Neil Simon Festival’s NOISES OFF fails to impress
CEDAR CITY — Noises Off by Michael Frayn is hailed as one of the funniest farces ever written. Unfortunately, the production currently at the Neil Simon Festival did not live…
Real people in a real family on stage in BROADWAY BOUND
CEDAR CITY — Broadway Bound by Neil Simon is a story of dreams. Whether those dreams are chased or forgotten or abandoned or sacrificed or lived, they shape and mold…
Spanish Fork’s THE LITTLE MERMAID is positoov-ly fun
SPANISH FORK — Having seen the show on stage three times before, I’m used to spectacle in The Little Mermaid. Nearly every page of Doug Wright‘s script calls for some…
“Take a Chance” on MAMMA MIA! at Tuacahn
IVINS — Wrapping up the 2017 summer season, Tuacahn brings one of Broadway’s most popular and longest running musicals to the red rock canyon. With music and lyrics by Benny…
BLACKBIRD draws on the raggedness of life
SALT LAKE CITY — The phrase “trigger warning” was designed for works like Blackbird. This dark little show is difficult to watch, even for those without trauma. But though trying,…
Grassroots’s THE MERCHANT OF VENICE is a visit to the past
PROVO — Grassroots Shakespeare’s production of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, a play with a mix of comedic and tragic elements and a political undertone, was strengthened by…
Bring your shipoopi to UFO&MT’s THE MUSIC MAN
LOGAN — One of the most golden examples of a golden age musical would have to be Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. The story of a fly-by-night salesman who swings…
SCERA has a great SEUSSICAL, “all for you”
OREM — It is rare that I get a chance to review the a different production of the same show in quick succession. But I have a ten-year-old daughter who…
No wobbly land legs for Herriman’s THE LITTLE MERMAID
HERRIMAN — We all know the Disney version of The Little Mermaid. A young girl finds unhappiness in her sheltered life below the seas, wishing to know more about the…
It’s a tragedy to miss ROMEO AND JULIET in fair Cedar City
CEDAR CITY — The Utah Shakespeare Festival has decided again to visit fair Verona and stage Romeo and Juliet this year in an insightful, well acted, and gratifying production that…