Maren Scriven

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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,…

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…

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,…

CEDAR CITY — The final production rounding out this years Neil Simon Festival in Cedar City is I’m Not Rappaport by Herb Gardner. I’m Not Rappaport is a story revolving…

CEDAR CITY — The third installment in this year’s Neil Simon Festival in Cedar City is a musical with a script by Neil Simon, music by Marvin Hamlisch, and lyrics…

CEDAR CITY — Chapter Two is the second installment of plays this year at the Neil Simon Festival. Originally produced in 1977, this play follows the lives of four different…