Lehi’s SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS is a good community experience
LEHI — Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is one of those shows that Utahns love. It might be that classic musical feel, the fact that it is so family friendly,…
ACCIDENT, WEST VIRGINIA suffers from rough script
PROVO — I really wanted to like this show. I really did. I know that when reviewers go see a show, we should be open-minded and unbiased, but I wanted…
A different look at THE WIZARD OF OZ
OREM — When I went on Friday to see . . . Wait, what’s that Sweetheart? Friday is our 10-year anniversary? Oh, . . . ok. When I went on…
For Grassroots Shakespeare’s HAMLET, the play’s the thing
PROVO — Last year I was scheduled to see a Grassroots Shakespeare Company’s play and it was raining. Because their shows are performed outside, I wimped out and decided not…
THE MIKADO is a disappointing how-dee-do
PROVO — Gilbert and Sullivan paired up over 120 years ago and created 13 (well, technically 14) operettas, most of which are still quite regularly performed today. The “Big 3”…
PIRATES! OF PENZANCE? is the very model of a modern dinner theater
MIDVALE — Interactive theater is a risky genre—audiences tend to either love it or hate it, with few on the fence. Some people understandably want to go to a show…
All-male MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM is striking and innovative
SALT LAKE CITY — This all-male cast of Shakespeare‘s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is not a show you want to miss. The Grassroots Shakespeare Company 2012 summer tour began last…
Grassroots’s TWELFTH NIGHT is well worth your time
OREM — Now that summer is here, there are a number of shows that have begun cropping up in local parks and outdoor amphitheaters. One group that has made themselves…
BEAUTY AND THE PRINCE: A play of a hundred years
SPRINGVILLE — Beauty and the Prince by local playwrights Anna Murdock and Cami Murdock Jensen is now playing at the Little Brown Theatre is Springville. Directed by Amanda Oliver, it…
ARABIAN NIGHTS shows that telling a good story can save your life!
PROVO — “We want to tell you these stories, and now come with us to this magical place,” exclaimed the performers at the beginning of BYU’s production of selections from…