Grotesque fun with JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH at UCT
SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Children’s Theatre’s James and the Giant Peach under the direction of Joanne Parker is grotesque fun (and that’s meant as a compliment). An adaption…
Join the revolt with MATILDA at Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy
SANDY — The musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Matilda has found its way through the streets of London, past Broadway’s Shubert Theatre, and landed smack dab in the middle of…
SILENT DANCER looks for razzmatazz
SALT LAKE CITY — “The whole point of being alive is to make some noise!” exclaims Zelda Fitzgerald mid-way through Kathleen Cahill‘s new play, Silent Dancer. This collaborative dance and…
Promising cast devoured by plant at Draper Historic Theatre
DRAPER — Like its featured creature, Little Shop of Horrors is a strange beast: a combination of a late-’50s monster-of-the-week flick and an ’80s B-movie camp, featuring a jive-talking, man-eating…
THE RIVALS vies for your heart
SALT LAKE CITY — Powdered wigs piled high, faux beauty spots, and elegant manners are all staples of the eighteenth century and are rarely on better display than in Richard…
Westminster’s OTHELLO delivers moor
SALT LAKE CITY — Othello is “not an easy show,” Westminster College’s director Jared Larkin says in his director’s note. He’s not just talking about the word count, either. The…
Family comes first in OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS
WEST JORDAN — “Tengo Famiglia!” This Italian refrain echoes through Joe DiPietro’s script, Over the River and Through the Woods, at Sugar Factory Playhouse. Located in Pioneer Hall, the small…
You may need a long hot shower after SWEAT at Pioneer Theatre Company
Sweat plays Mondays through Thursdays at 7:00 PM, Fridays at 7:30 PM, and Saturdays at 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM through April 13th on the Lees Main Stage of Simmons…
Feel the power of change at Hale’s STEEL MAGNOLIAS
SANDY — As March wound down, Hale Centre Theatre began their run of a play that perfectly embodies what March is officially known as: Women’s Month. Steel Magnolias, written by…
MACBETH for the rising generation
WEST VALLEY CITY — In a world where youth are constantly looking down at their phones to watch the latest asinine YouTube video with a limited attention span, I wonder…