The Arts and Opera on Access Utah Friday

Utah Public Radio | By Tom Williams

Published July 13, 2012 at 11:25 AM MDT

The Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater's season opened Wednesday, and general director and founder Michael Ballam is live in studio Friday, along with soprano Jessica, and director Valerie Rachelle. The four discuss the shows of the summer: My Fair Lady, Tosca, Kiss Me Kate, and Faust.

In the second half of the program, we hear from Utah Shakespeare Festival Executive Director Scott Phillips, and Actress Sara Griffin about the shows, what comes after a Tony, and more.

Today's program is broadcasted live from the Downtown Studios in the Center for the Arts in Logan.

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Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.

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