SCERA creates an ooky ADDAMS FAMILY
OREM — The act one finale of The Addams Family is called “Full Disclosure,” which is also the name of a game that the characters play in which they must…
It would be a tragedy to miss HECUBA
SALT LAKE CITY — Euripides‘s describes the title character of his tragedy Hecuba as a “mother of sorrows.” A more apt description would be impossible to find. When the play…
A lot to love in HCT’s SHE LOVES ME
WEST VALLEY CITY — I love romantic comedies. To me there is nothing quite so comforting than (re)watching my favorite rom-coms, stopping and rewinding scenes over and over. True, I…
Payson Community Theater creates a strong LES MISERABLES
PAYSON — From Victor Hugo‘s original tale comes the Payson Community Theater production of the classic Broadway adaptation of Les Misérables, playing through Labor Day at Payson High School. Convict…
Simple is better in Murray Arts’s production of URINETOWN
MURRAY CITY — The show Urinetown has been on my list of must see musicals for quite some time ever since a few years ago, when my choir teacher told…
More fun than mystery in DEATH, THE FINAL FRONTIER: MAY THE CORPSE BE WITH YOU
DRAPER — Having previously attended a Poison Ivy Mysteries dinner production, I attended Death, The Final Frontier: May the Corpse Be With You with the knowledge that I would be…
Fantastic family fun with THE FROG AND I
MAGNA — The Frog and I is an original work by Jake Anderson, the executive director of the Empress Theatre. So, I had no idea what to expect from the…
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY is an evening of gripping theater
SALT LAKE CITY — When their father goes missing, the three Weston sisters gather to the family home in rural Osage County, Oklahoma, to help their mother pick up the…
A handsome and smart JOSEPH…DREAMCOAT at Tuacahn
IVINS — I’m not a big fan of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. While Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s music is catchy and very singable, the show is often kitschy and…
BEAU JEST is just a great family comedy
OREM — One line of dialogue from the third act of James Sherman‘s Beau Jest perfectly summarizes the current production of the play at Hale Center Theater Orem: “You put…