Indulge in Utah Rep’s Politically Savvy CABARET
Salt Lake City – “In here, life is beautiful.” The catchphrase of the Tony Award winning musical rang true as I was invited to my table by a couple of…
Direction makes HENRY V falter at the Utah Children’s Theatre
SOUTH SALT LAKE — Theatre is the most collaborative art; even the most basic shows require the creative input from several people. That is why it is remarkable when a…
Be enter-tamed by Utah Childen’s Theatre’s TAMING OF THE SHREW
SOUTH SALT LAKE — I keep coming back to the Utah Children’s Theatre’s Shakespeare Festival for Kids and Adults with Short Attention Spans. Having reviewed this festival’s productions since 2013,…
Weak dialects muddy strong acting in THE WITNESS
SALT LAKE CITY — In the spring of 1994, the Hutu majority government perpetrated a mass genocide against the Tutsi people of Rwanda, leaving 500,000 to 1,000,000 dead. Vivienne Franzmann’s…
A beautiful BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at Hale Centre Theatre
West Valley City – Beauty and The Beast is a tale most are already familiar with. Belle, a beautiful girl, lives in a small French village with her inventor father.…
FEELING IN A MODERN WORLD satisfies at GSL Fringe
SALT LAKE CITY — The Heart: Feeling in a Modern World, is a new play presented the last two weeks at the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival. It was a…
Find new life in a new play: ONE SELF
SALT LAKE CITY — As a novice to the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival, I was very interested to see what this experience would be like. As I usually do…
ELIZABETH BAM is unconventionally expressive
SALT LAKE CITY — Typically I like to begin a review with a summary of the show I attended, disclosing just enough of the plot to provide a framework for…
RESOLVED loosens up, until the end
SALT LAKE CITY — The fun thing about the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival is the leaps taken in performance that would not be allowable in a more conventional setting.…
Make time for WAITING FOR THE WORLD TO END
SALT LAKE CITY — Waiting for the World to End takes an interesting look at the nuclear apocalypse, as told through the lens of two rabbits. Twinkie (played by Jared…