Journey to Sanpete for THE SECRET GARDEN
EPHRAIM — The Secret Garden, a Musical by Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon, adapted from the beloved children’s novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first premiered on Broadway in 1991 and…
Hope and Power at Hopebox’s 9 TO 5
KAYSVILLE — Hopebox Theatre in Kaysville, Utah is presenting the jovial and yes absolutely misogynistic (it’s ok, they know it) musical 9 to 5, based on the 1980 movie of…
Stage Door Company’s THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Has Power to the End
SAINT GEORGE — In quaint downtown St. George there is a building called the Electric Theater where The Stage Door Company is currently mounting a production of The Drowsy Chaperone;…
Covey Center’s SILENT SKY gives a voice to women astronomers
PROVO — The Covey Center for the Arts in Provo is presenting Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson, directed by David Morgan. The show is in the facility’s Brinton Black Box,…
Stop and smell the roses of Pioneer Theatre’s NATIVE GARDENS
SALT LAKE CITY — Karen Zacarias’s 2019 play, Native Gardens, showing now at Pioneer Theatre in its regional debut and directed by Timothy Douglas, is a delightful comedy and look…
SIX is worth seeing six times (or more)
SALT LAKE CITY — The hit musical Six (with music, book, and lyrics by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss), directed by Lucy Moss (the youngest director in Broadway history) and…
A devilishly good production of THE CRUCIBLE at Snow College
EPHRAIM — In 1953, Arthur Miller took the story of 1692 Salem witch trials and created his best-known script, The Crucible. The play is a mix of fact and fiction…
Let your heart go on to Off-Broadway’s TITANIQUE
NEW YORK CITY — When an out-of-towner theatre lover comes for a whirlwind weekend in New York City, they have their sights set on Broadway. However, throughout the city and…
On Broadway, SHUCKED still works, but its audience is elsewhere
NEW YORK CITY — In the fall of 2022, I was one of the lucky critics to witness the world premiere of the corny new musical Shucked (with a book…
Nice moments, but nothing essential in Broadway’s I NEED THAT
NEW YORK CITY — The American Airlines Theatre in Manhattan is housing a small production entitled I Need That, written by Theresa Rebeck and directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel, which…