Outstanding performances propel Pygmalion Theatre Company’s first-class staging of Lauren Gunderson’s The Half-Life of Marie Curie

Outstanding performances propel Pygmalion Theatre Company’s first-class staging of Lauren Gunderson’s The Half-Life of Marie Curie

ByLes RokaNov 8, 2023

Some 60 years after Marie Curie died (in 1934) from a rare blood disorder caused by her work with radium and polonium, the French government had planned to move her body as well as that of her husband Pierre to the Panthéon. However, the team responsible for exhuming their coffins had to be extraordinarily cautious … Read more

¡Jaleo!: Spanish pianist José Ramón Mendez set to make his Salt Lake City debut on Nov. 10 Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation concert

¡Jaleo!: Spanish pianist José Ramón Mendez set to make his Salt Lake City debut on Nov. 10 Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation concert

ByLes RokaNov 7, 20236 min read

Just last month, internationally known pianist José Ramón Mendez was in Utah to judge the state chapter of…

World premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank’s A Psalm of Disquiet by Fry Street Quartet set for Utah State University’s music school, NOVA Chamber Music Series

World premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank’s A Psalm of Disquiet by Fry Street Quartet set for Utah State University’s music school, NOVA Chamber Music Series

ByLes RokaNov 1, 20237 min read

This week’s world premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank new string quartet A Psalm of Disquiet at Utah State…

A 60th anniversary special: Ballet West’s extraordinary history, the legacy of Willam F. Christensen

A 60th anniversary special: Ballet West’s extraordinary history, the legacy of Willam F. Christensen

ByLes RokaNov 1, 202360 min read

EDITOR’S NOTE: Ballet West is celebrating its 60th anniversary and the newest production, which opens Nov. 3, is…

Live blog and review: Radio Hour Episode 17: Sherlock Holmes and The Final Problem, by Matthew Ivan Bennett, presented by Plan-B Theatre, KUER-FM’s RadioWest

Live blog and review: Radio Hour Episode 17: Sherlock Holmes and The Final Problem, by Matthew Ivan Bennett, presented by Plan-B Theatre, KUER-FM’s RadioWest

ByLes RokaOct 27, 202317 min read

Welcome to the 17th episode of the Radio Hour series of Plan-B Theatre’s Radio Hour series, produced with…