Actors, script are strongest part of Creekside’s RELATIVE SPACE
PLEASANT GROVE — As a theatre critic, I love the chance to see my reliable favorite musicals like Les Misérables or The Music Man, but not as much as I…
TINKERBELL at Creekside Theatre Fest sparkles with pixie dust
PLEASANT GROVE — I attended the Creekside Theatre Fest production of Tinkerbell (written by Patrick Flynn) with my three-year-old daughter. The play, directed by Jordan Long, is billed for young…
“It’s a fine life” if you get to see OLIVER! at HCTO
OREM — The best way to experience the work of Charles Dickens is in adaptations. By modern standards, most of Dickens’s novels are excessively wordy and overflow with superfluous subplots…
Creekside Theatre’s “First Daughter Suite” should also be the last
PLEASANT GROVE — Michael John Lachiusa’s musical First Daughter Suite is officially described as “A Historical Fantasia in Four Parts.” However, after watching Creekside Theatre Fest’s performance at the Liahona…
Don’t sit alone in your room, come to Daydreamer Theatre’s CABARET
AMERICAN FORK — At first glance, with its penchant for joyful decadence and unabashed depictions of sensual indulgence, the musical Cabaret seems like a great choice to open the exciting…
SCERA’s MARY POPPINS is a nice family outing
OREM — The SCERA’s current production of Mary Poppins is the type of show that the company is known for: a joyous, family-friendly musical that showcases local talent. But it…
THE LAST FIVE YEARS falls flat at UVU
OREM — The Last Five Years is a beautiful show written by Jason Robert Brown that follows the tumultuous courtship and marriage of Jamie Wellerstein (played by Preston Ochsenhurt) and…
A storm of fun is brewin’ at Grassroots Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST
PROVO — Theatre is purest when it is done for the love of it. For the past 14 years, Grassroots Shakespeare Company is a non-profit troupe that has been jovially…
In UVU’s FALSETTOS, everything is more than “Alright”
OREM — “Everything will be alright!” This line is repeated often throughout the second half of the musical Falsettos. After watching UVU’s opening night, I can confirm that this is…
Lehi’s BRIGHT STAR guides its audience to a lovely night
LEHI — How is there so much performing arts talent in Utah? I kept asking myself that question while watching the Lehi Arts Council production of Bright Star. With its…