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In ‘The Fantasticks,’ boy meets boy, at last
It took us 66 years to get here. There have been a staggering 21,552 Off-Broadway performances of “The Fantasticks,” the…
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Choose the Right/Ride in ‘Water for Elephants’ musical tour
In Utah culture, “CTR” is inescapable. With a proliferation of CTR rings and necklaces, merchandise, and everyday shorthand, the phrase is…
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Tour of Alicia Keys’ ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ sets the Eccles on fire
Seeing the tour of “Hell’s Kitchen” was a reminder of what makes live theater so exciting: the discovery of something…
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‘Back’ to Marty McFly and his aviating DeLorean — but the musical adaptation never fires on all cylinders
With an August 2023 Broadway opening, “Back to the Future the Musical” played 597 performances, a much longer run than…
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Modern-day vaudeville in ‘Two Guys, Half a Plan’—billed as a one-man show
Entertainers on the vaudeville circuit heavily shaped today’s entertainment, and their influence is still evident in sketch comedy, stand-up, and…
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A love letter to first-run, revival, festival, and foreign films — and a theater most crowded when the audience skews gay
It’s gonna be Gay May. The Broadway Centre Cinemas, operated by the nonprofit Salt Lake Film Society, has curated a…
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We’re led to hell by spirited cast of ‘Hadestown’
After its 2019 Broadway premiere, “Hadestown” toured Salt Lake City in 2022. The second staging is roaring back at the Eccles.…
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Yaasss, queens! In the style of our pop princesses, Henry VIII’s ‘Six’ wives lament their maligned marriages
“Divorced. Beheaded. Died. Divorced. Beheaded. Survived.” That’s the sing-song British schoolchildren use to recollect the fates of Henry VIII’s six…
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Sutton Foster, Kelli O’Hara, and Aaron Tveit in concert
Three Tony-winning Broadway icons will perform at Utah outdoor amphitheaters. PARK CITY Inspired by the CBS special “Julie and Carol at Carnegie…
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‘& Juliet’ is a Shakespearean jukebox musical romp, sans Romeo
Imagine an alternate ending to “Romeo and Juliet.” That’s the whimsical premise of the effervescent, crowd-pleasing “& Juliet.” In the Broadway…
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