SimonFest’s MARRIAGE IS MURDER highlights relationship humor, chaos
CEDAR CITY — When an estranged married couple reconnects to write the next book in their co-authored series of murder mysteries, there is bound to be some fireworks. Or in…
Switch it up and see Herriman Arts Council’s FREAKY FRIDAY
HERRIMAN — Every year the summer show produced by the Herriman Arts Council is full of great talent, and this year’s Freaky Friday is no exception. Freaky Friday (with a…
UFO&MT’s marvelous OLIVER! is a theatrical triumph
LOGAN — The Utah Festival of Opera and Musical Theatre puts on a strong production of Oliver! that is full of laughter, liveliness, and love. The musical Oliver!, written and…
UFOMT’s dazzling LOHENGRIN feels both familiar and new
LOGAN — All children are raised on fairy tales by the Grimm Brothers: tales of dark German forests, where princesses like Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty wait to be rescued by…
Effervescent EMMA THE MUSICAL is a win at the Utah Shakespeare Fest
CEDAR CITY — It was the year 2000 when the Utah Shakespeare Festival was awarded a Tony for outstanding work as a regional theatre. About that same time lyricist and…
ROMEO AND JULIET holds up well at the Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — As the ever-patient Benvolio spoke the final words, “There never was a story of more woe that this of Juliet and her Romeo,” I could not help…
It’s not “Too Late Baby” to see Tuacahn’s BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL
IVINS — In a 2015 interview with CBS, Carole King (born Carol Joan Klein) stated, “I only wanted to be a songwriter. I never wanted to be a singer, and…
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG is so right at Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — Whether it was a high school production of Oklahoma! or your church’s last Christmas pageant, it is a truth universally acknowledged that bad community theatre, like death,…
MIDSUMMER is pure magic at the Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — There is a peculiar magic that settles in as an audience returns to their seats at the end of intermission for an outdoor summer Shakespeare play. By…
THE MUSIC MAN in Midway is full of charm and beauty
MIDWAY — There are few things more wonderful for a musical theatre fan than going to a outdoor production of a favorite show in those long crisp summer nights. It…