MESSIAH: ONE WOMAN’S SACRED STRUGGLE is touching and uplifting
SALT LAKE CITY — Most people are familiar with Handel’s Messiah, a beloved oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel with text taken from the King James Bible and…
Jen Xponential is a trippy musical film with a twist
Online — We recently got a request to review a short musical film that has not yet been released. Jen Xponential is a 90’s horror sci-fi musical short revolving around…
In The Now’s THE GAZA MONOLOGUES is challenging but important theater.
ONLINE — Theater can accomplish many goals. Sometimes theater merely entertains, sometimes it distracts, and sometimes it elucidates a situation or an historical event. In that vein, In The Now…
BYU Arts’ BAUCIS AND PHILEMON is sure to grow in your heart
PROVO — It’s not everyday you get a world premier of a new opera. It’s also not everyday that you get a new chamber opera with such unique elements as…
ELAINE STRITCH AT LIBERTY, an existential problem in tights now on BroadwayHD
LONDON — If you were to compile a list of theater greats, somewhere toward the top of that list you would have to include Elaine Stritch. She has been a…
“So in Love” with KISS ME, KATE on BroadwayHD
LONDON — Kiss Me, Kate is a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, written by Bella and Samuel Spewack with music by Cole Porter. It premiered on…
MR. SATURDAY NIGHT is great fun for any night of the week
NEW YORK CITY — In 1992, Billy Crystal wrote, directed, and starred in the movie Mr. Saturday Night. It told the story of an aging comic whose best days were…
ART & CLASS revisits a Utah conflict with strong performances
SALT LAKE CITY — How do you balance artistic ideals with community standards? When is a lesson plan an attack on a family’s values? These questions get raised in Plan-B…
A TURN OF THE SCREW gets twisted up by technical glitches
PROVO — Throughout the story of The Turn of the Screw, there is a persistent question of whether the governess is seeing ghosts or losing her mind. While watching the…
Something delightfully wicked brewing in Pinnacle’s MACBETH
SALT LAKE CITY — Shakespeare remains one of the most produced playwrights even after over 400 years. And Macbeth is probably one of his most discussed plays. Macbeth is the…