Theatre Reviews by Patrons and Professionals
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OGDEN — The Will Rogers Follies, book by Peter Stone, with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Cy Coleman, is a fascinating story of a man long forgotten to most young people today. The musical follows the life and times of the comedian and entertainer Will Rogers from his childhood in rural [...]
OGDEN — Margaret Fuller was one of the Concord, Massachusetts, Transcendentalists. She was editor of The Dial, a journal to which Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Nathaniel Hawthorne contributed. She was the first female foreign correspondent for the New York Tribune. She was considered one of the best read persons in New England of [...]
SALT LAKE CITY — Based on a failed movie with a great soundtrack, the stage production of Xanadu offers a simple plot with plenty of humor and production numbers around every corner. Following the story of depressed artist Sonny Malone and the Muse assigned to inspire him, Xanadu is a fast-paced journey through rollerskates, Greek [...]
OGDEN — Tartuffe is a classic comedic play written by Molière in the year 1664. A play that is still being staged 348 years after its creation deserves a great deal of merit on its own. Tartuffe falls into the category of timeless plays such as the works of Shakespeare. As a reviewer, I was thrilled [...]
Student Review: XANADU is a roller derby jam session OGDEN — Weber State University’s production of Xanadu, written by Douglas Carter Beane, is a reconstruction of a 1980 cult film classic. It features the tale of an aspiring young artist Sonny Malone (Sean Bishop), who at the beginning of the play is on the verge of [...]