“Dial Tones” impresses and inspires
PROVO — Often, when I walk into a small theatre to see a new work, written and directed by local artists, I have two thoughts. I hope that this will…
Not Your Mother’s “Oklahoma!”
OREM – Ho-hum. Another opening of another Oklahoma! Curly ambles down the auditorium’s aisles and onto the stage rhapsodizing about “a bright, golden haze on the meadow”—
Peter Pan twinkles at BYU
PROVO — BYU is currently presenting Peter Pan, a musical based on the play by James M. Barrie. Since 1904, audiences have been enjoying the story of the boy who…
“The Foreigner” Doesn’t Fail to Entertain
OREM — The Foreigner at the Hale Center Theatre Orem, like many shows in this venue, is a delightful production. I had a few expectations for the piece given my…
24-Hour Project impresses
PROVO — Five hilarious plays were performed last Saturday night for BYU’s Experimental Theater Company’s 24-Hour Theatre Project. I didn’t really know what to expect and wondered that since it…
“A Christmas Carol” is Delightfully Melodramatic
OREM — The stories of Charles Dickens are easily adapted to the stage, not just because he was a great writer, but because he wrote great melodrama. His novels play…
A Simple but Joyful Noise
PROVO — George Frideric Handel’s name has always been a familiar one in my life, but it wasn’t until I attended Tim Slover’s Joyful Noise at the Covey Center that…
Add Some Spice to your Season with Salty Dinner’s Christmas Carol!
SOUTH JORDAN — “Add some seasoning to your dinner event,” is the tag line for Salty Dinner Theater. It should say, add some holiday season to your dinner by attending…
“She Stoops to Conquer” = LOL :D :D :D
OREM — Before the show started, the lights dimmed and an usher came out onto the UVU Noorda stage to ask us as an audience to please leave our phones…
“Plaid Tidings” is full of Christmas cheer
OREM — Years ago, I saw the original Forever Plaid and loved the story of the four young men from the ’60s, The Plaids, who were killed in a car…