BLITHE SPIRIT leads make for a charming haunt
PROVO — “I’ll go and see anything so long as it amuses me, or moves me. If it doesn’t do either I want to go home.” —Noel Coward The above…
Hale makes message of SOUTH PACIFIC hit home
OREM — Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musicals are beloved all over the United States, but I believe they are also widely misunderstood. I know people who think that The Sound of…
The Hive’s WHO ARE YOU? leaves many questions, few answers
SALT LAKE CITY — As a playwright and a theatre teacher, I am always excited to see new work. Saturday night at the Sugar Space was no exception, as I…
Weber State’s CHARM lives up to its name
OGDEN — Margaret Fuller was one of the Concord, Massachusetts, Transcendentalists. She was editor of The Dial, a journal to which Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Nathaniel Hawthorne…
I wouldn’t date BOB JUAN CASANOVA
MIDVALE — Bob Juan Casanova is a self-guided tour of the title character’s love life starting with junior high in 1999 and proceeding to the present day. Addressing the audience,…
GEOGRAPHY CLUB felt like a gay version of SAVED BY THE BELL
SALT LAKE CITY — Geography Club felt like a gay version of Saved by the Bell, in the best way possible. The protagonist, Russel (Mike T. Brown), guides the audience…
OBT presents Y-LIGHT, a parody of Twilight
SALT LAKE CITY — Known for their light-hearted, family-friendly parodies, the Off Broadway Theater in downtown Salt Lake is putting on one of their famously farcical Halloween productions, starring that…
Plenty to celebrate at VILLAGE HAUNTINGS
WEST JORDAN – Even if it hadn’t been my birthday (which it was), there was plenty celebrate at Poison Ivy Mysteries’ dinner theater production, Village Hauntings. I went with no…
VINCENT IN BRIXTON is a compelling portrait of Van Gogh
OREM — I can’t stop thinking about Vincent in Brixton. At its most basic level, the play is a piece of historical fiction about the two years Vincent Van Gogh…
I wanted to join A SECOND BIRTH at BYU
PROVO — I’ve been told the success of a performance can be gauged by how the audience is sitting. If they are leaning forward in their seats, wanting to be…