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‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ Delivers Laughs

OREM — “Give them what they want,” the cast members sing as the play begins- and that’s exactly what they did. According to the website, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels promises to keep you laughing, humming and guessing to the end. It easily lived up to all these expectations.

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‘The Vagina Monologues’ proves to be more than just a show

SALT LAKE CITY — As a man, I anticipated that walking into a production of “The Vagina Monologues” would be like throwing a steak to a den of lionesses. The piece tends to have an anti-male bias and carries with it a stigma of being a 2-hour “man bashing” session. However, this was not the case at Westminster College in Salt Lake City. They took the piece and instead bolstered understanding and awareness for all audience members in attendance, regardless of sex.

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Pleasantly surprised by the story of Jack

SALT LAKE CITY — Jack and the Beanstalk, at The Children’s Theater in SLC, was a visual delight with natural comedy; it left me feeling joyful and excited. What this cast and crew have grown from the meager beginnings of this fairy tale, is nothing less than magical.

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‘Jonah and the Great Fish’ floods the stage with great tunes and a lot of humor

OREM — The inspiration behind Michael Jackson’s Thriller or the dueling gangs of West Side Story just might have been a talented and energetic group of dancers from the ancient city of Ninevah. No, you didn’t miss that part of the well-known Bible story, it was just one of the many entertaining little additions Director Dennis Angle wove into his retelling of the story in Jonah and the Great Fish.

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