MIDSUMMER is pure magic at the Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — There is a peculiar magic that settles in as an audience returns to their seats at the end of intermission for an outdoor summer Shakespeare play. By…
Utah Shakespeare Festival’s A RAISIN IN THE SUN is plump with talent
CEDAR CITY — There is a beautiful moment in A Raisin in the Sun when Walter Lee lays out a very specific vision he has for a moment in his…
An Other Theatre Company stumbles with THE 54TH STEP
SALT LAKE CITY — Local emerging playwright Jesse Nepivoda‘s new work, The 54th Step is being presented as the final production of An Other Theatre Company in connection with the…
Don’t sit alone in your room, come to Daydreamer Theatre’s CABARET
AMERICAN FORK — At first glance, with its penchant for joyful decadence and unabashed depictions of sensual indulgence, the musical Cabaret seems like a great choice to open the exciting…
PTC’s WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME needs no amendments
SALT LAKE CITY — As a 15-year-old girl traveling the United States as part of an American Legion-sponsored constitutional speech contest in the late 1970s, Heidi Schreck may have found…
Let Wasatch Theatre’s MELANCHOLY PLAY put a smile on your face
TAYLORSVILLE — What do falling in love, unspecified European accents, feeling like an almond, and mournful cello music have in common? In Sarah Ruhl‘s Melancholy Play they are the markers…
World premiere HAIRY & SHERRI packs an emotional punch at SLAC
SALT LAKE CITY — In her program note, Texas-based playwright Adrienne Dawes recounts her own experience growing up in a home that hosted children in foster care as the inspiration…
Wasatch Theatre Company’s GROSS INDECENCY is exquisite
TAYLORSVILLE — Oscar Wilde reached his social and literary zenith in 1895 with simultaneous productions of his comedies running in London’s West End and praise still being heaped on him…
Scaffold’s NEVERMORE is a tween’s dream scream
SALT LAKE CITY — Candy and pumpkin jokes are flying! A costume contest and a chaste romantic subplot! Spooky story telling, on-demand thunder and lightening, and a wacky villain aiming…
Hungry for more after LITTLE SHOP Of HORRORS at West Valley Arts
WEST VALLEY CITY — In a decade not so long ago on Skid Row, a mysterious plant is purchased during a solar eclipse by a kindly nerd named Seymour Krelborn.…