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…
Lyric Rep Bops to the Top with SH-BOOM! LIFE COULD BE A DREAM
LOGAN — With some rare exceptions, gone are the days of drive in movies and local radio DJs. Flared skirts and pompadours weren’t always reserved for costume parties and punk…
HCTO’s SEUSSICAL Is Delightfully Unhinged
OREM — Seussical, the musical by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, based on the works of Dr. Seuss has always seemed to me like classic middle school drama fare. As…
Success is the Verdict for Creekside Theatre Fest’s DOUBT
PLEASANT GROVE — Brigham Young once said, “Upon the stage of a theater can be represented in character, evil and its consequences, good and its happy rewards; the weakness and…
Live Music Makes Zig’s Rock of Ages Soar
OGDEN-The Ziegfeld in Ogden, Utah’s latest production, Rock of Ages, with a book by Christopher D’Arienzo and music by various artists of 80’s rock bands, has only been produced a…
GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY A DIFFERENT MUSICAL AT THE ECCLES
SALT LAKE CITY – I am always struck by the modern elegance of the beautiful Eccles Mainstage Theatre. I arrived for the current production, Girl From the North Country, knowing…