Interview with Utah Valley Players’ NEXT TO NORMAL director Shawnda Moss
PLEASANT GROVE — My opening question to Zack Elzey, producer of the Utah Valley Theatre Festival that is now entering its sixth year, was an echo from a show that…
Hart Theater Company’s NINE adds up to a great evening
TAYLORSVILLE — Maury Yeston’s musical Nine, opened on Broadway in 1983. It won the Tony Award for best musical that year. However, it has never been reviewed by UTBA, likely…
HYPERSOMNIA is thoughtful experimental theatre from a new company
OGDEN — Hypersomnia is a new and innovative production put on by Riff-Raff Theatre Company, a new theatre company here in Utah. Performed at the Eccles Black Box Theatre in…
HCTO’s CLUE is a hilarious whodunnit
OREM — Clue, whether as a board game, a film, a video game, or many of its other iterations, has entertained people for over 70 years. The latest version is…
Let Heritage Theatre’s THE LITTLE MERMAID cast a spell on your kids
PERRY — As many a millennial can attest, Disney’s The Little Mermaid was one of the backdrops of that generation. The 1989 Disney animated movie, with lyrics by Howard Ashman…
Klouns Theatre Co’s devised AN ACT OF SEVEN AGES is good for the soul
PLEASANT GROVE — Among the most well known of William Shakespeare’s writings is the monologue from Jacques in act five of As You Like It, which begins with the following:…
“Take This Chance” on Utah Valley Players’ NEXT TO NORMAL
PLEASANT GROVE — “Why would you want to remember the things that hurt you?” The question posed by Dan, the father in the 2009 rock musical Next to Normal (with…
PIRATES…ON THE SIDE is a buried treasure
OGDEN — Broadway on the Side is a new production company in Ogden with big goals and dreams. The company is currently housed in a strip mall space converted into…
“Seize the day” and enjoy Hurricane Theatrical’s NEWSIES
HURRICANE — Bring together a talented cast of singer and dancers (with energy as high as their toe-touches and vocal prowess soaring even higher than that) and, as they say…
HEARTLESS THE MUSICAL is full of heart in Provo
PROVO — “Long before she was the terror of Wonderland — the infamous Queen of Hearts — she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love.” This new…