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‘Get a Clue: The $tocks Caper’ is well worth investigating

OGDEN — I’ve always been a little cautious of dinner theatre and didn’t know quite what to expect. Granted, I knew I wasn’t going to be snacking on a lamb shank while A Midsummer Night’s Dream played on a stage in front. What’s more is this promised to be a murder-mystery-musical dinner theatre performance. Simply put, I was more than pleasantly surprised by my night with Hunt Mysteries and I’m pretty sure you will be too.

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Naughty Night of Theatre at the Babcock

SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah Department of Theatre held opening night of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show February 19, 2010 to a standing room only crowd. This production is a hard one to review. For those who are cult followers of the film version, I may seem uneducated and unenlightened. For those of you who are somewhat insecure with your sexuality or of how it is portrayed you may feel I am too liberal and celebratory of the so-naughty-it’s-nice production.

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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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