GROUCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS lacks a clear demographic
SALT LAKE CITY — The Off-Broadway Theater is a delightful space. When walking down Main Street of Salt Lake City you just almost miss it, as it’s tucked in among…
BIRD OF DAWNING sheds new light on the nativity
SALT LAKE CITY — The Christmas season is a busy season for theater in Utah. It seems that nearly every theater along the Wasatch Front has some form of holiday…
Dinner Theater Where Nobody Dies
MIDVALE — Would you like to be serenaded with Christmas songs? What if a crack emcee was also entertaining your table with witty banter? And there was a steaming pile…
HOW I BECAME A PIRATE is a fun, funny adventure for all ages
SALT LAKE CITY— Salt Lake Acting Company (SLAC) has been transformed by a magic that only young ones seem to possess. As a season ticket holder, I’ve loved SLAC’s productions…
LI’L ABNER just a li’l bit off the mark
DRAPER–Li’l Abner is a musical, around since 1956, that utilizes the characters and setting of Al Capp’s popular comic strip. The show takes place in a small, lazy town somewhere…
TOYLAND appropriate for children 4 to 104
SALT LAKE CITY — Since its first staging in 1903, Babes in Toyland has seen a lot of love. It’s memorable music, written by Victor Herbert, and charming script, written…
SCROOGE’s performances redeem a humbug score and direction
MAGNA — For generations, A Christmas Carol has charmed millions of people in the English-speaking world with its tale of heartwarming change in the Christmas season. The theatre world has…
A simple and sweet CHRISTMAS CAROL in Springville
SPRINGVILLE — Throughout the annals of literature, there have been few texts more influential than Charles Dickens’ immortal classic, A Christmas Carol. Originally published in the Christmas season of 1843,…
The gift of laughter from Desert Star’s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE to Utah
MURRAY — One of the great things about going to Desert Star Playhouse is you almost always walk away feeling good about life again. My wife and I were able…
We like SHORT SHORTS (well, some of them)
SALT LAKE CITY — Wasatch Theatre Company opened their 11th Annual Page to Stage Festival with an evening of Short Shorts, six short plays written by local authors, each presented…