LET THE RIGHT ONE IN leaves nothing out
PROVO — Utah loves Halloween shows, hence the bountiful options available for the next few weeks. Perhaps something about the crisp fall air makes huddling into a theater to feel…
MEN ON BOATS presents women on stage
SALT LAKE CITY — Men on Boats is a rollicking retelling of John Wesley Powell’s ten-man, 1869 expedition to map the Grand Canyon. It includes action, adventure, scrapes with death,…
YOU GOT OLDER touches truth, but needs to grow
SALT LAKE CITY — In You Got Older, Clare Barron has written a deeply intimate play about the anxieties, awkwardness, and unexpected joys of the initial stages of middle adulthood.…
Ancient Greek tragedy feels fresh in WOMEN OF TRACHIS
SALT LAKE CITY — With its slowly unwinding domestic tragedy, Sophocles’s Women of Trachis has been breaking audience’s hearts for more than 2000 years. I can’t imagine a lovelier production…
Swarms descend on Cedar City for Shakespeare Competition
CEDAR CITY — The Utah Shakespeare Festival’s annual competition might be the biggest theatre event in Utah you’ve never heard about. For the last 36 years, teachers and students across…
Moments of Light in Wasatch Theatre Company’s GREY GARDENS
SALT LAKE CITY — The true story of Edith and Little Edie Bouvier Beale is the stuff American legend. In the 1940’s the mother-daughter duo were promising New England socialites…
A little, happy production of “Little Happy Secrets”
CEDAR CITY — I’ll start by stating my prejudices. I am lucky to count the playwright, Melissa Leilani Larson as a friend. Beyond that, I am a great admirer of…
Dixie College presents “The Baker’s Wife”
ST. GEORGE — In difficult economic times many theaters hedge their bets on surefire, big name musicals. There has certainly been a dearth of lesser known plays in Southern Utah…
Back Home with the Jeromes in Broadway Bound at the Neil Simon Festival, Cedar City UT
CEDAR CITY — As a student and fan of Shakespeare’s four-century-old plays I occasionally reflect on which contemporary American works have a chance of drawing an audience in the year…
‘Cats’ out of the bag at Tuacahn
IVINS — Attending the Tuacahn Amphitheater is an event. From driving deep into the red rock canyon the theater is nestled in, to walking (in my case rushing) up the…