Lovers of musical theater and movies based on musicals often fight the urge to sing along with the familiar songs from their favorite shows. Singing along during a performance or screening is generally considered to be an impolite disruption. Broadway Centre Cinemas (Salt Lake Film Society) answers this need and gives theater-goers an opportunity to... Continue Reading →
In my 2024 review of the film Young Woman and the Sea, I led with the idea that women of my generation and younger enjoy rights, opportunities, and a relative ease of life that were unavailable to women who came before us. We owe a debt of gratitude to the generations of women who worked... Continue Reading →
November 7, 2025 November 7, 2025 Some concerts are absolute perfection! Such was the case with the Utah Symphony concert last Friday night at Abravanel Hall. The program featured Gabriel Fauré's Requiem and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 -"Pathétique" conducted by Utah Symphony Music Director Designate Markus Poschner. Fauré... Continue Reading →
Attending productions at Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre is nostalgic for me because my grandma had season tickets there for several years while I was growing up. She introduced me to live theater, starting when I was 4 or 5 years old until I was about 12, taking me and my parents as her guests to... Continue Reading →
Ballet West began its 2025-2026 season with Michael Smuin's Romeo and Juliet set to music by Sergei Prokofiev. I was fortunate to see this ballet with my friend Mony a few years ago, and I absolutely loved it, so I was excited to have an opportunity to see it again. I purchased a ticket for... Continue Reading →
I thoroughly enjoyed watching The Exorcist in 2023 when movie theaters offered screenings for the film's 50th anniversary. I eagerly anticipated seeing it a second time when I learned that Broadway Centre Cinemas had scheduled it in this year's Tower of Terror lineup. (Tower of Terror is the Salt Lake Film Society's series of classic... Continue Reading →
Utah Opera's 2025-2026 season announcement immediately piqued my curiosity since the company would be opening with composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campell's adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining. I admit to not having been an avid Stephen King fan over the course of my life, but I was nevertheless very intrigued to see how... Continue Reading →
I approach horror films skeptically and cautiously because moral and ethical considerations preclude my consuming entertainment that glorifies evil or gratuitous violence. Many classic or traditional horror films don't appeal to me for those reasons. However, films that authentically explore the supernatural, present a rigorous and fair conflict between good and evil, and portray strong... Continue Reading →
Broadway at the Eccles kicked off its 2025-2026 season this week with Some Like It Hot, a stage adaptation of the 1959 movie starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Marilyn Monroe. I attended Thursday night's performance with my friend Phaedra, I was able to meet her friends Wendy and Jared, and we all really enjoyed... Continue Reading →
Intermezzo Chamber Music Series continued its summer season with Concert III on Monday, July 14. Lun Jiang (violin), Erin David (violin), Emily Brown (viola), Joel Gibbs (viola), Pegsoon Whang (cello), and Hannah Holland Thomas (cello) joined forces to perform works by Anton Webern, Richard Strauss, and Johannes Brahms. These musicians created a beautiful, cohesive sound... Continue Reading →
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