Grand’s LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS grows charm
SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY — I like tragedies. I find I’m in a minority about this. People around me like things to end happy and well. But I like the…
A powerful ELEPHANT’S GRAVEYARD at Westminster College
SALT LAKE CITY – A beautiful retelling of a horrific true story, Elephant’s Graveyard, is the current production on the stage at Westminster College. Yet, the cast provides this beautiful…
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT is a delightful night of nonsense
SALT LAKE CITY — On April 24, 2012, Broadway’s newest Gershwin musical made its debut as Nice Work If You Can Get It. Over two years later, Work Light Productions…
Give an eye to Sting & Honey’s THE PRIVATE EAR
SALT LAKE CITY — As the audience took their seats in Rose Wagner’s dimly lit Black Box Theater, a single light fell on a large print of Boticelli’s The Birth…
I’LL EAT YOU LAST serves up good dish
SALT LAKE CITY — One person shows are not easy undertakings. A single performer has to be dynamic enough to capture the attention of an audience for sixty or more…
Short and sweet FOREVER PLAID
SOUTH SALT LAKE — Frankie, Smudge, Sparky, and Jinx comprise a singing group called “The Plaids.” They don’t seem to be anything special, just a couple of nice guys; they’ve…
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…