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Kaysville’s Bre Welch stars in lavish ‘Pirate Queen’ at Hale

WEST VALLEY CITY – Bre Welch saw “The Pirate Queen” on Broadway in New York City when she was 17 years old and remembers feeling awed.Almost 10 years later, the Kaysville resident feels even more awed by the big, lavish, swashbuckling show now that she is playing one of the leads and a ...

‘Nunsense’ to premiere at Hope Box Theatre, help cancer patient

<em style="font-size: 10pt;">Editor’s note: A previous version of this story misspelled Alan Blood’s name. The Standard-Examiner regrets this error. </em> KAYSVILLE – The Hope Box Theatre will kick off its regular season with the opening of “Nunsense” ...

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels returns to Ziegfeld stage

OGDEN — What a difference four years makes.The Ziegfeld Theater opened its community theater in Ogden four years ago with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. After four years of growth, learning and improved talent, the executive producers at the Zig have decided to bring the show back in the Zig’s ...

New season starts with ‘new’ seats at Ziegfeld Theater

OGDEN – Audiences will now have a little more wiggle room and a place to put beverages at the Ziegfeld Theater after putting in what they call “new to them” seating in its main auditorium.The seats were a donation from the Jordan Landing Cinemark. At the end of 2015, the theater got a ...

St. Joseph Catholic High bringing “The Music Man” to the stage in February

OGDEN — A few high schools are kicking off the spring performing season a little bit early with shows this weekend and next weekend.St. Joseph Catholic High School’s upcoming showing of “The Music Man” is unique in that the cast includes not only students from the high school, but also ...

USU students to perform ‘Reasons to be Pretty’

LOGAN – The Utah State University Theater Department will perform “Reasons to be Pretty,” a play by Neil LaBute, in the Chase Fine Arts Center on campus Feb. 2-6.Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. each night, with a matinee at 2 p.m. Feb. 6. The play has only four characters, who explore ...

Weber State set design teacher Van Tinkham receives national recognition

OGDEN – If you’ve seen a theater production at Weber State University in the past 20 years, you’ve seen Van Tinkham’s work and you’ve probably been impressed.Now, more than just his students, the faculty and community are taking notice. Tinkham was just awarded with the Excellence in ...

Ziegfeld Theater presents new seating for 2016 season

OGDEN — Watching a show at the Ziegfeld Theater is now a little bit more comfortable. The theater, in its fourth season, was recently donated retired seating from the <a href="http://www.cinemark.com/theatre-detail.aspx?node_id=1565&" target="_blank">Jordan Landing ...

Gallery Theater debuts five short plays by local playwrights

OGDEN – The Gallery Theater will debut “It’s Not What You Think,” a variety show highlighting five short plays, Jan. 26-28 in the Eccles Community Art Center, 2580 Jefferson Ave.Tickets are $5 at the door, but can be reserved by calling 801-392-6935.Gloria Wurst is co-producer of the ...