HCTO’s Final CHRISTMAS CAROL Is a Triumph
OREM — Jim Collins’ best selling book “Good to Great” discusses principals that separate good companies from those that are truly great. One of the things that gets in the…
Whispering Room Theatre Debut Stuns With THE DUCHESS OF MALFI
PROVO — The Duchess of Malfi is quite the text to tackle, but director Dylan Hamilton Wright rose to the challenge. The Hive Collaborative is a local performing space with…
Herd the Little Flock to Young Company’s BABE THE SHEEP PIG
PROVO — Like many millennials, the movie Babe is a nostalgic favorite. The 1995 motion picture, adapted from the novel The Sheep Pig by Dick King-Smith, was a surprise cultural…
Don’t Be a Naughty Baby—Go See BYU’s Crazy For You
PROVO — Is BYU’s musical theatre always this good? Last year’s Godspell was my favorite non-equity performance I have ever seen, now here comes an ebullient Crazy For You that…
Payson’s WAIT UNTIL DARK Carried By Strong Leads
PAYSON — Payson Community Theatre board member Hannah Anderson spoke warmly about twenty five years of theatre shows produced. She was insightful about the ebb and flow of fall shows…
SECRETS OF SLEEPY HOLLOW at the Hive is full of twists and turns
PROVO — Washington Irving’s 1820 short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has inspired countless adaptations in the two hundred years since its publishing. Secrets of Sleepy Hollow, written by…
Discover new theatrical frontier with BYU’s MEN ON BOATS
PROVO — I love it when theatre leans into purely theatrical modes of storytelling. While technology offers benefits to minimize the costs of building sets, I have a soft spot…
Lehi Arts Provides a Fluffy, Fun Romp Through PUFFS
LEHI — Tucked away on Center Street in Lehi, Utah is a cozy little postage stamp of a performance space that I had never had the pleasure of visiting until…
HCTO’s PINKALICIOUS is Pinkerific Fun
OREM — Hale Center Theatre Orem’s production of Pinkalicious is a Theatre for Young Audiences adaptation of the Pinkalicious story by Victoria Kann. Pinkalicious has also been adapted into a…
Joyful and lovely MY FAIR LADY at HCTO
OREM — “My Fair Lady is a joyous and tender story of love and equality.”, concludes Rodger Sorenson in the Director’s Note written for the program of My Fair Lady…