A Nice Evening With THE ADDAMS FAMILY
MAGNA — The Addams Family started as a single panel comic in the New Yorker magazine drawn by Charles Addams, was later adapted to a television show, an animated cartoon,…
CenterPoint’s ODD COUPLE is full of laughs, but lacks emotion
CENTERVILLE — Neil Simon has long been considered a master playwright, with many highly successful Broadway shows and numerous film scripts to his credit. One of the most famous of…
8 brief plays tonight at UVU’s SHORT ATTENTION SPAN THEATRE
OREM – For the twelfth year in a row, Utah Valley University is presenting their Short Attention Span Theatre, and evening of eight 10-minute plays written, directed, and starring UVU…
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS delights at BYU
PROVO – A Man For All Seasons is one of those plays that I’ve known about of all my life, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen. I was aware…
Come and play on AVENUE Q
SALT LAKE CITY — It is always an interesting experience entering the Babcock Theater at the University of Utah. This space has a long history of hosting some of the…
SEE HOW THEY RUN is fun farce
LEHI — Farce is perhaps the hardest form of comedy to pull off correctly. It requires precise timing, clear delivery of lines and willing suspension of disbelief by not only…
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA is good summer Shakespeare
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah seems to have a love affair with Shakespeare. Between the Utah Shakespeare Festival, the annual Shakespeare at Pioneer Theatre Company and Grassroots Shakespeare Company, Utah…
JUANITO BANDITO RIDES AGAIN–and steals the comic gold
GARDEN CITY – Pickleville Playhouse in Garden City, Utah, is a true hidden gem. For 36 years they have been presenting melodramas and musicals every summer on the shores of…
THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS is a comic gem
PROVO — In the eighteenth century, Carlo Goldoni led an effort to reform commedia dell’arte and make it a respectable art form once again. His efforts finally led him to…
SHREK THE MUSICAL is monstrously fun
SALT LAKE CITY — There has been a long history of adapting cartoons and animated movies to the Broadway stage, from Li’l Abner to Annie, to You’re a Good Man,…