The Elton John/Tim Rice Broadway musical will be the first show performed on the company’s new high-tech, arena-style Centre Stage. The 900-seat house is one of two new theaters in Sandy’s $80 million Mountain America Performing Arts Centre. The show opens with a gala preview Nov. 16, and the run continues through Jan. 20.
“Aida” was the first chapter in the career story of set designer for Kacey Udy, who had just graduated in graphic design from Utah State University when he was hired as a freelancer to design Hale’s 2006 production.
“Opening this new space is another chapter for me professionally,” says Udy, now the company’s production designer, who has worked with architects and engineers to conceptualize the theater’s next-generation technology.