“Sounds and sweet airs.” THE TEMPEST at Westminster
SALT LAKE CITY — In Shakespeare’s original text of The Tempest, King Alonso and company have traveled across the sea from Naples to Carthage for the wedding of princess Claribel.…
Cancer is not awesome, but WIT is.
OGDEN — It’s a show about a University Professor of English dying of ovarian cancer? And the play’s title is Wit. So, of course this play isn’t being billed as…
THE THREEPENNY OPERA is worth every penny
SALT LAKE CITY — Bertold Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera offers a satiric view of capitalism in Victorian London. Opening with the familiar standard, “The Ballad of Mack the Knife,” the…
Have I got a show for you: COMPANY
SALT LAKE CITY — Company, currently produced by Silver Summit Theatre Company, delves into all too-pertinent question of finding companionship in a predominantly independent world. Robert—or Bobby as he is…
[TITLE OF SHOW] is theatre of the people, by the people, for the people
SUGARHOUSE — Jeff and Hunter have committed to submitting something original to the New York Theatre Festival, but they have only three weeks and no great ideas. Together, they decide…
EVENING EUCALYPTUS is a theatrical walkabout
PROVO — In the Australian aborigine culture many people experience a walkabout. In this rite of passage a young person travels through the Outback on a journey of self-exploration. In…
Wasatch’s HAPPY is a pleasure to watch
SALT LAKE CITY — Alfred is happy, in spite of everything, at least that’s according to his best friend Eduardo. Alfred comes by Eduardo’s apartment on a rainy evening to…
RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN comically explores the humanity of feminism
SALT LAKE CITY – Salt Lake Acting Company has yet again produced a brilliantly thought-provoking comedy with Rapture, Blister, Burn. Gina Gionfriddo’s script mingles academic discussions of the different waves…
Pygmalion’s SPARK flares and fizzles
SALT LAKE CITY — Spark opens on the porch of the Glimord home in the tobacco belt of North Carolina. Sisters Evelyn and Ali Glimord are preparing a celebratory dinner…
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS, & lots of laughs at Pioneer
SALT LAKE CITY — A British play based on Carlo Goldoni‘s classic The Servant of Two Masters (an Italian commedia dell’arte play), One Man, Two Guvnors is a comic play…