Bluffdale’s LES MIS: SCHOOL EDITION is a joy for cast and viewers
BLUFFDALE — When I heard that the Bluffdale Arts Advisory Board was mounting a production of Les Misérables: School Edition, I jumped at the chance to cover the show. Les…
Peek into the future with DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC FRIENDS?
PROVO — There is a special place in my heart for experimental theatre pieces. They are a glorious deviation from the overdone Utahn golden age classics. Local experimental productions are…
Seeing HADESTOWN at the Eccles is worth going to hell and back
SALT LAKE CITY — The musical Hadestown, with music, lyrics, and book by Anais Mitchell, opened on Broadway in March of 2019 with a pre-Broadway life in London and Off-Broadway.…
PLEASANT GROVE rock opera is visceral and painfully relevant
WEST VALLEY CITY — Pleasant Grove is an exciting piece of theatre that its creators have been developing since the 1990s. Set in our own Utah Valley in the 1970s,…
You’ve got to buy a ticket or two for OLIVER! in American Fork
AMERICAN FORK — Lionel Bart’s Oliver!, directed by Margo Watson, is an entertaining musical the whole family will love. The play starts off with the energetic song “Food Glorious Food,”…
Toxic friendships take a TRIP at the GREAT SALT LAKE FRINGE FEST
SALT LAKE CITY — Sometimes going to a one-act play is more about getting introduced to an idea or a concept more than a completely fleshed out story. Such is…
SMALL BOX WITH A REVOLVER is a bullseye
SALT LAKE CITY — In Small Box With a Revolver, Sam and Gene are strangers who do not why or how they have woken up in a locked room with…
Don’t boo for THE HAUNTING IS YOU at the Great Salt Lake Fringe
SALT LAKE CITY — There are two truths universally acknowledged by theatre makers: 1. You will always be fundraising. 2. Improv (improvised theatre) can be fun, but it is also…
Uninspiring acting makes A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED struggle for life
CENTERVILLE — Typically, I am a big fan of the various productions at CenterPoint Legacy Theatre. I was quite excited as I filed into the intimate black box theater for…
You can cheer for SOMETHIN’ TO CRY ABOUT at Salt Lake Fringe
SALT LAKE CITY — In a story inspired by recent Utah headlines, Somethin’ To Cry About explores the emotional life of Donald, a Black teen forced to attend therapy after…