SCERA’s BRIGHT STAR is a Fine Time
OREM — Steve Martin and Edie Brickell created the musical Bright Star, by developing a concept album that became a dramatic romance story set in the post-World War American South.…
Meet PTC’s New Managing Director: Adrian Budhu
SALT LAKE CITY — Many an artist has beloved childhood memories of their playing their craft long before it became their profession. Proud parents show the childhood drawings, writings or…
Full Disclosure: HCT’s Addams Family is a Macabre Delight
SALT LAKE CITY — As a native Californian, I always hope that summer never ends. It’s August. You can keep your pumpkin-spiced-everything until the daily high can’t get above 60…
West Valley Arts Whips LEGALLY BLONDE Into Shape
WEST VALLEY CITY — Despite massive obstacles, it has felt in some ways like this is a year where all West Valley Arts can do is win. Their August production…
Murray Arts’ PETER AND THE STARCATCHER Hooks Audiences
MURRAY — As summer days begin winding down, there’s still exciting outdoor theatre to behold. In the recently renovated and updated Murray Arts Amphitheatre, audiences entered the space to a…
Lightning Crackles Over THE MOUNTAINTOP at USF
CEDAR CITY — Can a hero ever live up to all we expect them to be? I thought this was going to be the major dramatic question of the Utah…
Stellar SILENT SKY at Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — In her director’s note, Melinda Pfundstein says, “Through Gunderson’s Silent Sky, we explore permission and potential — internal or inspired by others — to experience, to live,…
Tuacahn’s JERSEY BOYS Is There To Make It Right
IVINS — Jukebox musicals, shows that take popular songs of the age and construct a narrative that weaves the songs together, are not new. As far back as 1728, The…
Utah Shakespeare Festival’s HENRY VIII Deeper than “T’will Do.”
CEDAR CITY — A historical figure who was once little more than a footnote in American civics courses has burst back into the limelight due to the outrageous popularity of…
“Laughter Through Tears” at Simonfest’s STEEL MAGNOLIAS
CEDAR CITY — Every year on my social media pages, I place the shows I’ve seen that year (whether I reviewed them or attended as a guest) into categories; the…