National tour of TINA at Eccles is “better than all the rest”
SALT LAKE CITY — Dressed in her 1940s Sunday best, actress Nicole Powell crossed down center to address the packed house of the Delta Performance Hall at the Eccles Theatre.…
Draper Arts Council’s SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN is drenched in talent
DRAPER — Everyone is afraid of something. For Susan DeMill, that fear was facing the towering legacy of an iconic musical like Singin’ In the Rain, written by Betty Comden…
BroadwayHD’s PETER PAN GOES WRONG is the happiest thought
CYBERSPACE — Think of the happiest things, it’s the same as having wings! Though the actors of the fictional Cornley Drama Society who depend on the rigging are in for…
HCT’s HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN IN NEW YORK underwhelms in World Premiere
SANDY — When a story is revised, revived or adapted from one medium to another, there’s always a purist or two who resists the changes from the original version. Prior…
“No way to stop” an enjoyable SOUND OF MUSIC at Timp Community
AMERICAN FORK — Tucked in the back of a series of old buildings next to the Mount Timpanogos Temple is the Valentine Theater that houses Timpanogos Community Theatre. The spacious…
Script hobbles Parker Theatre’s WINNIE THE POOH, but actors shine
SOUTH SALT LAKE — For nearly a century, readers and audiences have been pulled into the Hundred Acre Wood of A. A. Milne’s imagination. Known characters such as Piglet, Tigger,…
SLCC’s EURYDICE strikes a soulful chord
SALT LAKE CITY — At a play, I always notice the set first. Often the care put into transforming a stage into the world of a play says so much…
SCERA’s CINDERELLA is fleet of foot and magical by design
OREM — Cinderella might be one the most iconic fairytales of all time. It features a downtrodden young heroine who faces insurmountable odds, the help of magical and non-magical creatures,…
Utah State University’s PUFFS is a charming transfiguration of HP story
LOGAN — Few works of literature are so impactful that their cultural clout is powerful enough to create an unauthorized spinoff that becomes an off-broadway success. Harry Potter is certainly…
Hard to catch the humor in HCT’s SEE HOW THEY RUN
SANDY — In the estimation of this reviewer Hale Centre Theatre is one of the premier theaters in the state of Utah. Based on the end of year highlights from…