Utah Festival’s AMAZING GRACE delights the eyes and heart
The Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre production of Amazing Grace plays various times through August 1 at the Utah Theatre (18 West Center Street, Logan). Tickets are $16-$79. For…
A harrowing, poignant GREY GARDENS at Lyric Rep
LOGAN — Before the curtain rises on Grey Gardens, the voice of W. Vosco Call, who founded the Lyric Repertory Company more than fifty years ago, gives the pre-show announcement…
UFO&MT’s YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN excels vocally
LOGAN — To kick off their musical theatre season, the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre has chosen You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, based on the comic strip by…
Youthful magic permeates Lyric Rep’s PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
LOGAN — Peter and the Starcatcher is a whimsical prequel to Peter Pan written by Rick Elice with music by Wayne Barker. Based on the novel by Dave Barry and…
Lyric Rep’s SENSE & SENSIBILITY captures genius of Jane Austen
LOGAN — How should a reviewer approach a production of an oft-adapted classic? The test of any contribution to the Jane Austen corpus is two-part but simple: (1) is it…
Bring your shipoopi to UFO&MT’s THE MUSIC MAN
LOGAN — One of the most golden examples of a golden age musical would have to be Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. The story of a fly-by-night salesman who swings…
No sanctuary for this HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
LOGAN — The musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame, with songs by the same team behind the 1996 Disney film, Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, first premiered in Berlin in…
A brilliantly sung PIRATES OF PENZANCE at UFO&MT
LOGAN — One hundred and thirty-eight years after its 1879 New York City premiere, Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance still retains a prominent place in American popular culture.…
Personality abounds in Lyric Rep’s THE FOREIGNER
LOGAN — Charlie Baker tries to adapt to a new environment and find the perfect method to avoid conversation with strangers. A humble bed and breakfast in a different country…
REX should have stayed retired
LOGAN — Back in 1976, Richard Rodgers penned Rex, what was to be one of his final musicals, with a libretto by Sheldon Harnick. By that time, Oscar Hammerstein had…