Hot tickets: Disney On Ice, 'The Nutcracker,' Pop Punk's Not Dead Tour
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"Blue" • Theatre Arts Conservator announces the debut of Kyle Lewis' new play; Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City; Nov. 18 and 19, 8 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday; $10; 801-355-ARTS; www.arttix.org.

Disney On Ice: "Treasure Trove" • EnergySolutions Arena, 301 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City; Nov. 9-13, Wednesday and Thursday, 7 p.m.; Friday, 4 and 7 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m., 2:30 and 6:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1:30 and 5:30 p.m.; $13-$50; SmithsTix.

"The Nutcracker" • Ballet West's annual holiday performance; Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City; Dec. 2-31; Monday-Saturday, 7 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on Saturday; $18-$74; 801-355-ARTS; www.arttix.org.

David Archuleta • "My Kind of Christmas" tour; Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City; Dec. 19, 7 p.m.; 801-355-ARTS; www.arttix.org.

Dance

"Snapshots!" • Repertory Dance Theatre presents a new concert with choreography by Zvi Gotheiner and RDT dancers; Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City; Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 19, 2 p.m.; $20; 801-355-ARTS; www.arttix.org.

"Glimpse" • Utah Valley University's Synergy Dance Company will perform "Glimpse" featuring contemporary dance by students, faculty and guest artists, including works by choreographer I-Fen Lin, Kim Strunk, Monica Campbell and seven students; Friday and Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m.; Ragan Theater in the Sorensen Student Center, UVU campus, Orem; $12,$9 for students, faculty and staff; 801-863-8797.

Music

Utah Symphony • with Scottish percussionist Colin Currie; Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City; Friday and Nov. 12, 8 p.m.; $17-$51 ($5 more on performance day); 801-355-ARTS; www.arttix.org.

Pop Punk's Not Dead Tour with New Found Glory • The Complex, 536 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City; Friday, 7:30 p.m.; $20; SmithsTix.

Scotty Haze • presents "The Mountain Rain" Concert; Peery's Egyptian Theater, 2415 Washington Blvd., Ogden; Friday, 7 p.m.; $13; SmithsTix.

"The Heights of the Imagination" • The Salt Lake Symphony, with violinist Jenny Oaks Barker, the University of Utah's Women's Choir and high school musicians around the Wasatch Front; Libby Gardner Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City; Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m.; $10 ($5 for students and seniors); 801-531-7501.

"Hometown Praise" • Utah Voices will showcase works by Utah composers, including Mack Wilberg, Crawford Gates, Janice Kapp Perry, Michael Moody, Robert Cundick and David Zabriskie; Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City; Friday, 7:30 p.m.; $10 at the door; www.utahvoices.org.

Veterans Day concert • featuring soprano Celena Shafer, under the direction of Elaine Witte and Kathy Skidmore; Kaysville Tabernacle, 198 W. Center St., Kaysville; Friday, 7:30 p.m.; free; visit davisarts.org.

"Bickerings, Battles and Brawls!" • Southern Utah University's department of music offers a concert of songs and scenes from operas and musical theater; Friday and Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m.; Thorley Recital Hall, SUU campus, Cedar City; $8, $6 for faculty and staff, $4 for students (free for SUU students); 435-586-7876; www.suu.edu/arts.

Peppino D'Agostino • Caine-Wanlass Performance Hall, Utah State University, 4030 Old Main Hill, Logan; Saturday, Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m.; $17 ($20 at the door; 435-760-3278.

Big Sean • The Complex, 536 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City; Nov. 14, 7 p.m.; $17-$20; SmithsTix.

Theater

"(a man enters)" • Salt Lake Acting Company presents a new play by Elaine Jarvik and Kate Jarvik Birch; through Dec. 4; Wednesdays-Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 1 and 6 p.m.; $15-$38; 801-636-7522; www.saltlakeactingcompany.org.

"For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf" • People Productions performs Ntozake Shange's play; Sorenson Unity Center, 1383 S. 900 West, Salt Lake City; through Nov. 20; Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m.; $10-$15; 801-535-6534; www.peopleproductions.org or www.sorensonunitycenter.com.

"Last Lists of My Mad Mother" • Pygmalion Productions; Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center's Black Box Theatre, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City; through Nov. 19; Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m., with another matinee Nov. 19 at 3 p.m.; $20; 801-355-ARTS; www.arttix.org.

"Nathan Hale" • Playwright Brent Hanson debuts his original play about the 21-year-old Connecticut school teacher turned revolutionary; Eccles Fine Art Center, Dixie State College, 225 S. 700 East, St. George; Friday, Nov. 12 and 15-19 at 7:30 p.m.; 435-652-7800; www.tickets.dixie.edu.

"Tempest" • Actors from esteemed companies such as Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre of Great Britain and Shakespeare's Globe among others, perform at Utah State University; Morgan Theatre at Chase Fine Arts Center, USU campus, 4030 Old Main Hill, Logan; Friday and Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m.; $5-$15; 435-797-8022; arts.usu.edu.

"Park City Burlesque" • The Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main St., Park City; Friday, 8 p.m., Nov. 12, 6 and 9 p.m.; $20-$23; 435-649-9371; www.ParkCityShows.com.

"My Fair Lady" • Hale Centre Theatre, 3333 S. Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City; through Nov. 26; 7:30 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, with Saturday matinees at 12:30 and 4 p.m. (no shows Nov. 23-24); $15-$26; 801-984-9000; www.halecentretheatre.org.

"The Marvelous Wonderettes" • Hale Center Theater Orem, 25 W. 400 North; through Nov. 26; 7:30 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, with 3 p.m. matinees on Saturdays, beginning Nov. 5; $15.50-$19.50; 801-226-8600; www.HaleTheater.org.

"Hair" • University of Utah department of theatre; Babcock Theatre downstairs in Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre, University of Utah, 300 S. 1400 East, Salt Lake City; Nov. 11-20 at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees Nov. 19 and 20; $7.50-$20; 801-581-7100; www.kingsburyhall.org.

"Bleeding chunks" • Southern Utah University's Thorley Recital Hall, 351 W. University Blvd., Cedar City; $4-$8; 435-586-7872; www.suu.edu/arts.

"Inspecting Carol" • Salt Lake Community College's Black Box Theatre, 1575 S. State St., Salt Lake City; through Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m.; $10 (free for SLCC students); call 801-957-3322.

"Legally Brunette: Not All Dumbs Are Blonde" • Desert Star Theatre, 4861 S. State St., Murray; through Nov. 12; 7 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 6 and 8:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, with Saturday matinees, 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.; $9.95-$17.95; 801-266-2600; www.DesertStarPlayhouse.com.

"Curtains" • Terrace Plaza Playhouse, 99 E. 4700 South, Ogden; opens 7:30 Friday; continues to Nov. 12; 7:30 p.m. Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays; $7-$12; 801-393-0070; www.terraceplayhouse.com.

"The Sunshine Boys" • Midvale Performing Arts Center (The Old City Hall), 695 W. Center St. (7720 South); Friday, Nov. 12 and 15-17, 7:30 p.m. with Nov. 17 Saturday matinee at 2 p.m.; $13-$15; 801-634-5802; www.pinnacleactingcompany.org.

"The Elephant Man" • Brigham Young University's Margetts Theatre at the Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo; through Nov. 12; Wednesday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m., 2 p.m. matinees on Saturdays; $7-$14; 801-422-4322; www.byuarts.com/tickets. —

Top ticket retailers in Salt Lake City

Here's a rundown of the most common ticket services:

ArtTix • 801-355-ARTS or www.arttix.org; www.kingsburyhall.org

SmithsTix • 801-467-TIXX, 800-888-TIXX or www.smithstix.com

Ticketmaster • 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com

Two Four Tix • www.24tix.com

 
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