::Aida::

This past year we have enjoyed having season tickets to the Hale Center Theater (in Orem). It was such a perfect fun Christmas gift from our Hansen parents, and has provided us with at least one really cool date night a month!

I was lucky enough to see Aida in New York on Broadway my junior year of high school, so I was really interested to see how little Hale Center was going to present this epic tale. To my pleasure they did an amazing job! Of course it was done on a much smaller stage, much smaller scale, and with what I can assume was a MUCH smaller budget, but it really made me notice how creative they were with the set and dance numbers. It has been so interesting to see how the set looks completely different each month and how well they have been able to create entirely different atmospheres for each show.

If you haven't seen Aida, you should. Its a love story set in ancient Egypt between the Egyptian heir to the Pharoh's throne and a Nubian princess who has been captured as a slave to the Egyptians "immersing the audience in the woes and heartbreak of their plight and the dire consequences of what a decision to transcend the easy road and submit to true love would mean- and wraps it in a rapturous musical score".

We all lead such elaborate lives
I just want our time to be
slower and gentler, wiser,free
-Aida (Elaborate Lives)

If your looking for something a little different to do for a date night, I highly recommend going to a local theater for a live show!

Just some of my favs...