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Tuacahn gears up for three outdoor plays, one indoor production

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:01:06 MDT

Tuacahn gears up for three outdoor plays, one indoor production

By TOM WHARTON The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 25, 2013 01:01AM MDT

St. George • Outdoor amphitheater shows at the Tuacahn Center for the Arts are known for including flying actors, live animals, floods, fireworks and 3-D special effects. This summer, at least two of the three outdoor repertory productions should live up to the theater’s well-deserved reputation. Tuacahn’s five-month season opens Thursday with the premiere of “Mary Poppins.” The professional regional debut of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Starlight Express” starts its run a week later. And in a somewha...

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Police raid live sex show in Syracuse, arrest six

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:07:16 MDT

Police raid live sex show in Syracuse, arrest six

By Bob Mims The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 23, 2013 11:07PM MDT

It started with a tip from a confidential informant. Before Syracuse police were done, half a dozen people were behind bars for promoting, participating in and watching an illegal live sex show. Syracuse Police Chief Garret Atkin said the tip came into his detectives on Wednesday, stating that the illicit event was planned for just after midnight inside the Syracuse 6 Movie Theater at 2428 West 1700 South. A search warrant was obtained and early Thursday morning Syracuse officers, members of th...

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SLC honors 3 firefighters killed in 1943 blaze

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:09:58 MDT

SLC honors 3 firefighters killed in 1943 blaze

By Scott D. Pierce The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 19, 2013 11:09PM MDT

There is no marker where the Victory Theater once stood in downtown Salt Lake City. No indication the venue for the first Utah showing of a talking picture — Al Jolson’s “The Singing Fool” — on May 22, 1928, ever existed. No memorial to the three firefighters killed battling the blaze that destroyed the majestic theater on May 19, 1943. But on Sunday morning, 70 years to the day, the Salt Lake Firemen’s Relief Association (SLFRA) gathered in front of the century-old building that remains midbloc...

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Read The Tribune’s story on the 1943 Victory theater fire

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:28:02 MDT

Read The Tribune’s story on the 1943 Victory theater fire

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 18, 2013 11:28PM MDT

Editors note: The Salt Lake City Fire Department is leading a memorial Sunday for the 70th anniversary of the blaze that killed three firefighters at the Victory theater. Here is the Tribune’s report on that fire, published on May 20, 1943. The article did not have a byline. The banner headline read: $100,000 Fire Takes 3 Lives. The subhead read: Flames Destroy S.L. Theater; Nine Men Hurt •••• Trapped under failing debris during the height of one of Salt Lake City’s most devastating downtown...

Syracuse students perform musical Fame JR.

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:48:02 MDT

Syracuse students perform musical Fame JR.

By Carol Lindsay Special to The Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 11:48AM MDT

Syracuse • Leg warmers, suspenders, big belts, sparkles, blue eye shadow and waist-high blue jeans filled the stage at Syracuse Arts Academy April 24 through 26. The middle school’s production of the musical Fame JR. looked like a flash back to the 80s. Drama teacher Melissa Burke chose Fame JR. for her spring theater performance. Burke said that as she was deciding which play for her drama class to perform she looked at the individual talents of her students. She thought Fame JR. was the perfe...