The glory of the trinity of art, dance and music: Two Utah premieres, Balanchine classic highlight Ballet West’s Pictures at an Exhibition

This week, Ballet West’s new production will give the trinity of art, dance and music a resplendent tribute fit for an empress. It will feature Utah premieres of works by two of the best-known international choreographers and a reprise of a Balanchine masterpiece that was the choreographer’s first work he set in America 90 years … Read more

Behind the scenes: Spy Hop’s award-winning PitchNic program set for Nov. 7 premiere of 22nd edition of four student produced films

PitchNic, one of Spy Hop Productions’ most exciting programs, returns for its 22nd edition this year and this year’s class of young Utah filmmakers is looking to build on a legacy where more than 95% of films that have been produced in the program have gone on to be screened at and win awards at … Read more

The strength of acknowledging how representation matters in music: NOVA Chamber Music Series’ 2024-25 will be exciting from start to finish

Pianist Kimi Kawashima is well known to NOVA Chamber Music Series audiences as a frequent guest artist and now she has taken on a larger role, as the series’ new artistic director. She succeeds the members of the Fry Street Quartet, who will continue curating the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) Gallery Series as … Read more

Not the ordinary Gothic fiction fare for Halloween: Ballet West’s 61st season set to open with Val Caniparoli’s psychological thriller Jekyll and Hyde

Three years after Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was published, Oscar Wilde, in his 1889 The Decay of Lying: An Observation, wrote, “the transformation of Dr. Jekyll reads dangerously like an experiment out of the Lancet [the famed British medical journal].” As English literature scholar Anne Stiles explained in … Read more

Eight BIPOC playwrights and eight doppelgängers: Plan-B Theatre’s 34th season set to open with Full Color

Between 2010 and 2020, Utah’s population grew at a faster rate than in any other state and more than 52% of that growth occurred in minority populations. Today, more than 1 in 4 Utahns identify as Black, Indigenous or People of Color (BIPOC), compared to 1 in 5 in the 2010 U.S. Census. As the … Read more

Utah Film Center set to open 21st Utah Queer Film Festival with new name, impressively diverse film slate, local performers, Matthew Shepard memorial concert highlighting four world premieres by Utah-based composers

EDITOR’S NOTE: This three-article package highlights the Utah Film Center’s Utah Queer Film Festival, which marks its 21st year. The second feature is a feature about the Life After Laramie concert of world premieres and the third feature is a detailed rundown of the 2024 slate of feature and short films. Entering its third decade, … Read more

Utah Queer Film Festival 2024: Four world premieres by Utah-based composers set for Life After Laramie: A Matthew Shepard Memorial Concert

A film festival is more than a festival, for there are many community members who see it as a place they can find as home, Russell Roots, director of the Utah Queer Film Festival (UQFF) says. During the 21st Utah Queer Film Festival, which will run Oct. 25-27 at the Rose Wagner Center for Performing Arts … Read more

A detailed rundown of the slate of films for the 2024 Utah Queer Film Festival of the Utah Film Center

The Utah Review has screened many of the films on this year’s slate for the Utah Film Center’s Utah Queer Film Festival. The following is a detailed run down of the entire slate of feature-length and short films. FEATURE FILMS Documentaries  The ABCs of Book Banning 2023/ USA/ Documentary (Sheila Nevins) While this MTV Documentary … Read more

Inaugural Utah Chamber Music Festival will feature concerts in Logan, Provo, Salt Lake City, with piano quartets by Mozart, Brahms, Dvořák

The outstanding range of Utah’s chamber music is about to expand with a new festival that features four internationally acclaimed musicians performing three of the best examples of the classic piano quartet literature in concerts slated for Logan, Provo and Salt Lake City. The three concerts comprise the inaugural Utah Chamber Music Festival, organized by … Read more

A treasured friendship: Repertory Dance Theatre’s 59th season opener features works by choreographer Noa Zuk

For choreographer Noa Zuk, her long-time friendship with Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) feels so natural and strong that even when months or years lapse before they connect again, they can pick up wherever they left off, just as easily as if they had chatted earlier that day.  That relationship started in 2014 when the Israeli … Read more