Empress’s JOSEPH…DREAMCOAT does justice to an old favorite
MAGNA — It isn’t summer in Utah without a few productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The Empress Theatre’s production happens to be the third review of this…
THE TEMPEST has some of “such stuff as dreams are made of”
OGDEN — The classic play, The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, is a tale about a father and his daughter marooned on an Island by family traitors seeking for the power…
Sneak peak at the new Eccles Theater in downtown SLC
SALT LAKE CITY — It is not very often that a theatre critic gets excited to don a construction hat and orange vest and walk around a construction site, but…
A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER is master plan for fun
Salt Lake City – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, written by Robert Freedman and Steven Lutvak, won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2014, and the touring…
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS cast sneaks in great performances
OGDEN — Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a musical that is based on a 1988 film of the same name. The story follows two con artists who try to get women…
BroadwayCon: an event for theatre fans, by theatre fans
NEW YORK CITY — When Anthony Rapp, Broadway star best known as Mark in Rent, announced that he would be organizing a BroadwayCon with Mischief Management and Playbill last year,…
The power of good ART
SALT LAKE CITY — Art written by Yasmina Reza, is a play that first appeared on Broadway in 1998 with a pretty well-known cast, and went on to receive many…
A FAIRLY POTTER CHRISTMAS CAROL brings parody to Christmas
OGDEN – In 2013 I reviewed Fairly Potter, a parody that played at the Ziegfeld Theater in Ogden and was written by Rick Rea. For their Christmas show this year,…
THE ADDAMS FAMILY hosts a kooky, funny family fun night
OGDEN — As a reviewer of local theatrical productions, I try and focus on the performances, direction, and technical aspects of the show. Because a vast majority of shows are…
A strong technical production carries Pioneer Theatre’s FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
SALT LAKE CITY — I read somewhere that there are, on average, over 500 productions of Fiddler On the Roof throughout the world every year. Since its debut in 1964,…