WEST SIDE STORY done well
KAYSVILLE — West Side Story, with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, has been an emotional favorite of audiences since entering the scene in 1957. It also…
An entrancing MARY POPPINS at Tuacahn
IVINS — Based on the famous film from 1964 and the books by P. L. Travers, the stage musical version of Mary Poppins opened in London in 2004 and transferred…
WONDERLAND bubbles with spectacle, but leaves audience wondering
IVINS — The story of Alice in Wonderland has always been a strange one. So, when given an opportunity to review Wonderland (a musical by Frank Wildhorn and Jack Murphy…
The tides have turned in gender-swapped PIRATES OF PENZANCE
OGDEN — Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance is one of the oldest musicals, or operetta if you will, having premiered at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York…
CenterPoint’s CINDERELLA overflows with “loveliness of evening”
CENTERVILLE — Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella was actually first written for television in 1957 and then later was adapted for the stage. CenterPoint Legacy Theatre is currently doing the latest…
Tempo varies in Hopebox’s SISTER ACT
KAYSVILLE — Sister Act, based on the 1992 movie of the same name, opened on Broadway in 2011 after previously having been in London. Various productions have been seen all…
THE TWO-CHARACTER PLAY delves into what it means to be human
OGDEN — Tennessee Williams is arguably one of the most important American playwrights, and a person cannot have a true theatrical education without understanding, A Streetcar Named Desire or Cat…
FOOTLIGHT FRENZY: familiar to a fault
PERRY — Rare indeed is the occasion that I can see a show I have never even heard of, much less seen, so I was intrigued to make the jaunt…
Terrace Plaza’s FOREVER PLAID hits all the right notes
WASHINGTON TERRACE — Forever Plaid is a jukebox musical written by Stuart Ross that was first produced in a small theatre in Manhattan in 1987. It made its off-Broadway debut…
Prepare to be “Satisfied” with the national tour of HAMILTON
SALT LAKE CITY — It seems strange to think of a time when there was not extreme buzz about Hamilton, and excitement all around when one learned that a tour…