A Soaring Adventure with CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG at the Ziegfeld
OGDEN — Come fly away on an imaginative adventure with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang directed by Morgan Parry at the Ziegfeld Theatre in Ogden. Based on Ian Fleming’s 1964 book…
Brilliance and Breakdown: PROOF at Fellowship Theater
SALT LAKE CITY — MadKing Productions’ staging of David Auburn’s Proof at the Fellowship Theater in Salt Lake City’s Gateway Mall offers a deeply moving exploration of the human condition…
THE ANTIPODES Leaves Audiences With Something to Think About
TAYLORSVILLE — The Antipodes presented by Voodoo Theatre Company is an extremely ambitious play for a company to tackle. Annie Baker, the playwright, is known for her unorthodox and untheatrical…
Enormous Cast Gives Bluffdale Arts’ JOSEPH Heart
BLUFFDALE — In the 1966 film “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”, the evil, selfish protagonist’s heart grows three sizes due, in part, to the kindness of children. After seeing Bluffdale…
Digging Deep at Hart Theater Company’s NEXT TO NORMAL
SALT LAKE CITY — There are only ten musicals that have won the coveted Pulitzer prize for drama. As a practicing therapist, when I learned that Hart Theater Company would…
Goodness Prevails Through Greek Theatre Festival’s THE ORESTEIA
SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake City Classical Greek Theatre Festival, originally founded in 1971, has been producing Ancient Greek drama in Utah for over 50 years now. This…
No Place Like Heritage: A Nostalgic WIZARD OF OZ
PERRY — The Heritage Theatre in Perry, Utah, recently brought the magic of Oz to life with its production of L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz, using the 1987…
THE PAJAMA GAME at Terrace Plaza is sew much fun
WASHINGTON TERRACE — Beverly’s Terrace Plaza Playhouse delivers a fun and flirty production of The Pajama Game, a classic musical set in the 1950s. While some elements are dated, the…
Local Talent Shines in Fast-paced JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
SOUTH SALT LAKE — Until March 22, The Grand Theatre is taking on the daunting task of performing Jesus Christ Superstar. My dad first introduced me to the 1970 rock…
Jump In Between the Lines at Empress in Magna
MAGNA — Between the Lines is a musical based on the YA novel by Jodi Piccoult and her daughter Samantha Van Leer. With music and lyrics by Elyssa Samsel and…