Artistic Healing at Broadway’s REDWOOD
NEW YORK — The new musical Redwood, co-conceived by Tina Landau and Idina Menzel, with a book by Tina Landau, music by Kate Diaz, and lyrics by Tina Landau and…
Timely Exploration of Broadway’s Revival of Floyd Collins
NEW YORK — The musical Floyd Collins, with music and lyrics by Adam Guettel, additional lyrics, book, and direction by Tina Landau, originally debuted off-broadway in 1996 and is now…
PTC’s Waitress is Perfectly Baked
SALT LAKE CITY — Waitress might be one of the best musicals to never win Best New Musical at the Tony Awards. It was up against Hamilton, so it’s an…
Beautiful Reality at Broadway’s Real Women Have Curves
NEW YORK — Real Women Have Curves, the new musical with music and lyrics by Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez and a book by Lisa Loomer with Neil Benjamin, opened…
See BE HERE NOW…NOW at Pygmalion Productions
SALT LAKE CITY — Pygmalion Productions’ Be Here Now by Deborah Zoe Laufer is an intimate, thought-provoking experience about Bari, a woman who feels she is living a meager existence…
Bravi Tutti to Westminster Opera’s DIDO AND AENEAS
SALT LAKE CITY — Westminster Opera Studio and Westminster Dance Company’s combined production of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas sparkles with young talent and creative staging, as directed by Opera…
A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE is Murderously Good Fun at Terrace Plaza
WASHINGTON TERRACE — Beverly’s Terrace Plaza Playhouse’s production of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder is a triumph: witty and sharp, this show offers a night of clever comedy,…
WTC’S SAINTMAKERS Is Absurdism Springled with Faith
SALT LAKE CITY – The description of Saintmakers, written and directed by Riley Trepanier and produced by Wasatch Theatre Company, peaked my interest. The play involves a man dying of…
Bend, Snap, and Bravo: LEGALLY BLONDE Shines at Heritage Theatre
PERRY — With a bend and a snap, Heritage Theatre’s production of Legally Blonde: The Musical hits the stage with confidence and a spicy kick. The musical, based on the…
WICKED at the Eccles Theater Flies High Defying Expectations
SALT LAKE CITY — Having attended other Broadway touring productions in my life including seeing a prior production of Wicked in London a decade ago, I walked into the Delta…