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THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR OCT 23 - OCT 29
Ballet West: Romeo & Juliet, Pioneer Theatre Company: Dear Evan Hansen, Utah Queer Film Festival, and more.
Ballet West: Romeo & Juliet Like many of the greatest artistic works, William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has become so deeply enmeshed in the cultural consciousness that it’s easy to take it for granted. This tale of feuding families and doomed romance has not only created metaphors that are now a common part of the lexicon—like “star-crossed lovers,” or “parting is such sweet sorrow”—but shaped our very notion of impetuous young love.
And also like the greatest artistic works, it has lent itself to multiple interpretations over the decades and centuries, including Sergei Prokofiev’s 1938…
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- Pioneer Theatre Company
Professional theatre on the University of Utah campus: a full season of plays and musicals, with season tickets and single performances.