Artistic Healing at Broadway’s REDWOOD
NEW YORK — The new musical Redwood, co-conceived by Tina Landau and Idina Menzel, with a book by Tina Landau, music by Kate Diaz, and lyrics by Tina Landau and…
Timely Exploration of Broadway’s Revival of Floyd Collins
NEW YORK — The musical Floyd Collins, with music and lyrics by Adam Guettel, additional lyrics, book, and direction by Tina Landau, originally debuted off-broadway in 1996 and is now…
Beautiful Reality at Broadway’s Real Women Have Curves
NEW YORK — Real Women Have Curves, the new musical with music and lyrics by Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez and a book by Lisa Loomer with Neil Benjamin, opened…
Surprising Direction Astounds at Snow’s An Enemy of the People
Ephraim-An Enemy of the People, by Henrik Ibsen, was written in 1882. Why would a show that is 143 years old be selected as the final show of a college…
WVA’s A CHORUS LINE Shows What We Do For Love
West Valley City — A Chorus Line, one of the most iconic musicals of our time, debuting in 1975 to great acclaim, with music by Marvin Hamlish, lyrics by Edward…
Find Some Joy at Good Company’s Coach Coach
Ogden-Coach, Coach a play by Bailey Williams, has opened at Good Company Theatre in Ogden Utah. Directed by Alicia Washington, this show is a delightful yet dark comedy featuring 6…
Impressive Life Lessons at Weber State’s Innovation Theatre
Ogden-At the end of each school year, the Weber State University Theatre Department puts on Innovation Theatre, which is a conglomerate of student-led work. Each time I have attended, it…
Digging Deep at Hart Theater Company’s NEXT TO NORMAL
SALT LAKE CITY — There are only ten musicals that have won the coveted Pulitzer prize for drama. As a practicing therapist, when I learned that Hart Theater Company would…
Jump In Between the Lines at Empress in Magna
MAGNA — Between the Lines is a musical based on the YA novel by Jodi Piccoult and her daughter Samantha Van Leer. With music and lyrics by Elyssa Samsel and…
Finding Humanity In Ogden Musical Theatre’s Tale of Two Cities
Ogden-A Tale of Two Cities, the musical based on the novel by Charles Dickens, with a book, music, and lyrics by Jill Santoriello, opened on Broadway in 2008, but only…