RUINED brings an important story to Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY — Reviewing a show like Ruined by Lynn Nottage is a slightly formidable task. My goal here is to talk about both the text as a standalone…
"Well" Could Not Get Any Better
SALT LAKE CITY — Several years ago I read the play Well in a dramatic literature class and absolutely fell in love with it. The level of meta-theatricality and its…
“The Foreigner” Doesn’t Fail to Entertain
OREM — The Foreigner at the Hale Center Theatre Orem, like many shows in this venue, is a delightful production. I had a few expectations for the piece given my…
SLAC Gives A New Interpretation of “Angels in America: Millennium Approaches”
SALT LAKE CITY — Going to a show at the Salt Lake Acting Company, for me, is always a delight so my hopes for their production of Angels in America:…
“Yoga Confidential” is fearless, but needs focus
SALT LAKE CITY — This weekend the Salt Lake Acting Company produced its first ever Fearless Fringe Festival: a weekend of three original shows by local artists producing new and…
“Mammal Stories” is experimental theatre at its finest
SUGAR HOUSE — Experimental theatre in Salt Lake and Utah counties is generally an extremely rare occurrence. There is a “mainstream theatre” niche that the general population seems to have…
The “Saturday’s Voyeur” experience is a must see
SALT LAKE CITY — How do I begin? Saturday’s Voyeur is nothing short of one of the cleverest, wittiest, most irreverent musical revue I have ever seen – and I…
Springville Players give a good effort with ‘Scapino!’
SPRINGVILLE — We all know the stereotypes and jokes surrounding small community theatre: amateur, hackneyed performances with no budget and even less entertainment value. However, walking into the Springville Playhouse,…
‘The Vagina Monologues’ proves to be more than just a show
SALT LAKE CITY — As a man, I anticipated that walking into a production of "The Vagina Monologues" would be like throwing a steak to a den of lionesses. The…