Parker Theatre’s CHRISTMAS CAROL amply fills the ledger
SOUTH SALT LAKE — The holiday season typically inspires words such as “festive,” “merry,” and “excitement.” As I sat in the Parker Theatre on Saturday, November 19, reading the director’s…
Rumor has it: USU’s ANASTASIA is a hit
LOGAN — The 670-seat Morgan Theatre at Utah State University’s Chase Center for the Arts was packed for the closing night of USU Opera’s production of Anastasia: The Musical on…
Timpanogos Valley’s BAREFOOT IN THE PARK finds traction
HEBER CITY — Neil Simon is a titan of comedy in the American theatre. His works have garnered Tonys, Academy Award nominations, and a Pulitzer Prize for their insightful and…
Raise your voice in praise of Hopebox Theatre’s THE LITTLE MERMAID
KAYSVILLE — The lobby of the Hopebox Theatre is lined with plaques for recipients of the company’s Wall of Hope. A few dozen names are commemorated, each tied to a…
Pioneer Theatre’s MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS is first class
SALT LAKE CITY — Peeling back the layers of design, dialogue and character in a mystery is both the challenge and the thrill of making and seeing such a production.…
Missed PUFFS this year? You don’t have to be “sad forever” with BroadwayHD
NEW YORK CITY — This is my third review this year of Matt Cox’s play Puffs, Or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic, but…
Interview with Utah Valley Players’ NEXT TO NORMAL director Shawnda Moss
PLEASANT GROVE — My opening question to Zack Elzey, producer of the Utah Valley Theatre Festival that is now entering its sixth year, was an echo from a show that…
Klouns Theatre Co’s devised AN ACT OF SEVEN AGES is good for the soul
PLEASANT GROVE — Among the most well known of William Shakespeare’s writings is the monologue from Jacques in act five of As You Like It, which begins with the following:…
“Take This Chance” on Utah Valley Players’ NEXT TO NORMAL
PLEASANT GROVE — “Why would you want to remember the things that hurt you?” The question posed by Dan, the father in the 2009 rock musical Next to Normal (with…
Parker Theatre’s ROMEO and JULIET tragically falls short
SOUTH SALT LAKE — For centuries, Romeo and Juliet has been an entrance point for many to the works of William Shakespeare. Director Brinton Wilkins explores this in his director’s…