Feel the power of change at Hale’s STEEL MAGNOLIAS
SANDY — As March wound down, Hale Centre Theatre began their run of a play that perfectly embodies what March is officially known as: Women’s Month. Steel Magnolias, written by…
MACBETH for the rising generation
WEST VALLEY CITY — In a world where youth are constantly looking down at their phones to watch the latest asinine YouTube video with a limited attention span, I wonder…
…OF COLOR, off color
SALT LAKE CITY — Arriving at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, I was directed down a long hallway into a small room with black walls and just a few…
Hallelujah for Stage Door’s ALTAR BOYZ!
ST.GEORGE — Not many theater performances promise to be soul saving as well as entertaining, but Altar Boyz at The Stage Door in St. George, is determined to do it…
Get “chitty” with it at Centerpoint’s CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang plays nightly (except Sundays) at 7:30 PM and Saturdays at 2:30 PM through April 13th on the Barlow Main Stage at CenterPoint Legacy Theatre (525 North…
Lamplight’s CHARLEY’S AUNT impresses in the 21st century
DRAPER — Charley’s Aunt is a comedic farce by Brandon Thomas that was first produced in 1892. The classic story follows young Lord Babberly, played by Alex Richey, who is…
Dive in to 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
SOUTH SALT LAKE — I’ll admit to being impressed the minute I walked into Utah Children’s Theatre‘s gorgeously restored Art Deco movie house space. Taking in the floor to ceiling…
A lifeless ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at BYU
PROVO — In one of his most famous monologues, Shakespeare wrote, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their…
Good Company makes good theater in GLORIA
OGDEN — Gloria, a play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, focuses on the experiences of people who work at a desk job but aspire to something greater or at least different. The…
THE MAGIC FLUTE at the Utah Opera has “Bells and Whistles”
SALT LAKE CITY — In opera, you can’t do better than Mozart. Of course, the world of opera has Verdi and Puccini, and a handful of other brilliant composers, but…