The Ruth Stages a Classic WIZARD OF OZ
PLEASANT GROVE — In my opinion, The Wizard of Oz is the greatest film of all time, bar none. So it’s no surprise that it’s often performed onstage. The Ruth…
Young Rockstars Shine in Scera’s SCHOOL OF ROCK
OREM — Based on the beloved 2003 comedy, School of Rock is an upbeat musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater, and book by Julian Fellowes.…
MESSIAH: ONE WOMAN’S SACRED STRUGGLE is touching and uplifting
SALT LAKE CITY — Most people are familiar with Handel’s Messiah, a beloved oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel with text taken from the King James Bible and…
Mischief & Mirth highlight SGMT’s Beautiful Production of EMMA
ST. GEORGE — In what can suitably be described as a humorous, heart-warming evening, St. George Musial Theater has once again proved itself to be a delightful escape from the…
Westminster’s H5 is Full of Surprises
SALT LAKE CITY — In a state that is home to the second largest Shakespeare festival in the country, where high school students and college students alike have fairly easy…
GREAT COMET at UVU is too Cosmically Energetic to Pass Up
OREM — Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 is a musical that hits the ground running. The opening number is fast, the relationships are complex, and the characters…
Meddling, Music, and Marriage: EMMA shines at West Valley
WEST VALLEY CITY — Walking into the West Valley Performing Arts Center for Kate Hamill’s Emma, I wasn’t entirely sure what I was going to get. I’m an avid reader…
Hop on Over to SCERA’s PETER RABBIT
OREM — It has been a couple of years since I’ve been able to attend a Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) production at the SCERA Center for the Arts, as…
Musical Theater Melds with the Bard in SGMT’s KISS ME, KATE
ST. GEORGE — In the theater world, productions are often sorted into various genres: the musicals, the comedies, the dramas; while other times they are lumped together by the playwrights…
Come As You Are to SLAC’s TYA: NAKED MOLE RAT GETS DRESSED
SALT LAKE CITY — Over the course of the ten years I have been writing for Utah Theatre Bloggers, I have had the opportunity to review five of the yearly…