What’s on stage in Utah this fall, from ‘Some Like It Hot’ to a Stephen King-inspired opera

Shakespearean lovers on pointe, jazz musicians in drag, an operatic take on Stephen King and the Great Salt Lake in human form — and that’s just some of what performing arts fans in Utah are likely to see this fall.

Here’s a guide to what the Salt Lake City area’s major performing arts groups are staging from now through November.

Ballet West • Utah’s premier ballet company kicks off the 2025-2026 season with an Oct. 24-Nov. 1 run of “Romeo & Juliet,” choreographed by Michael Smuin to a famous score by Prokoviev. Close behind is a Nov. 7-15 production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” set to Mendelsohn’s score (and paired with choreographer Bronislava Nijinska’s “Les Noces”). Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City. Tickets available at BalletWest.org.

Broadway at the Eccles • The touring production of “Some Like It Hot,” a musical based on the 1959 comedy about two jazz musicians who masquerade as women in an all-girl band to escape gangsters, will run at the Eccles Theater from Sept. 30 to Oct. 5. That’s followed by “Suffs,” playwright-composer Shaina Taub’s musical telling of the battle to win women the vote from Nov. 11-16. Eccles Theater, 131 S. Main St., Salt Lake City. Tickets available at saltlakecity.broadway.com.

Hale Center Theatre • Utah’s community theater organization will perform “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940” in the Sorenson Legacy Jewel Box Theatre from Sept. 8 to Nov. 15. The musical “Sister Act” will run on the Young Living Centre Stage, Sept. 22-Oct. 25. Then, the Centre Stage will house a production of Disney’s “Frozen,” Nov. 17-Feb. 14. And the 41th annual staging of “A Christmas Carol” will take over the Jewel Box from Nov. 28 to Dec. 27. Mountain America Performing Arts Centre, 9900 S. Monroe St., Sandy. Tickets available at hct.org.

Pioneer Theatre Company • The company starts its season in the Meldrum Theatre Sept. 12-27 with the play “2 Pianos 4 Hands,” by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt, in which two piano-playing actors portray dozens of characters. Then, in the Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre, a new production of the beloved musical “Dear Evan Hansen,” in which an awkward teen tells a lie that spins out of control, runs Oct. 24-Nov. 8. Pioneer Memorial Theatre, University of Utah campus, 300 S. 1400 East, Salt Lake City. Tickets available at PioneerTheatre.org.

Plan-B Theatre • The avant-garde company’s fall production, running Oct. 2-19, is the world premiere of “Just Add Water,” by Utah playwrights Matthew Ivan Bennett and Elaine Jarvik, in which the Great Salt Lake takes the form of a human woman. Jeanne Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City. Tickets available at PlanBTheatre.org.

PYGmalion Theater Company • The theater company that’s devoted to promoting women’s voices has one show this fall: “Tiny Beautiful Things,” Nov. 7-22, based on Cheryl Strayed’s book and adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”). Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City. Tickets available at PygmalionProductions.org.

Repertory Dance Theatre • The dance troupe kicks off its 60th anniversary diamond season with “Migrations,” a collaboration of choreographer Zvi Gotheiner and composer Scott Killian, Oct. 2-4. Then, in a program titled “Ovation,” the company performs two recent favorites Nov. 20-22: Katarzyna Skarpetowska’s “Oktet: In Situ” and Yusha-Marie Sorzano’s “Solfege,” as well as a restaging of Jacque Lynn Bell’s “Ryoanji,” which will feature 43 dancers and celebrates RDT’s six-decade relationship with Tanner Dance. Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City. Tickets available at RDTUtah.org.

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company • In a show called “Reverberation,” Sept. 25-27, new artistic director Leslie Kraus premieres her first work with the company, “Listening Hour,” along with the return of Keith Johnson’s 2024 work “A Century, A Day,” and the world premiere of “Glitter,” by the touring dance company Flock. Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City. Tickets available at RirieWoodbury.com.

Salt Lake Acting Company • SLAC is opening the season with the Utah premiere, Oct. 1-26, of playwright Jen Silverman’s comedy “The Roommate,” about two older women who share a house and discover an unexpected friendship. SLAC, 168 W. 500 North, Salt Lake City. Tickets available at SaltLakeActingCompany.org.

Utah Opera • Utah Opera’s season starts with “The Shining,” composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel about a writer who goes mad within the confines of an unoccupied hotel. It runs Oct. 11-17. Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City. Tickets available at UtahOpera.org.

Utah Presents • The “Jazz at Kingsbury” series features two concerts this fall: Arturo Sandoval on Sept. 4 and Lakecia Benjamin and Phoenix on Oct. 23. In between those is a performance by Ballet Hispánico on Oct. 15. The Ukrainian modern-folk duo Kurbasy will perform Nov. 5, and Utah indie-pop sensation Emma Hardyman, aka Little Moon, will perform her show “To Be a God” on Nov. 13. Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City. Tickets available at UtahPresents.org.

Utah Shakespeare Festival • The summer’s outdoor productions are winding down, but the festival’s indoor productions continue: “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” at the Randall L. Jones Theatre runs through Oct. 3, and “The Importance of Being Earnest” and “Steel Magnolias” in the Jones Theatre, plus “Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise” in the Anes Studio Theatre, all end on Oct. 4. Southern Utah University, Cedar City. Tickets available at bard.org.

Utah Symphony • A packed season includes the debut of Delyana Lazarova as the symphony’s principal guest conductor, Sept. 19-20, in a program that includes Mendelsohn’s Violin Concerto (with violinist Geneva Lewis) and Beethoven’s 4th Symphony. Markus Poschner, the symphony’s music director designate, will conduct Mahler’s “Titan” Symphony on Oct. 30 and Nov. 1, and Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” Symphony on Nov. 7 and 8. Fans of video games can also enjoy “Distant Worlds: Music from ‘Final Fantasy’” on Nov. 18 and 19. Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Tickets available at UtahSymphony.org.