“There’s a place for us” at WEST SIDE STORY at West Valley Arts
WEST VALLEY CITY — There is something special about a memorable ending to a musical or play. The rest of the production can have flaws, but if the show can…
A historic night with PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE at The Stage Door
ST. GEORGE — Two geniuses walk into a bar in Montmartre. It sounds like the promising start of a joke. Instead, it is the premise for The Stage Door’s current…
SINGING THE DIAPHRAGM BLUES is an evening of empowerment
SALT LAKE CITY — Singing the Diaphragm Blues & Other Sexual Cacophonies is an engaging one-woman show written and performed by Rebecca L. McCarthy that recounts her own experiences being…
SAVAGE RESOURCES explores the minefield of a modern workplace
SALT LAKE CITY — Savage Resources (written and directed by Ariana Broumas Farber) is billed as a “savage satire about winning, working and TikTok.” But ultimately, it feels like a…
A lesson in local history in THE MORMON KID at the Fringe Festival
SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon Kid, or Who Wants to Be an Outlaw? is a one man show starring Morgan Lund (also playwright) with live cello music performed by…
Why now it’s time to BELIEVE in the Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — In summer of 2021, I saw Cymbeline at the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Eileen and Allen Anes Studio theatre. Through a strange mistake, I thought someone was waving…
Crown Utah Shakespeare Fest’s tragic CORIOLANUS with “an oaken garland”
CEDAR CITY — For some people, the idea of seeing a Shakespeare play can be intimidating. “You expect me to not only understand, but enjoy, a 2½-hour Roman political drama…
THE SONS OF ARTHUR fails in its quest to entertain at the GSL Fringe Fest
SALT LAKE CITY — The Sons of Arthur (directed by Rose Allen and Daniel Barton) is a retelling of the 14th century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The…
Oh the things you can think at Hopebox Theatre’s SEUSSICAL
KAYSVILLE — When it is too hot to go out, too sunny to play ball, the Hopebox Theatre has a musical for all. Seussical the Musical (with music by Stephen…
CANYON COUNTRY is a sentimental journey at Great Salt Lake Fringe
SALT LAKE CITY — Local playwright and actress Olivia Buck Smith brings multiple entries to this year’s Fringe Festival. In her Canyon Country seven characters get stranded overnight in a…