SALT LAKE CITY THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 152

Plan-B Theatre Company has announced its ninth annual SLAM, 24-hour short play writing festival.

The Grand Theater and Salt Lake Film Society present a free screening of the film "Xanadu", Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 7:30 p.

From Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio to Broadway and now gracing the stages of Salt Lake, meet Cheryl Gaysunas.

Plan-B Theatre will spend 23 highly caffeinated hours slamming out five world premiere short plays by Utah playwrights.

On April 23 the Utah Shakespeare Festival is inviting the community to celebrate William Shakespeare's birthday with cake and the final performance of the Shakespeare-in-the-Schools touring production, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.

The Utah Performing Arts Center, the new Broadway-style theatre in the planning stages for downtown Salt Lake City, is one step closer to fruition.

The Grand Theater and Salt Lake Film Society present a free screening of the film "Xanadu", Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 7:30 p.

Adulteress Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A on her chest as a constant reminder of her shame.

After 28 years as Music Director and Principal Conductor with Ballet West, Maestro Terence Kern will transition to his new position as Music Director Emeritus.

Pioneer Theatre Company will present its 2012 Bravo! Award to PTC's longtime artistic director, Charles Morey, at its spring gala on Friday, May 4, 2012.

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Hale Centre Theatre (HCT), Utah's Premiere Family Theatre, will bring Spanish and theatrical flair to the United States premiere of "Zorro," Feb.

Mindy Young likes to do imaginative and energetic family shows that children will love but adults will also find witty and appealing.

New York Times Bestselling Book author Eliza Griswold will address the Student Conference on Writing and Social Justice sponsored by Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) on April 9, 2012 at the College's Grand Theatre (1575 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah).

Pioneer Theatre Company presents Laughing Stock, written by PTC Artistic Director Charles Morey, March 23 - April 7, 2012.

Activate your imagination with illusions of floating, delusions that arise in the dark, dreams of hope renewed, and the nightmare of losing a loved one.

The Utah Cultural Celebration Center presents this interactive art and science exhibition in partnership with the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute at the University of Utah, The Utah Division of Arts and Museums, and Curators Blake Wigdahl and Dave Stroud of Thanksgiving Point.

Pioneer Theatre Company presents Man of La Mancha, the musical staging of the epic tale of Don Quixote, May 4 - May 19, 2012.

Evening in Paris, the next World Music and Dance event produced by The Grand Theatre.

Terrace Plaza Playhouse presents THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE April 20, - June 2, 2012 every Friday, Saturday and Monday evening at 7:30 PM.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST is described as 'Oscar Wilde's masterpiece of 'A Trivial Comedy for Serious People.

"The Adventures of Sheer-Luck Homes & Snotson" will take place at the Off Broadway Theatre, March 30-April 28.

New York Times Bestselling Book author Eliza Griswold will address the Student Conference on Writing and Social Justice sponsored by Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) on April 9, 2012 at the College's Grand Theatre (1575 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah).

Over the last few years, carving specialist Brian Baity has created many fine works of art, including a carved ostrich egg commemorating the 150th anniversary of Vermillion, South Dakota, now on permanent display in Vermillion's City Hall.

Laughing Stock, written and directed by Pioneer Theatre Company's retiring artistic director Charles Morey, is a love letter to theatre.