| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | The 39 StepsPresented by Hale Center Theater Orem at Hale Center Theater Orem December 31, 2011-February 11, 2012 The 39 Steps comes straight from Broadway to start off HCTO's 22nd season. This show is based on Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film which follows Richard Hannay through a series of twists, turns and romantic intrigue. Four talented performers play all roles, some at the same time, in this spy-thriller that is part farce, part parody, and all comedy and laughs. | Hale Center Theater Orem | 12/31/11- 02/11/12 | Orem |
A Night of BraodwayPresented by SCERA at SCERA Center for the Arts February 3-February 11, 2012 It's New York City's Great White Way, The SCERA Way, as they present dazzling nights of your favorite Broadway showtunes. With an amazing cast comprised of some of their area's best performers, these talented actors and singers can definitely belt out The Big Apple songbook.
| SCERA | 02/03/12- 02/11/12 | Orem |
| Godfrey | Wise Guys Comedy Club | 02/10/12- 02/11/12 | West Valley City |
The Adding MachinePresented by The University of Utah Department of Theatre at Babcock Theatre February 3-February 12, 2012 Have you ever been passed over for a promotion, or gone years without a raise? Ever felt like murdering your boss? Then meet Mr. Zero, a neurotic, number crunching accountant who goes to work every day at a monotonous and wearisome job where he's exploited. At home, his unsympathetic wife constantly nags him. When the company he's faithfully worked at for the past twenty-five years informs him that, instead of giving him a promotion, they'll be giving him the boot and replacing him with a... | The University of Utah Department of Theatre | 02/03/12- 02/12/12 | Salt Lake City |
| Harlem Globetrotters | EnergySolutions Arena | 02/13/12 | Salt Lake City |
Celtic Nights - An Irish ValentinePresented by Kingsbury Hall - University of Utah at Kingsbury Hall - University of Utah February 14, 2012 Celtic Nights expertly weaves together the lilting melodies and plaintive lyrics of the rich Celtic heritage, showcased against a thundering backdrop of expert dancing and musicianship. In this glittering production featuring six of Ireland's most promising singers and six of its most accomplished step dancers, the rich story of the Celtic people is told through the power and majesty of music and the hypnotic fury of dancing feet. | Kingsbury Hall - University of Utah | 02/14/12 | Salt Lake City |
Dinner and Drama: Twitterpated! with the ThrillionairesPresented by Covey Center for the Arts at Covey Center for the Arts February 11-February 14, 2012 Join them for Twitterpated: the perfect Valentines' date, with a delicious dinner followed by a great comedy improv show by the always-amazing Thrillionaires! | Covey Center for the Arts | 02/11/12- 02/14/12 | Provo |
| The Slipper and the Rose | Cache Valley Center for the Arts | 02/09/12- 02/14/12 | Logan |
Miss Evers' Boys Presented by SLCC Grand Theatre at SLCC Grand Theatre February 1-February 18, 2012 This Utah debut tells the story of the Tuskegee experiment, a U.S. Federal Government secret medical experiment on poor African Americans in the years 1932-1972, designed to study the effects of untreated syphilis. The story is told from the perspective of the small town nurse, Eunice Evers, who is well aware of the lack of treatment, but feels her role is to console the involved men, many of whom are her direct friends. | SLCC Grand Theatre | 02/01/12- 02/18/12 | Salt Lake City |
Who Shot Juanito Bandito?Presented by Cache Valley Center for the Arts at The Ellen Eccles Theatre February 17-February 18, 2012 After more than 50 sold-out performances during the Summer 2011 season, Pickleville Playhouse's most popular production of all time is returning for two encore performances at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. | Cache Valley Center for the Arts | 02/17/12- 02/18/12 | Logan |
Blind DatePresented by Covey Center for the Arts at Covey Center for the Arts February 3-February 18, 2012 Join them for a decadent dessert on opening night, the first Friday night of the run of the show. You'll love our amazing homemade desserts, each one specially chosen just for the show. | Covey Center for the Arts | 02/03/12- 02/18/12 | Provo |
Club MystiquePresented by Poison Ivy Mysteries at Famous Daves January 28-February 18, 2012 Join them at the Club Mystique where you and your fellow gangsters are preparing for the mob boss to name his successor. Meet Sam Bullet, Private Eye, and the Femme Fatale, Miss Vivian De'Loure as well as other classic film noir types. Heists are planned and carried out, hits are made and a life is taken. Original music including swing, rumba and foxtrot are featured in this fun and witty murder mystery. | Poison Ivy Mysteries | 01/28/12- 02/18/12 | West Jordan |
Dave FoleyPresented by Wise Guys Comedy Club at Wise Guys Comedy Club - West Valley City February 17-February 18, 2012 Dave Foley was born and raised in Toronto. He began writing stand-by comedy for creative writing projects. His interest in improv led him to comedy workshops, where he met and teamed with Kevin McDonald. They became "The Kids in the Hall" one year later and the rest is history! | Wise Guys Comedy Club | 02/17/12- 02/18/12 | West Valley City |
Educating RitaPresented by Pinnacle Acting Company at Midvale Performing Arts Center February 9-February 18, 2012 Willy Russell's 1980 classic won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, and went on to even more success in an Oscar-nominated film starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters. Their production features Pinnacle Acting Company co-founder Melanie Nelson and stage and screen veteran Michael Flynn. | Pinnacle Acting Company | 02/09/12- 02/18/12 | Midvale |
Les Belles Soeurs - The Beautiful SistersPresented by The University of Utah Department of Theatre at Studio 115 February 14-February 19, 2012 Germaine Lauzon, a poor Quabecoise woman, wins a million trading stamps in a lottery from a department store. Her head swims with dreams of refurbishing and redecorating her working-class home from top to bottom. To redeem the stamps Germaine must glue them into the provided booklets, so she invites fourteen of her friends and relatives to join her in a stamp party. | The University of Utah Department of Theatre | 02/14/12- 02/19/12 | Salt Lake City |
Flamenco Vivo Carlota SantanaPresented by Cache Valley Center for the Arts at The Ellen Eccles Theatre February 21-February 22, 2012 Driven by the fiery cante jondo, Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana provides passion and drama in their inspiring program La Pasion Flamenca. This fierce and eclectic evening of Spanish dance and music features lamenting solos, sizzling duets, and festive company dances. Whether these amazing artists are conveying love or sorrow, happiness or anger, the emotions will speak to everyone and transcend all cultural boundaries. | Cache Valley Center for the Arts | 02/21/12- 02/22/12 | Logan |
Banff Film FestivalPresented by Kingsbury Hall - University of Utah at Kingsbury Hall - University of Utah February 21-February 23, 2012 Bringing the best in outdoor films to Salt Lake, the Banff Mountain Film Festival tour is one of the best-loved annual events at Kingsbury Hall. With films featuring skiing, snowboarding, kayaking, hiking, mountain biking and more, Banff will entertain and amaze you and maybe even inspire an outdoor adventure right in your own backyard!
| Kingsbury Hall - University of Utah | 02/21/12- 02/23/12 | Salt Lake City |
And...Go! Improv Comedy Show Presented by And...Go! Improv Comedy at Historic Murray Theatre February 25, 2012 Utah's most fresh and family friendly Improv show for all ages. You will laugh till it hurts as the actors perform on stage in a series of improv games using the suggestions from the audience. A perfect date night or just a great opportunity to celebrate hump day and survive the rest of the week. Every show is different but they all end up the same, with smiles galore! | And...Go! Improv Comedy | 02/25/12 | Murray |
Joe Goode Performance GroupPresented by Kingsbury Hall - University of Utah at Kingsbury Hall - University of Utah February 25, 2012 Joe Goode has created a genre of dance theater that combines text, gestures, and humor with his own deeply physical, high velocity dancing. With an emphasis on understanding, compassion and tolerance among people through the innovative use of dance and theater, each Joe Goode performance will not just entertain but also provoke and inspire. | Kingsbury Hall - University of Utah | 02/25/12 | Salt Lake City |
Kermet ApioPresented by Wise Guys Comedy Club at Wise Guys Comedy Club - Ogden February 24-February 25, 2012 Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Kermet Apio enjoyed a childhood in paradise. He spent his time watching television, playing, and procrastinating everything else. To this day, he still does all three extensively. | Wise Guys Comedy Club | 02/24/12- 02/25/12 | Ogden |
Steel Magnolias by Robert HarlingPresented by Draper Historic Theatre at Draper Historic Theatre February 10-February 25, 2012 The action is set in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle who is not sure whether or not she is still married the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town's rich ,moody curmudgeon, Ouiser Boudreaux; her B.F.F., Clairee Belcher, an eccentric millionaire and former first lady of Chinquapin who loves football; and M'Lynn, a loving but... | Draper Historic Theatre | 02/10/12- 02/25/12 | Draper |
Arsenic and Old LacePresented by Sandy Arts Guild at Sandy City Hall February 17-February 27, 2012 "Arsenic and Old Lace" is a farcical black comedy revolving around Mortimer Brewster, a drama critic, who must deal with his crazy, homicidal family while avoiding the local police in Brooklyn. Since insanity runs rampant in his family, Mortimer must decide whether to go through with his promise to marry the woman he loves. | Sandy Arts Guild | 02/17/12- 02/27/12 | Sandy |
Fiddler on the Roof Presented by Ogden High School at Ogden High School February 24-February 27, 2012 The musical, Fiddler on the Roof about Tevye and his family, plays at Ogden High School in the beautiful Art Deco Spencer Fox Eccles Auditorium. | Ogden High School | 02/24/12- 02/27/12 | Ogden |
L.A. Theatre Works: The RivalryPresented by Brigham Young University at De Jong Concert Hall February 28, 2012 Corwin's depiction of the Lincoln-Douglas debates uses dialogue from the original debate transcripts to present the fierce competition between the future President and the Senator as they tackled the day's most controversial issues, slavery and the American concept of freedom. | Brigham Young University | 02/28/12 | Provo |
| Lily's Crossing | Murray City Cultural Arts | 03/02/12 | Salt Lake City |
EmmaPresented by Pioneer Theatre Company at Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre - University of Utah February 17-March 3, 2012 Young, headstrong Emma Woodhouse believes she has a special talent for matchmaking, but where the affections of others and her own heart are concerned she is exasperatingly, but charmingly clueless. Jane Austen's beloved romantic comedy of small village English life in the 18th century comes vividly to life in this enchanting stage adaptation. | Pioneer Theatre Company | 02/17/12- 03/03/12 | Salt Lake City |
And...Go! Improv Comedy ShowPresented by And...Go! Improv Comedy at Historic Murray Theatre March 3, 2012 Utah's most fresh and family friendly Improv show for all ages. You will laugh till it hurts as the actors perform on stage in a series of improv games using the suggestions from the audience. A perfect date night or just a great opportunity to celebrate hump day and survive the rest of the week. Every show is different but they all end up the same, with smiles galore!
| And...Go! Improv Comedy | 03/03/12 | Murray |
| Red | Salt Lake Acting Company | 02/08/12- 03/04/12 | Salt Lake City |
Blast!Presented by Cache Valley Center for the Arts at The Ellen Eccles Theatre March 6-March 7, 2012 Astounding audiences around the globe repeatedly since the Emmy winning PBS performance and the Tony winning Broadway performances, Blast! is back. Showgoers quickly become fans who return to enjoy and celebrate Blast!over and over again. Along with this ever-growing core following, Blast! attracts to it's performances newer and newer generations of devotees every time it takes the stage. | Cache Valley Center for the Arts | 03/06/12- 03/07/12 | Logan |
Utah Shakespeare Festival Touring Production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"Presented by Casino Star Theatre Foundation at Casino Star Theatre March 8, 2012 A ninety-minute cut of Shakespeare's most popular comedy produced by the professionals at Utah's Tony-Award-winning regional theatre, the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Delightful evening in the forest with fairies, changelings, love potions and practical jokes. | Casino Star Theatre Foundation | 03/08/12 | Gunnison |
Tremendously Tall TalesPresented by SCERA at SCERA Center for the Arts February 20-March 9, 2012 Tremendously Tall Tales is a collection of four beloved American folk tales: Paul Bunyan the Lumberjack, Mike Fink the River Roarer, John Henry the Railroad Man, and Johnny Appleseed the Planter of Orchards. Telling the tales is a rag tag theater troupe crisscrossing the Midwest at the beginning of the century, called Eddie B. Brown's All-Star Yokels.
| SCERA | 02/20/12- 03/09/12 | Orem |
Twyla Tharp's Sweet Fields - Performing Dance CompanyPresented by Kingsbury Hall - University of Utah at Kingsbury Hall - University of Utah March 9-March 10, 2012 Performing Dance Company, the nationally acclaimed student company from the U's Department of Modern Dance, brings an evening of spectacular dancing and innovative choreography to the Kingsbury Hall stage. The highlight of the concert will be "Sweet Fields" choreographed by Twyla Tharp, one of the true definers of dance in America. | Kingsbury Hall - University of Utah | 03/09/12- 03/10/12 | Salt Lake City |
Little EyolfPresented by Brigham Young University at Margetts Theatre February 29-March 10, 2012 The story tells of a tragedy that divides a Norwegian family after the appearance of a mysterious visitor. The play emphasizes the terrible consequences of poor decisions, the power of strength and the importance of family. Recommended for ages 12 and above. | Brigham Young University | 02/29/12- 03/10/12 | Provo |
Fiddler on the RoofPresented by Dixie State College Theatre at Delores Dore Eccles Fine Arts Center March 1-March 10, 2012 Dixie State College Theatre continues the Tony Award winning "Tradition" of Tevye, the lone milkman of Anatevka, his family and the people of their primitive but traditionally balanced Village! The production designs and theme for DSC's "Fiddler on the Roof" derive from the works of artist and painter Marc Chagall. | Dixie State College Theatre | 03/01/12- 03/10/12 | Saint George |
SevenPresented by Pygmalion Theatre Company at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center February 3-March 11, 2012 "Seven" is a soul-stirring documentary play in which seven renowned playwrights tell the true stories of seven women from seven different countries who have surmounted tremendous obstacles to combat trafficking, violence, and other human-rights abuses. Award-winning women playwrights Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Anna Deveare-Smith, and Susan Yankowitz interviewed bold women's rights activists from Afghanistan, Cambodia, Guatemala, Nigeria,... | Pygmalion Theatre Company | 02/03/12- 03/11/12 | Salt Lake City |
The Elixir of LovePresented by Utah Opera at Capitol Theatre March 10-March 18, 2012 The story of L'elisir is of Nemorino, a love-struck youth who cannot seem to hold the attention of his dream girl, Adina. He buys a magic potion but it doesn't seem to work. It only begins to take effect on the other women of the town after news spreads of his rich uncle's passing and this convinces Nemorino that he needs to buy more to use on Adina. But Nemorino has much to learn about elixirs and love, and the confusion he sows with his potion threatens to ruin everything. | Utah Opera | 03/10/12- 03/18/12 | Salt Lake City |
The Third CrossingPresented by Plan-B Theatre Company at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center March 8-March 18, 2012 In Colonial America, it was believed that the third crossing of black and white bloodlines yielded white children. Playwright Debora Threedy employs the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings, whose children were the third crossing but remained slaves, as the springboard to examine interracial relationships in America.
| Plan-B Theatre Company | 03/08/12- 03/18/12 | Salt Lake City |
| Rare Bird | The University of Utah Department of Theatre | 03/09/12- 03/18/12 | Salt Lake City |
Circus OzPresented by Kingsbury Hall - University of Utah at Kingsbury Hall - University of Utah March 20-March 21, 2012 Australia's most-loved circus, Circus Oz, is renowned for the collective mayhem that never stops from the moment the band strikes up until the last curtain call. The powerful acrobats contest gravity, graceful aerial artists will win your heart, the knock-about comedy will bowl you over and the live musicians will have you on your feet with the final note. | Kingsbury Hall - University of Utah | 03/20/12- 03/21/12 | Salt Lake City |
CSI Provo: Decaffeinated DNAPresented by Desert Star Playhouse at Desert Star Playhouse January 12-March 24, 2012 Desert Star Playhouse kicks off it's 2012 season with a hilarious take on the world of Crime Scene Investigation. CSI: Provo - Decaffeinated DNA combines forensic science with Utah culture in this musical parody of the hit TV series. Gil Grimace is an absent-minded science professor at UVU who moonlights for the Provo Police Department as a Crime Scene Investigator, though there's not much crime to investigate in Utah County. Finally, Grimace gets his first big case: the murder of... | Desert Star Playhouse | 01/12/12- 03/24/12 | Salt Lake City |
The Crucible by Arthur MillerPresented by SLCC Grand Theatre at SLCC Grand Theatre March 7-March 24, 2012 Tony Award winner for best play, this American classic is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. Early in the year 1692, in the small Massachusetts village of Salem, a collection of girls fell ill, falling victim to hallucinations and seizures. Spurring fears of witchcraft, it was not long before the girls and other townspeople began to accuse other villagers of consorting with devils and casting spells. | SLCC Grand Theatre | 03/07/12- 03/24/12 | Salt Lake City |
Flash Gordon Conquers The Evil PlanetPresented by The Children's Theatre at The Children's Theatre March 2-March 24, 2012 Flash Gordon is the hero of a science fiction adventure comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by and created to compete with the already established Buck Rogers adventure strip. | The Children's Theatre | 03/02/12- 03/24/12 | Salt Lake City |
Matinee Enchantee: An Enchanting afternoon of Magic and MusicPresented by The Hatch Academy of Magic and Music at The Thatcher-Young Mansion March 24, 2012 An enchanting afternoon of magic and music featuring magician Richard Hatch, violinist Rosemary Hatch and pianist Jonathan Hatch. Music by Miyagi, Kreisler, Bach and Saint-Saens, magic by Vernon, Hecklau, Hofzinser and Robert-Houdin. Only 56 seats, reservations strongly recommended to avoid disappointment. | The Hatch Academy of Magic and Music | 03/24/12 | Logan |
Disney's Beauty And The BeastPresented by Broadway Across America - Utah at Capitol Theatre March 20-March 25, 2012 Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, this eye-popping spectacle has won the hearts of over 35 million people worldwide. This classic musical love story is filled with unforgettable characters, lavish sets and costumes, and dazzling production numbers including "Be Our Guest" and the beloved title song. | Broadway Across America - Utah | 03/20/12- 03/25/12 | Salt Lake City |
Love's Labor's LostPresented by Brigham Young University at T. Earl and Kathryn Pardoe Drama Theatre March 14-March 30, 2012 The play is set on the eve of WWII, where King and his GI sidekicks make an oath to avoid all diversions including women for three years. Unexpected loves arises when four ladies arrive on the scene. The performance will be directed by Stephanie Breinholt and will feature live big band music and a radio show with Shakespeare's language as he wrote it. | Brigham Young University | 03/14/12- 03/30/12 | Provo |
| Oliver | Parowan Community Theatre | 03/21/12- 03/30/12 | Parowan |
And...Go! Improv Comedy Show Presented by And...Go! Improv Comedy at Historic Murray Theatre March 31, 2012 Utah's most fresh and family friendly Improv show for all ages. You will laugh till it hurts as the actors perform on stage in a series of improv games using the suggestions from the audience. A perfect date night or just a great opportunity to celebrate hump day and survive the rest of the week. Every show is different but they all end up the same, with smiles galore! | And...Go! Improv Comedy | 03/31/12 | Murray |
There's a Monster in my ClosetPresented by Youth Theatre at the U at Kingsbury Hall - University of Utah March 29-March 31, 2012 Fantasy and reality collide in this enchanting musical romp about a girl named Emily, who discovers a monster in her closet. She invites her friends over for a slumber party to capture the monster, but the outcome is unexpected! Filled with wonderfully entertaining characters, the story showcases how friendship, ingenuity, and a sprinkling of magic lead to a delightful solution to a monster problem. | Youth Theatre at the U | 03/29/12- 03/31/12 | Salt Lake City |
Anne of Green GablesPresented by Covey Center for the Arts at Covey Center for the Arts March 15-March 31, 2012 Meet Ann Shirley, no, AnnE Shirley- everyone's favorite, funny, feisty orphan. L.M. Montgomery's beloved book adapted by Jody Johnston Davidson, and directed by Lynne D. Bronson. | Covey Center for the Arts | 03/15/12- 03/31/12 | Provo |
BFA Senior ShowcasePresented by Brigham Young University at Harris Fine Arts Center April 3-April 4, 2012 These seniors from the BFA Acting and Music Dance Theatre programs will travel to New York and Los Angeles during the spring to present a showcase of songs, scenes and dances as an audition for industry professionals. The four performances in the Nelke Theatre at BYU provide an opportunity for the campus community to see and experience these performances before the students travel to the nation's entertainment capitals. | Brigham Young University | 04/03/12- 04/04/12 | Provo |