Entertainment Picks

The Essential A&E Picks for Mar. 14-20

Shen Yun, La Cage aux Folles, Bob Saget, St. Patrick's Day Parade

by City Weekly Staff

The Essential A&E Picks for Mar. 7-13

Invisible, Katya Zamolodchikova, Sebastian Maniscalco, NOVA Chamber Music

by City Weekly Staff

The Essential A&E Picks for Feb. 28-Mar. 5

An American in Paris, Major Jackson, Andy Erikson, Tumbleweeds Film Festival

by City Weekly Staff

The Essential A&E Picks for Mar. 14-20

Shen Yun, La Cage aux Folles, Bob Saget, St. Patrick's Day Parade

Shen Yun Performing Arts celebrates the country's long, richly patterned history with meticulously curated performances that incorporate classical, ethnic and folk dances from China; a full orchestra; and vivid animated backdrops.

By City Weekly Staff March 13, 2019

The Essential A&E Picks for Feb. 21-27

An Evening With Two Awful Men, Wait!, The Other Mozart, Shut Up & Dance

"Do you want to write a play about our only gay president?"

By City Weekly Staff February 20, 2019

The Essential A&E Picks for Feb. 14-20

You Bet Your Black Ass, Broadway, Once, Bollywood Boulevard, Ali Wong

And it's given cover when a white supremacy rally is said to include "good people on both sides.

By City Weekly Staff February 13, 2019

The Essential A&E Picks for Feb. 7-13

Swan Lake, Utah's 15, Angels of The Greatest Showman, and Todd Barry

Yet its general reception upon its premiere in 1877 would hardly have heralded such a legacy.

By City Weekly Staff February 6, 2019

The Essential A&E Picks for Jan. 31-Feb. 6

Deccadance, The Race to Promontory, Tommy Davidson, Anna Akana

The week-long series marks a break from the company's past film fest-related events, which focused on lounges.

By City Weekly Staff January 30, 2019

The Essential A&E Picks for Jan. 24-30

Off the Map, Bill Engvall, Shady Acres and Wicked

Since BYU's student body is composed of many people who have lived abroad, it comes as no surprise that the university plays host to the sixth annual Off the Map: BYU International Theatre Festival.

By City Weekly Staff January 23, 2019

The Essential A&E Picks for Jan. 17-23

Constellations, Jodi Kantor, Ronan Farrow, The Little Prince, PAW Patrol Live!

Now, this two-character drama opens the 2019 season for Ogden's Good Company Theatre.

By City Weekly Staff January 16, 2019

The Essential A&E Picks for Jan. 10-16

Doktor Kaboom, Burlesque, Holly Black, and Grassroots Shakespeare

His ability to educate and entertain simultaneously with catapults, air cannons and, naturally, chemical reactions breaks down the barriers between fact and frenzy.

By City Weekly Staff January 9, 2019

The Essential A&E Picks for Jan. 3-9

Big Jay Oakerson, The Lion in Winter, Utah Symphony, Emerge

Raised by a single mother who worked full time, he quit college after a month to pursue a career in comedy, but took jobs as a bouncer at a strip club and a performer at children's parties just to pay the rent.

By City Weekly Staff January 2, 2019

The Essential A&E Picks for Dec. 27-Jan. 2

A Magical Cirque Christmas, National Geographic Live, Latrice Royale, and more

Still, it takes a circus to help make that metaphor more literal, and the producers of A Magical Cirque Christmas have the skills and savvy to do just that.

By City Weekly Staff December 26, 2018