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…
Salt Lake Shakespeare’s MIDSUMMER mashup is too messy
SALT LAKE CITY — A Midsummer Night’s Dream is probably the most performed of Shakespeare‘s comedies. It is still very funny and accessible for modern audiences and seems custom made…
Herriman creates a “big, bright, beautiful” SHREK
HERRIMAN — “It’s a big bright beautiful world!” sings Shrek in the opening of the eponymous Shrek The Musical. And it’s hard to find a more appropriate set of words…
WICKED is luminous and inspiring
SALT LAKE CITY — A villain, generally speaking, is a fictional person of bad reputation who stands between the hero and his/her goal. Every kid knows the hero is good,…
A very shaky FIDDLER ON THE ROOF from Windstorm
MURRAY — Fiddler on the Roof is arguably one of the best known and loved Broadway musicals ever since its premiere in 1964. The 1971 film adaptation added to the…
SATURDAY’S VOYEUR is SNL in SLC
SALT LAKE CITY — “Product of their time” was the key phrase in Salt Lake Acting Company’s annual production of Saturday’s Voyeur—Mumpsimus the Musical. Updated with 2014 “Mormon Issues,” the…
A Nice Evening With THE ADDAMS FAMILY
MAGNA — The Addams Family started as a single panel comic in the New Yorker magazine drawn by Charles Addams, was later adapted to a television show, an animated cartoon,…
THE LAST FIVE YEARS at the Babcock Theatre is captivating
SALT LAKE CITY — The Last Five Years, presented by Salt Lake Shakespeare at the U of U’s Babcock Theatre, is a production full of honest and captivating moments. Lead…