A “Remarkable” FOREIGNER has come to Cedar City
CEDAR CITY — When I told friends that I was going down to Cedar City to see some plays at a festival, they all assumed I was going to the…
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE is toe-tapping fun at the Empress
MAGNA — Thoroughly Modern Millie is one of these shows that started as a movie, then was adapted for the stage by Jeanine Tesori (music), Dick Scanlan (book and lyrics),…
1776: a relevant show for today
OGDEN — 1776 is not a show I have seen produced very often, partly be due to the fact that finding over two dozen men to be in a show…
PRINCESS ACADEMY makes smooth transition from page to stage
PROVO — In 2005 I had many friends try and convince me to read Princess Academy by Shannon Hale. But because I had “reader’s regret” about another young adult fiction…
Ziegfeld’s LES MISERABLES is worth a watch
OGDEN — I still remember the first time I finally saw Les Misérables on stage. Having listened to the music on my tape player (yes, I am that old) from…
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN is a sure shot in Ogden
OGDEN — Annie Get Your Gun is the quintessential classic American musical. Premiering in 1946, this show was written with Ethel Merman in mind, and it has had many revivals,…
The Ziegfeld is building a community with FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
OGDEN — The popular musical Fiddler on the Roof has been done in many professional, semi-professional, community, and school theaters in the 50 years since its debut on Broadway. The…
The oldies are truly golden in THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES
OGDEN — The Marvelous Wonderettes, the current offering at the Terrace Plaza Playhouse is a lovely musical review of the ’50s and ’60s which follows four young ladies first performing…
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS in Magna is a welcomed holiday option
MAGNA — The Empress Theatre’s production of A Charlie Brown Christmas is a 2013 stage adaption written by Eric Schaeffer of the made for TV cartoon of the same name.…
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS, & lots of laughs at Pioneer
SALT LAKE CITY — A British play based on Carlo Goldoni‘s classic The Servant of Two Masters (an Italian commedia dell’arte play), One Man, Two Guvnors is a comic play…