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Count of Monte Cristo

Last night my pals Cyndee and Rebekah and I met up for a show at Pioneer Theater. I've lived here long enough to have realized that the UofU has two things going for it - Pioneer Theater being one of them (and Red Butte Garden being the other). Cyndee and Rebekah got "Rush" passes for the several shows throughout the season. The idea is that you get discounted tickets for 5 shows, and can choose what nights you want to attend. The only kicker is that you have to wait until an hour before the show starts to see if you can get tickets for that night. But it usually works out, and you end up seeing some good shows. I think I'm going to do that for next year.

Anyhoo, we saw a new show, a musical version of The Count of Monte Cristo, with music by Frank Wildhorn (he also did popular musical versions of Jekyll and Hyde, and The Scarlet Pimpernel). It was a fun show, if not necessarily memorable. But it gave us a chance to get out and have a night at the theater together. Good times.


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