MRS. DOUBTFIRE National Tour is Family-Friendly Delight
PROVO — For the short run that Mrs. Doubtfire has at the Covey, (it’s only here until Saturday night), this National tour packs a lot of energy. With a joyous…
A CHRISTMAS CAROL: Tradition Takes Flight at The Ruth
PLEASANT GROVE — There are holiday productions that simply mark the season, and then there are those that make you feel the Christmas magic. A Christmas Carol at The Ruth…
Heritage Delivers Blizzard of Holiday Cheer with WHITE CHRISTMAS
PERRY — If you’re dreaming of a holiday show that feels like a mug of hot cocoa wrapped in a cozy blanket, Heritage Theatre’s White Christmas is just the thing.…
ELF Gets off the Shelf for Christmas at Tuacahn
IVINS — Tuacahn Performing Arts Center transforms for the Christmas Holidays and brings Elf joyfully to the Hafen Theatre stage, directed by Shari Jordan. Although I grew up in Utah,…
Start the Season with OMT’s A Christmas Carol
OGDEN — Is it Christmastime in the theatre world before you have seen a production of A Christmas Carol? With so many adaptations, the Utah Theatre Community gives audiences the…
Parker Theatre’s Unique CHRISTMAS CAROL Returns
SOUTH SALT LAKE — “Marley was dead to begin with” are the famous first lines of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. But in Parker Theatre’s production, Marley is definitely alive…
Hale Center Theatre’s FROZEN is Worth Melting For
SANDY — I’m always a little skeptical of Disney movies turned into musicals, and this was definitely the case for Frozen the Broadway Musical. However, I have a little girl…
Discovering a Play’s Journey with Scaffolds HERETICS
SALT LAKE CITY — One of the rare joys as a theatre critic in Utah is to see a work in progress. This weekend at Scaffold Theatre playwright Bradley Moss…
OPERA CONTEMPO’s PROTECTRESS is a promising look at a new opera.
Opera Contempo’s latest project is a semi-staged, score-in-hand, reading of Act 2 of a new opera, Protectress, by local composer Jessica Rudman and librettist Kendra Preston Leonard. The final dress…
BYU’s SHE LOVES ME is Lovely
PROVO — She Loves Me is one of the most charming musical comedies in the American Musical lexicon. Never heard of it? Maybe you’ll be familiar with the story if…