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![Collin Williams: My Suicide Note — A Dark Stand-Up Comedy Show](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/received_10213798953469295-e1505337091555-1024x543.jpeg)
Collin Williams: My Suicide Note — A Dark Stand-Up Comedy...
As a comic, Williams’ coping skills were to make jokes of everything around him. He has seen the other side of suicide, too, as he’d been at the bedside of a friend who attempted it as well. He was thinking, “I can keep trying to kill myself, or I could turn this into a show. And then I tried both.” … read more
![Creature Feature: Kay Bye](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ED-CreatureFeature-KayBye-ThatGuyGil-11-1024x814.jpeg)
Creature Feature: Kay Bye
Originally from sunny Southern California, Samuel Mckitty, aka Kay Bye, like her name might imply, is a sassy queen full of attitude and cartoon glamour. … read more
![The “All-American Prophet”: Eccles Theatre Brings The Book of Mormon Back to the Utah Stage](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/The-Book-of-Mormon-Company-The-Book-of-Mormon-c-Joan-Marcus-2017-1024x687.jpg)
The “All-American Prophet”: Eccles Theatre Brings The Book of Mormon...
I’ve seen The Book of Mormon musical two times: the first in London, the second, Salt Lake City. Let me tell you—seeing this particular musical in Utah was 10 times better. … read more
![The Bboy Federation – They Reminisce 07.08 @ Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/They-Remisnisce_-The-Bboy-Federation-98.jpg)
The Bboy Federation – They Reminisce 07.08 @ Rose Wagner...
The show even sent a good message of bringing together both the mainstream and underground factions of hip-hop, that they both can coexist, and in a way, need one another to thrive. … read more
![Creature Feature: M*SC](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/00-ED-CreatureFeature-AreolaPizza-ThatGuyGil12.jpg)
Creature Feature: M*SC
Carley’s recent performances as the reidentified M*SC have been fun, music-oriented performances where he’s even begun producing and DJing his own sets. … read more
![Dancing Ingenuity Rocks 1980s Cultural New York City: The Pushers by SB Dance Company](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SBDance-The-Pushers-1024x589.jpg)
Dancing Ingenuity Rocks 1980s Cultural New York City: The Pushers...
It is a portrait of the cultural experience reminiscent of a long-gone New York. The Pushers takes us through the eyes of what the creative, artistic vibe was at the time of hair bands and neon clothing. … read more
![there were trees @ Three Creeks Confluence 05.25](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/there-were-trees-1024x684.jpg)
there were trees @ Three Creeks Confluence 05.25
In collaboration with Seven Canyons Trust, loveDANCEmore has produced a summer series of performances described on their website as “dance and ecology meet in a summer performance series celebrating the Jordan River. … read more
![Queering the Classics: Riot Act’s HØÜSES](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/riotactne1213-727x1024.png)
Queering the Classics: Riot Act’s HØÜSES
After their recent Utah premiere of Poor Bastard, London-based theatre company Riot Act is preparing to deliver to Salt Lake City yet another rebellious and evocative classic adaptation. This time, Riot Act is spicing up the Utah theatre scene with HØÜSES, a modern, LGBTQ+ version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. … read more
![very vary @ Eccles Regent Theater 05.12](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/veryvarydressrehearsal-38-1024x683.jpg)
very vary @ Eccles Regent Theater 05.12
very vary is a book with 14 chapters written by Molly Heller, which is a captivating display of her research that views performance as a healing practice. … read more
![Dancing with the Spider: Utah Rep’s Kiss of the Spider Woman](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ED-SLUG-KissOfTheSpiderWoman-UtahRepertoryTheater1-1024x678.jpg)
Dancing with the Spider: Utah Rep’s Kiss of the Spider...
Utah Rep brings audiences the Utah premiere of “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” which makes visible the unattainable hope of tomorrow while intermingling dark humor, fishnets, feathers and killer choreography. … read more