Pioneer Theatre Nails Every Note in DEAR EVAN HANSEN
SALT LAKE CITY — I’ve seen Dear Evan Hansen multiple times—every production until now has either been a Broadway show…
Don’t wait to see Stage Door’s WAIT UNTIL DARK
ST. GEORGE — While not exactly the romantic comedy, or syrupy love story one might expect to open on Valentine’s…
An unfulfilling reinvention of OKLAHOMA! at the West Valley Hale
WEST VALLEY CITY — Producing a classic play can be a challenge for theatre artists. An inherent tension exists between the…
BRIGADOON doesn’t live up to Lerner and Loewe’s legacy
WEST VALLEY CITY — Brigadoon opens on Jeff and Tommy, two New Yorkers on a hunting trip in Scotland. After the…
HOW TO SUCCEED tries and falters at UVU
OREM — One of the oldest surviving dramatic forms in the Western theatrical tradition is satire. Aristophanes wrote plays that heaped…
THE FOREIGNER not a stranger to comedy
MIDVALE — “How does one acquire a personality?” a boring Brit, Charlie Baker, asks in the opening scene of The…
Sundance SOUND OF MUSIC soars as it climbs every mountain
SUNDANCE — Someone once asked one of us to choose only one musical to represent musical theatre and mankind, and…
Not Your Mother’s “Oklahoma!”
OREM – Ho-hum. Another opening of another Oklahoma! Curly ambles down the auditorium’s aisles and onto the stage rhapsodizing about…
Heritage Delivers Blizzard of Holiday Cheer with WHITE CHRISTMAS
PERRY — If you’re dreaming of a holiday show that feels like a mug of hot cocoa wrapped in a…
The News Is Out: Payson’s NEWSIES Is a Hit!
PAYSON — Spread the word! Payson Community Theatre’s Newsies is a hit! Newsies: The Musical is a Utah favorite with…