Uneven script makes for a flat ASS at Pioneer Theatre Company
SALT LAKE CITY – What is the subject matter of a show called Ass? Who is the ass? Does it show an ass? Something to do with donkeys? While there…
Discover the meaning(lessness) of life while WAITING FOR GODOT
SALT LAKE CITY — “Why people have to complicate a thing so simple I can’t make out,” says Samuel Beckett of his 1953 classic Waiting for Godot. Nonetheless, consumers of…
BLACKOUT: One woman, one hour, one hell of a time
SALT LAKE CITY — Written and performed by Hailey Henderson, Blackout is a compelling, funny, and thoughtful journey of a woman finding her individual identity unapologetically. Directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton,…
LETTERS TO MY MOM is powerfully written and acted
SALT LAKE CITY — Letters to My Mom is a moving and raw message from daughter to mother that blatantly displays intimate conversations that are relatable, vulnerable, and honest. Written…
Still “holding out for a hero” at Sundance Theatre’s FOOTLOOSE
SUNDANCE — From the 1984 classic film is born the stage adaptation of Footloose. A popular film, especially in Utah perhaps from the familiar setting, most are acquainted with the…
Creekside’s ROMEO AND JULIET: young woe to the 21st century
CEDAR HILLS — Not two households, but two parties, both alike in dignity. So suggests Creekside Theatre Fest’s opening scene as Lord Montague ascends into the audience calling “VOTE BLUE…
HCT’S LES MISERABLES reminds us that in time “the sun will rise”
SANDY — What is there to say about Les Misérables that has not already been said? For starters (according to the theatre company), Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy, Utah, is…
HCTO offers a sensory SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
OREM — Hale Center Theater Orem (HCTO)’s Sense and Sensibility made for a perfect maiden voyage back to theatre after the onset of COVID-19. With the light-hearted, comedic, and nostalgic…
MARY STUART is a victory of royal proportions at Pioneer
SALT LAKE CITY — “The voice of majority is no proof of justice,” says Friedrich Schiller in his play Mary Stuart, published in 1800. This sentiment rings true in the…
THE ODYSSEY is long and arduous at the U
SALT LAKE CITY — University of Utah’s production of Homer’s The Odyssey, one of the oldest works in western literature, attempts to put a modernized spin on the dated classic.…