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The celebrated author, S. Asher Gelman, who also directed the premiere of AFTERGLOW, was able to travel to Salt Lake City for Utah Repertory Theater Company's opening-night festivities. Also enjoying the show as a theatergoer was Utah state Senator Jim Dabakis, who champions theater in Utah and recommended the show's Utah production to Johnny Hebda, founder and artistic director for the company's first five successful years.

SKYFALL, Salt Lake City's premier circuit night of theater, presents DJ icon Nina Flowers at Fantasy Night on Nov. 30, 2018. Runner-up and fan favorite of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 1, Flowers travels the globe to DJ in Pride festivals and circuit parties, besides holding several residencies in dance clubs in a number of U.S. cities.

A Q&A with AFTERGLOW playwright S. Asher Gelman. 'I'd love for people who experience AFTERGLOW to feel empowered to have difficult conversations -- with their partners, with their friends, with their family -- because I firmly believe that transparency is the basis of any good relationship.'

Opening on the day the ashes of Matthew Shepard will be interred at the Washington National Cathedral, the Utah/Idaho Performing Arts will stage the Utah premiere of CONSIDERING MATTHEW SHEPARD.

Augmenting an impressive resume, GOOD STANDING's solo actor Austin Archer establishes an immediate bond with audience members in his typical genial fashion. I was anticipating a more forceful reaction given the final severity of the court, but with artistic director Jerry Rapier helming as director, Archer is restrained while holly effective.

In the roles of Sam and Molly at Magna's Empress Theatre staging of GHOST, Brock Dalgleish and Camille Crawley give bravura performances, seemingly unaware of the bland script and songs.

DEAR EVAN HANSEN: THE NOVEL launches a book tour, with an event in Salt Lake City. 'We know the passionate love people in Salt Lake City have for musical theater,' said composer Justin Paul.

The cast of the first post-New York City production of the runaway off-Broadway hit AFTERGLOW has been announced by Utah Repertory Theater Company. The Salt Lake City-based theater company has as its mission staging premieres and neglected classics for audiences who may not otherwise be able to see these acclaimed, unique shows.

Hale Center Theater Orem's ANYTHING GOES crew members, aboard the luxury cruise ship or unseen production stowaways, are first-class. The gifted Jennifer Hill-Barlow as director-choreographer deeply impresses and brings brilliance to this classic gem.

With soaring vocals and impressive stagecraft, the CenterPoint production of RAGTIME impresses.

The enthusiasm of Utah theatergoers for the works of Frank Wildhorn was wildly evident during the famed composer's three-day visit to Salt Lake City.

Playwright Matthew Ivan Bennett's ART & CLASS "aims to be a character study in standing up - one that shows the costs of standing up. It's a topic that's dead center in American life right now.'

Ashley Gardner Carlson is about to play Reno Sweeney in ANYTHING GOES at Hale Center Theater in Orem, Utah. 'The things they do at Hale Orem are incredible in such an intimate space,' Carlson says. 'It's always impressive.'

With A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY UNIT AT MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER OF NEW YORK CITY, opening SLAC's 48th season, director Sarah Shippobotham reveals her deft abilities to guide the staging to deeply moving effect.

Tim Rice welcomes the re-imagining of CHESS, and uniquely encourages it. The lyricist has said he knows the musical that premiered in 1986 on the West End is problem-plagued. Continues to refer to CHESS as a work in progress, he suggests exploration and and alterations.

By transforming the political into the personal, OSLO wittily reveals the peacemaking process of the historic 1993 Israeli-Palestinian accord. The play is not only successful theater, it is engrossing and enriching.

At GREAT SALT LAKE FRINGE FESTIVAL, there is the joy of discovering a glittering jewel, along with an ineptly led misfire of a good idea. And an immediately endearing new voice.

Now in its fourth year, the Great Salt Lake Fringe is yet another indication of the wildly vibrant and widely varied theater community in Salt Lake City.

While he is not the first actor with a direct connection to the Mormon Church, Chase Ramsey will be the first to take on the Elder Cunningham role in BOOK OF MORMON Musical with firsthand experience as a Mormon missionary.

Know the song? Me neither. Unless sung in its original English lyrics. But a French-language version of 'December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)' opens 'Jersey Boys.'