STEEL MAGNOLIAS survives, despite its weaknesses
PROVO — Annelle, Truvy, Clairee, Shelby, M’lynn, and Ouiser: these six women come together in the small town salon of Steel Magnolias to be beautified and befriended. Shelby is the…
Grassroots Shakespeare’s MUCH ADO is really something
PLEASANT GROVE — Thinking back on my Saturday night at Discovery Park, I realize now that my expectations were hinging on unrealistically high for Grassroots Shakespeare Company’s production of Much…
A visually beautiful TARZAN in Orem
OREM — Adapted from the original Disney film, Tarzan: The Musical, brings Edgar Rice Burroughs’s classic coming-of-age story to the outdoor SCERA Shell Theater. In the story, a father and…
A WRINKLE IN TIME explores old ideas, spaces in a new way
PROVO — My memories of Madeline L’Engle’s novel A Wrinkle in Time are inseparably connected to that period in my life when I discovered the magic of the written word.…
Outdoor production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM is a pleasure
OREM — Summer Shakespeare performances are one of those seasonal delights that seem to have become more popular in the last few years. It’s a drastic change from the typical…
All-male THE TAMING OF THE SHREW is a delight
OREM — I’ve said before that I’ll never pass up a chance to see a Grassroots Shakespeare Company show, and my enthusiasm only grew stronger after seeing their production of…
GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES was anything but a gruesome performance
OREM — Gruesome Playground Injuries is a contemporary drama with some dark comedy interspersed in the writing by Pulitzer Prize nominated playwright Rajiv Joseph. I first became a fan of…
URINETOWN is a #1 show
OREM — If you have never seen Urinetown, you are missing out on a delightfully metatheatrical parody of theatre and society. It is now playing at the Hale Center Theatre…
Salty Dinner Theater’s SHERLOCK HOLMES is elementary fun
LAYTON — Salty Dinner Theater’s most recent production and first-ever mystery, Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the “Violinist’s Beau,” is a Sherlock Holmes mystery investigating a murder committed early…
ENCHANTED APRIL is a good start to a musical
PROVO — Utah Lyric Opera’s production of Enchanted April at the Covey Center for the Arts is an original musical version written and directed by Elizabeth Hansen, with composition by…