Tag: Capitol Theatre
It might surprise many readers that for critics, writing a review of The Nutcracker ballet is actually not as easy as it might appear. It is one of the most widely performed works in the end-of-the-year holiday...
The 39 Steps
West Side Theatre Company, currently in its second successful season, will present the hit Broadway comedy “The 39 Steps” this fall in four performances. The versatile, rotating cast members will play multiple roles in four unique cast...
The 2016-2017 JazzSLC concert season launches on September 9 at Capitol Theatre. Some of the best in the business are on the docket this season.
JazzSLC is a non-profit concert series that is produced and funded by the GAM Foundation....
Utah Opera’s production of Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress is new to Salt Lake City, but this 40-year-old production is one of the most iconic in the history of American opera.
The Rake’s Progress follows the story of Tom Rakewell, a...
Soothing…the first word that comes to mind when describing the sights and sounds of The Last Southern Gentlemen, who performed at the Capitol Theatre on Monday, April 13. When those four men took their positions on stage, I had...
Utah Opera is back with its second production of the season: The Pearl Fishers, a tale of friendship, forbidden love and sacrifice. The rarely performed opera was written by George Bizet (better known for Carmen) in 1863 and received...
Often billed as ballet’s original ghost story, Giselle is the haunting love story of a young peasant girl and a noble who deceives her. The performance kicks off the 2014-15 Ballet West season and runs through November 16, 2014.
Newly...
Broadway blockbuster "Wicked" returns to Salt Lake City for an extended third run through August 24 at Capitol Theatre.
The musical is the adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel “Wicked—The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West”...
Utah Opera's final performance for the 2013-2014 season is The Abduction from the Seraglio, a comic opera by Mozart full of cheery scenery and cheeky laughs. While the production is lighthearted, the music contains some of the most difficult...
Love, passion and death are guarantees in opera and Turandot is no exception. It's the tale of a cold-hearted princess who requires suitors to answer a series of riddles in order to win her hand in marriage--but a wrong...
