All aboard for laughs at ANYTHING GOES
MAGNA — If laughter is the best medicine, Cole Porter’s Anything Goes should be widely prescribed. Though the Empress Theatre’s production of the musical is anything but perfect, one thing…
Fall in love with Utah Rep’s I LOVE YOU BECAUSE
MURRAY — For years, both movies and television have romanticized the quest for true love in New York with classics like Breakfast at Tiffany’s and long running tv-shows like Friends.…
Take a hilarious trip to the 1960s with THE ODD COUPLE
SALT LAKE CITY — The house was packed at Pioneer Theater Company on Friday. Good for them, obviously, but I felt a bit like a can of tuna. And that…
Bluffdale’s THE MUSIC MAN is flawed, but fun
BLUFFDALE – Meredith Willson’s The Music Man may hold the distinction of being the first musical I’ve ever seen on stage. While I still remember a lot of things from…
Riverton’s SCARLET PIMPERNEL is youthful and fun
RIVERTON — In my opinion, attending a youth production is a fun experience as you get to be witness to talent in the making. I approach such a production critically…
A campy, cheesy, Salty BONNIE AND CLYDE
MIDVALE — When considering the spectrum of sub-genres that fit under the title of “theatre,” a few labels might come to mind: musicals, plays, children’s theatre, and dinner theatre. That’s…
DEATH OF A SALESMAN is full of nuance and pathos
SALT LAKE CITY — Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman is widely recognized as classic American drama, as evidenced by its laurels—among them the 1949 Pulitzer for Drama plus an…
THE SEA HORSE at Westminster is an exciting experiment
SALT LAKE CITY — Academic theatre can be tough. Collegiate stages across the country struggle to find shows to please their audiences while considering their gender-imbalanced pool of actors and…
ROBIN HOOD is an exciting adventure
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Children’s Theatre’s Robin Hood, adapted and directed by Joanne Parker, packs an incredible amount of punch into two hours. This historically detailed retelling begins…
SHREK THE MUSICAL is monstrously fun
SALT LAKE CITY — There has been a long history of adapting cartoons and animated movies to the Broadway stage, from Li’l Abner to Annie, to You’re a Good Man,…