PTC’S PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE is a champion
SALT LAKE CITY – A musical about school children participating in a county-wide spelling bee?. When I first heard of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee back in 2005,…
THE COLOR PURPLE is a powerful story of identity
SALT LAKE CITY — One theme that all people can relate to is the search for one’s ipseity, or identity. It is a universal struggle, and a journey explored in…
DRACULA HE’S SO VEIN! is so punny
MURRAY — A night at the Desert Star means live ragtime piano, audience sing-along, a post-production music revue, and plenty of comedy tailored to the local community. As a Desert…
It would be a tragedy to miss HECUBA
SALT LAKE CITY — Euripides‘s describes the title character of his tragedy Hecuba as a “mother of sorrows.” A more apt description would be impossible to find. When the play…
A lot to love in HCT’s SHE LOVES ME
WEST VALLEY CITY — I love romantic comedies. To me there is nothing quite so comforting than (re)watching my favorite rom-coms, stopping and rewinding scenes over and over. True, I…
Simple is better in Murray Arts’s production of URINETOWN
MURRAY CITY — The show Urinetown has been on my list of must see musicals for quite some time ever since a few years ago, when my choir teacher told…
More fun than mystery in DEATH, THE FINAL FRONTIER: MAY THE CORPSE BE WITH YOU
DRAPER — Having previously attended a Poison Ivy Mysteries dinner production, I attended Death, The Final Frontier: May the Corpse Be With You with the knowledge that I would be…
Fantastic family fun with THE FROG AND I
MAGNA — The Frog and I is an original work by Jake Anderson, the executive director of the Empress Theatre. So, I had no idea what to expect from the…
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY is an evening of gripping theater
SALT LAKE CITY — When their father goes missing, the three Weston sisters gather to the family home in rural Osage County, Oklahoma, to help their mother pick up the…
Sandy Arts Guild’s production of FOOTLOOSE is “Almost Paradise”
SALT LAKE CITY — I caught the dancing bug when I saw my first production of Footloose. As an energetic enthusiastic young teenager I loved to perform and was thrilled…