DRIVING MISS DAISY at Lyric Rep is worth the drive
LOGAN — The Black Box Theater on the Utah State University campus is an intimate space with room for a few dozen audience members lucky enough to squeeze in alongside…
SLAC’s CLOSE ENCOUNTERS IN THE BEEHIVE Hits Close to Home
SALT LAKE CITY — Each time I’ve been in the historic church that is home to Salt Lake Acting Company (SLAC), I have been charmed by the conversion of the…
ANASTASIA is a Dream at Timpanogos Community Theatre
AMERICAN FORK — Over the last few years one of the most consistently underrated local theater companies is Timpanogos Community Theatre in American Fork. They perform at the Valentine Theatre…
HAY FEVER at Lyric Rep: Don’t sneeze at classic comedy
LOGAN — I have long been a fan of the Lyric Rep Theatre Company, having seen and reviewed many of their summer productions over the years. I appreciate that they…
Bluffdale’s SEE HOW THEY RUN Runs Away with Laughs
BLUFFDALE — There are some plays and musicals that just work. No matter the decade performed, the venue in question or the cast these classic works can be counted on…
Comedy Untamed: Utah Shakespeare Fest’s TAMING OF THE SHREW
CEDAR CITY — The Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre was awash with laughter on Saturday for the opening night of The Taming of the Shrew. Packed with zany comedy and ingenious comedic…
School of Rock Jams Into Creekside Theatre Fest
PLEASANT GROVE — Many recent Broadway musicals are either of the jukebox variety or based on a movie. As a film and theatre critic I am of course fascinated by…
OLIVER! with a fun steampunk twist at Hopebox
KAYSVILLE — It’s always exciting when local companies put their own spin on a classic of musical theater. Hopebox Theatre has done just that with their new production of Oliver!…
ASSASSINS hits the mark at The Stage Door
ST. GEORGE — For most people, the idea of gathering the likes of Charles Guiteau, John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald and others of similar ilk into a single location…
WINTER’S TALE at Utah Shakespeare Festival Has Something for All
CEDAR CITY — The Winter’s Tale is known as one of Shakespeare’s romances. Not the huggy, kissy kind of romance, the Renaissance version which means a “fantastical tale of high…