Spirited “Annie Get Your Gun” Aims for a Bull’s Eye
OREM — 2010 marks the 150th anniversary of Annie Oakley’s birth. Annie Get Your Gun is a fictionalized account of the high-spirited Oakley and the romance she develops with Frank…
Considerable Joy at Sundance’s “Big River”
OREM — At the conclusion of Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck explains to the audience, “It was like the fortune predicted long ago: considerable trouble and considerable…
The Music Man: (Nearly 76) Trombones Lead the Big Parade
AMERICAN FORK — The Music Man is an enduring American musical classic and has been a staple of both big and small theater companies since it first swept through Broadway…
Rappucini or His Daughter…
OREM — There are two kinds of reviews: first, the travel advisory; the ‘hey, if you’re going out tonight, here’s a little heads up on your choices’; and second, the…
“Immortal Hearts and Other Short Plays”: Playwright Mahonri Stewart Experiments With a Shorter Form
PROVO — I walk into the Provo Theater space, my very favorite local theater, to see a life-size mummy sarcophagus! I have a feeling this is going to be great!…
“Erin’s Promise” still has room to grow
PROVO — I’ve never been to a roadshow before, but I think I stumbled upon one tonight. Erin’s Promise was a sincere effort of a musical, but felt more like…
“110 in the Shade” – Does Local Cast Live Up?
OREM — “Lizzy will last me my whole life through!” And this production of 110 In The Shade will last many their whole lives through. A beautiful story was told…
The Candy Man Can at the SCERA’s “Wonka”
OREM — As I situated my blankets on the grass of the SCERA shell Thursday night, I really regretted not inviting my 4-year old cousin to Willly Wonka with me.…
110 in the Shade: Everything Beautiful at HCTO
OREM — When it was first announced that Will Swenson would bring Audra McDonald to the Hale Center Theater Orem, we knew that Will’s brother, HCTO Managing Director Cody Swenson, would…
A “turn at bat” with “Funny Girl”
OREM—Funny Girl premiered on Broadway in March, 1964 and played for 1,348 performances. It’s the show that made Barbra Streisand a star and features some of the most loved Broadway…