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Play that almost got Utah theater company kicked out of its community center venue was worth the battle

By Ellen Fagg Weist | March 15, 2018, 7:16 p.m.

Pioneer Theatre will stage the 2017 Tony- and Pulitzer-winning plays, plus three musicals, in new season

By Ellen Fagg Weist | March 13, 2018, 5:46 p.m.

‘Underground Railroad’ is the book that scared him, which is why it took Colson Whitehead 15 years to write it

By Ellen Fagg Weist | March 15, 2018, 7:18 p.m.

Utah’s Pioneer Theatre is celebrating ‘Hamilton’ with a concert of ‘In the Heights,’ Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first musical

By Ellen Fagg Weist | March 9, 2018, 2:48 p.m.

Lin-Manuel Miranda tells a Salt Lake City crowd about the creativity and challenges behind writing ‘Hamilton’

By Ellen Fagg Weist | March 9, 2018, 4:27 a.m.

Will a Utah stopover help a new musical adaptation of ‘Pride & Prejudice’ aiming for Broadway?

By Ellen Fagg Weist | March 5, 2018, 7:51 p.m.

‘Waitress’ and ‘School of Rock’ among new Broadway shows coming to Salt Lake City — and ‘The Book of Mormon’ returns

By Ellen Fagg Weist | February 28, 2018, 3:37 a.m.

A Provo artist painted President Donald Trump clutching an American flag on a football field. The internet reacted accordingly.

By Ellen Fagg Weist | March 1, 2018, 2:29 p.m.

Salt Lake City playwright says she ‘has no business being in theater’ — but she’s won a big national award

By Ellen Fagg Weist | February 25, 2018, 10:44 p.m.

Pioneer Theatre’s mysterious world premiere about love and memory needs more heart

By Ellen Fagg Weist | February 20, 2018, 8:12 p.m.

Utah family theater company’s popular ‘Juanito Bandito’ shows are racist and hurtful, national group says

By Ellen Fagg Weist | February 18, 2018, 6:36 a.m.

A former Utah State University student described her rape and the school’s response on Facebook. Now the school is investigating.

By Jessica Miller Schreifels | Taylor Stevens | Ellen Fagg Weist | February 18, 2018, 6:36 a.m.

Pioneer Theatre is gambling you’ll take a chance on the world premiere of a mysterious sci-fi love story

By Ellen Fagg Weist | February 12, 2018, 2:32 p.m.

Missed your shot at ‘Hamilton’ tickets in Salt Lake City? Here are some ways to try again — or console yourself

By Ellen Fagg Weist | Kathy Stephenson | February 9, 2018, 10:25 p.m.

Play thought to be the first in Utah featuring a transgender actor playing a transgender character — and that’s when the pronouns get complicated

By Ellen Fagg Weist | February 7, 2018, 4:06 p.m.

Here’s your best shot for buying ‘Hamilton’ tickets on Friday

By Ellen Fagg Weist | February 6, 2018, 6:36 p.m.

Glen Warchol, a ‘loudmouth’ Utah reporter with a heart of gold, dies at 65

By Ellen Fagg Weist | February 1, 2018, 11:07 p.m.

Westminster College and Cottonwood High students star in ‘I and You,’ a popular playwright’s move into YA territory

By Ellen Fagg Weist | January 31, 2018, 9:46 p.m.

His Utah-set book has a big publisher and great reviews — but James Anderson also made a short film to find more readers

By Ellen Fagg Weist | January 23, 2018, 3:17 a.m.

Hang out with Mister Rogers again. That’s the pitch for Sundance documentary ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’

By Ellen Fagg Weist | January 20, 2018, 5:46 p.m.

Sundance spotlight: Meet Utah ‘Quiet Heroes’ who cared for AIDS patients — when no one else would

By Ellen Fagg Weist | January 22, 2018, 7:41 p.m.

Seeing ‘Bright Star’ in Salt Lake City is the last chance to witness the amazing performance of the actress who made the show a Broadway hit

By Ellen Fagg Weist | January 17, 2018, 7:08 p.m.

This Utah Democrat is famous for running his mouth on the political stage. Now Jim Dabakis will reveal a more personal side in a one-man show.

By Ellen Fagg Weist | January 12, 2018, 3:57 p.m.

Eleven historic Utah paintings — which may have been bought with students’ milk money — are now on sale

By Ellen Fagg Weist | January 11, 2018, 9:39 p.m.

Monica Lewinsky tells Park City crowd that none of the main political or media players who shamed her ever apologized

By Ellen Fagg Weist | January 7, 2018, 8:04 a.m.