Meet USF’s New Artistic Director John DiAntonio
CEDAR CITY — John DiAntonio’s laugh has the sound of appreciating that someone else has made the same connection he has. In my conversation with Utah Shakespeare Festival’s new Artistic…
Unbelievably Impressive BIG FISH at SCERA
OREM — Growing up in a shadow is not for the faint of heart, not like most people have a choice. Ask anyone with a shining older sibling, parent or…
Meet Provo’s Newest Theatre Company: VICARIOUSLY STAGED
PROVO — Jared Kamuu had clearly thought about the question before I asked it. Still, he paused and reflected with an answer that felt sincere but not scripted. “I think…
Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST is A Ray of Sunshine at BYU
PROVO — While many of William Shakespeare’s plays make references to magic, those that have plots centered on magic are few. It takes a special kind of sorcery to tap…
Pretty Woman at the Eccles Makes Pleasure Its Business
SALT LAKE CITY — Is one week enough time to fall in love? The premise of this week’s hilarious and steamy national tour at the Eccles theatre will have an…
Parker’s OF MICE AND MEN is the Fat of the Land
SOUTH SALT LAKE — Salinas, California is lush and green with a cool ocean breeze year round. The home of John Steinbeck is memorialized there as his writings so profoundly…
BYU’s House of Desires Leaves Nothing Wanting
PROVO — The last time I was in the BYU West Campus Studio Theatre I was watching the simplicity of six teaching artists recreate Go Dog Go. This time, the…
Weber State University’s THE AMPHIBIANS is a Wonder to Behold
OGDEN — The first words I heard as I took my seat at the Eccles Theatre at Weber State University’s Browning Center for the Performing Arts were, ““Ooh! Are those…
Joy is Buzzing with EVERY BRILLIANT THING from Vicariously Staged
PROVO — It is a brilliant thing to see something that is as wonderful as it is new. On Friday February 16, I attended Vicariously Staged Productions’ first show, the…
Get a Load of SCERA’s A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD
OREM — Arnold Lobel’s Caldecott Award winning book series about two anthropomorphic characters named Frog and Toad is about enjoying the simple things with a dearly beloved friend. The books…