BYU presents a fine PIRATES OF PENZANCE for the COVID era
PROVO — How do you fill a stage with two dozen actors when you’re not allowed to have more than four near each other? That’s the challenge presented to the…
Ziegfeld’s BASKERVILLE is a hilarious tribute to Sherlock Holmes
OGDEN — Ziegfeld’s production of Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery puts a sidesplitting spin on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‘s classic tale and is an excellent example of what makes live…
BUMS! is a disheveled mess
SPANISH FORK — A long standing policy at UTBA is to judge productions by the standards that the theatre companies set for themselves or that they advertise. Holding every company…
BYU’s EVERYMAN adaptation, EVERYONE, wins by mixing old and new
PROVO — Adapted from a medieval morality play Everyman, BYU’s production of Everyone, directed by Megan Sanborn Jones, is a great way to entertain audience members this weekend. Everyman, is…
BYU’s NORTH STAR is relevant, but needs emotional guidance
PROVO — Both written and directed by Gloria Bond Clunie, BYU’s streaming production of North Star is extremely relevant. The show depicts a mother remembering her childhood during in the…
Plan-B delivers with audio drama P.G. ANON
SALT LAKE CITY — Plan-B Theatre is celebrating their 30th anniversary by offering a new and COVID-safe audio-only subscription series for their 2021 season. The first offering, in partnership with…
Ensemble cast shines in HCTO’s DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
OREM — According to Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the key to being a good con artist is to “Give them what they want.” The producers at Hale Center Theater Orem have…
Ziegfeld’s FREAKY FRIDAY is the musical we need
OGDEN — It has been almost a year since I’ve been able to sit in a theatre seat and feel the energy of live theatre. It has been a long…
GASLIGHT: it’s all about perception
SALT LAKE CITY — London, in a time when muffin men ply their trade on the street, servants answer to their masters’ summoning bells, and flickering gaslights defend the rooms…
U of U’s HENRY V is innovative, engaging online Shakespeare
SALT LAKE CITY — “The show must go in,” says producer Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell in a program note describing the University of Utah’s 2020-2021 season. And in it does go, in…