Performing Arts Venues
Salt Lake City
- George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater is a 2,468-seat, Broadway-style venue with touring shows and major concerts
- Temple Square featuring performances by The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (formerly known as the Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
- Utah Symphony
- Utah Opera
- Hale Center Theatre or the Pioneer Theatre Company, the professional theatre in residence at University of Utah, are great for family-friendly performance.
- Salt Lake Acting Company is a local favorite for their irreverence and parody.
- Dance aficionados can watch ballerinas perform at Ballet West or take in a contemporary dance performance by the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company.
- Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center is a 3-venue complex hosting dance & theater performances.
Logan
Park City
Ogden
Provo/Utah Valley
- Sundance Summer Theater | Sundance
- The Covey Center for the Arts | Provo
- The Hale Center Theater | Orem
St. George/Southern Utah
- Tuacahn Center for the Arts
- Center for the Arts at Kayenta
- St. George Musical Theatre
- Cox Performing Arts Center at Utah Tech University
- Southwest Symphony
- O.C. Tanner Amphitheater | Springdale (outside Zion National Park)
- The Beverley Taylor Sorenson Center for the Arts (The Beverley) | Location of the Utah Shakespeare Festival
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