Utah Theatre Bloggers

PTC’s A CHRISTMAS CAROL has plenty of carol, could use more Christmas

December 5, 2012 by Jocelyn S. Gibbons |

Jamie Jackson (Scrooge). Photo by Alexander Weisman.

SALT LAKE CITY — Can a show be top-notch quality and still fall flat? Pioneer Theatre Company’s production of A Christmas Carol: The Musical (music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, book by Mike Ockrent and Lynn Ahrens), directed and choreographed by Karen Azenberg was very professionally done and quite entertaining. Yet despite that [...]

Filed Under: Reviews, Salt Lake County Tagged With: a christmas carol, adaptation, alan menken, Anson Bagley, carol wells-day, charles dickens, ephie aardema, Gerry McIntyre, Jamie Jackson, justin ivie, karen azenberg, Kevin Earley, lynn ahrens, matthew tibbs, mike ockrent, musical, Phil Monat, pioneer theatre company, salt lake county, Shalee Mortensen Schmidt, Tom Griffin

Well Worth the Price

March 12, 2011 by Alex Ungerman |

HELPER— If you have never been to Helper Utah and never thought you might have a reason to go, I’m here to tell you that things have changed. Helper has been holding out on us.

Filed Under: Carbon County, Reviews Tagged With: arthur miller, carbon county, cory ewan, grady mcevoy, justin ivie, morgan lund, paula duesing, rio theatre, ron frederickson, the other side players, the price