case of Is He Dead?, you have a play that didn't see its first production until 2007, which is fairly remarkable, considering it was written in 1898 by one of America's most legendary writers: Mark Twain. The story involves a fictionalized version of an actual French painter, Jean-François Millet. As Twain's story goes, Millet is facing the fairly familiar artistic problem of no money and serious debt, as is the father of Millet's fiancee. But he soon realizes that there's one sure way for an artist's work to become worth more: He only needs to be dead. Thus begins an elaborate faked death, spiked with that familiar Twain wit. Start your 2015 with a reminder that the best new experiences might be a century old. (Scott Renshaw) Mondays-Fridays 7:30 p.m., Saturdays 12:30, 4 & 7:30 p.m.
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Hale Centre Theatre
- 3333 Decker Lake Dr, West Valley City West Valley City Utah 84119
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801-984-9000
