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PLEASANT GROVE — At the end of each year, we do a series of articles discussing some of the most excellent work in the state. You’ll want to revisit this…
Utah's Source for Theatre Journalism
PLEASANT GROVE — At the end of each year, we do a series of articles discussing some of the most excellent work in the state. You’ll want to revisit this…
LOGAN — When Paige Monson walks into a theater — or any public space, for that matter — she isn’t simply taking in the ambiance. She is running a quiet…
SALT LAKE CITY — For forty years, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux has filled some of the world’s most prestigious venues. The…
PROVO — So much of what makes Shakespeare Timeless is the many creative ways it can be approached. The 1990s were filled with Shakespeare adaptations of all forms from 10…
SALT LAKE CITY — For three decades, student audiences rattled the rafters of the Einar Nielsen Fieldhouse cheering on their basketball team. In 1944, Utah won the basketball national title…
SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY — There are often interesting coincidences with art and the world at large. The announcement that Green Day would open Super Bowl 60 when the creative…
IVINS — The joy of live theatre is often discoveries. I might see an actor for whom I have a new-found appreciation, a design choice I couldn’t have conceived, or…
SALT LAKE CITY — People are strange. New people are so odd that we call them strangers. For young children, the universe is full of things that are new, strange,…
OREM — For all the wonderful things can come out of attending live performances, not everyone enjoys going to see a show. Strobe lights that can spark creativity in one…
PLEASANT GROVE — Some of the most profound theatrical experiences I’ve ever had are tied to seeing productions of Fiddler on the Roof from composer Jerry Bock, lyricist Sheldon Harnick,…