Negative reviews: What can they teach us? How should artists react?
As an artist, I share a part of myself with an audience of strangers, and am constantly looking for approval or validation when I perform. I know all too well…
DRIVING MISS DAISY is a poignant, funny and reflective journey
SALT LAKE CITY — Daisy asks, “Did you have the air-conditioning checked? I told you to have the air-conditioning checked.” Hoke replies, “I had the air-conditioning checked. I don’t know…
JUDAS ISCARIOT gets his day in court in Wasatch Theatre Company’s latest production
SALT LAKE CITY — Is anyone purely good or purely evil? Are we the product of our circumstances or are we simply pieces in a destined plan for mankind that…
A delightful DROWSY CHAPERONE at the SCERA
OREM — How would you like to spend your Friday evening with a mousy middle-aged agoraphobic Broadway fanatic as he plays, sings along, and provides commentary about his favorite 1928…
Join the ride as JIMMY STEWART GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
PROVO — How would you like to spend an evening with Jimmy Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Henry Fonda, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball and Ginger Rogers? All together on one…
SINGLE WIDE is a good start to a new musical
PROVO — Single Wide is an original “country/pop” musical about a group of single women living in a trailer park and their struggles to survive. The book was written by…
An unrefined yet loverly MY FAIR LADY at the Egyptian
PARK CITY — On March 15, 1956, My Fair Lady premiered on Broadway. Now exactly 58 years later, this classic musical opened at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City. Based…
Something good is happening at Centerpoint’s SOUND OF MUSIC
CENTERVILLE — I am a sucker for the musical theater genius team Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein who revolutionized contemporary theater and created what became known as “the musical play”…
FORUM falters at The Echo
PROVO — Slamming doors, cases of mistaken identity, characters disguising themselves as one another, clever puns and satirical comments on social class. It’s all there in the musical farce A…
OMG! BRING IT ON dazzles despite shallow story
SALT LAKE CITY — What happens when High School Musical meets In the Heights? The answer is Bring It On: The Musical. Conniving cheerleaders, dumb jocks, the fat best friend,…