PYG’s TENDER HOOKS Heavy on Tender, Light on Hook
SALT LAKE CITY – I am a big fan of Pygmalion Productions and their mission of “giving artistic voice to women.” Their latest production, Tender Hooks¸ by local playwright Julie…
Oh what a night at Pioneer Theatre Company’s JERSEY BOYS
SALT LAKE CITY – Pioneer Theatre Company opens its 2024-2025 season with an energetic production of Jersey Boys. The Broadway musical with book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, music…
RADA Brings Mad-Cap MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT DREAM to USF
CEDAR CITY – One of the best times to come to the Utah Shakespeare Festival is the week the Royal Dramatic Academy of Arts (RADA) brings their touring production all…
The Elusive SCARLET PIMPERNEL at Off Broadway Theatre
DRAPER — The small, unimposing Off Broadway Theatre (OBT) is tucked off the main thoroughfare in the suburbs and, much like the titular character of their current production, The Scarlet…
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING IS SOMETHING TO SEE AT USF
CEDAR CITY — The Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Brad Carroll is playing in the Randall L. Jones theatre this season. Although staging Shakespeare in the…
39 STEPS Over the Top at Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — Each year the Utah Shakespeare Festival typically offers up a fan-favorite light-hearted comedy. This offering usually draws in and satisfies audiences with perhaps less of a penchant…
THE TALE AS OLD AS TIME Is Timeless at Cottonwood Heights
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS — Beauty and the Beast, the broadway musical with book by Linda Woolverton, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, is a large…
SLAC’s CLOSE ENCOUNTERS IN THE BEEHIVE Hits Close to Home
SALT LAKE CITY — Each time I’ve been in the historic church that is home to Salt Lake Acting Company (SLAC), I have been charmed by the conversion of the…
HCTO’s SEUSSICAL Is Delightfully Unhinged
OREM — Seussical, the musical by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, based on the works of Dr. Seuss has always seemed to me like classic middle school drama fare. As…
GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY A DIFFERENT MUSICAL AT THE ECCLES
SALT LAKE CITY – I am always struck by the modern elegance of the beautiful Eccles Mainstage Theatre. I arrived for the current production, Girl From the North Country, knowing…