adaptation

SALT LAKE CITY — I have been a fan of Monty Python for most of my life. I have seen every movie and almost every episode of their old TV…

PROVO — To lift off The Covey Center for the Arts’ Black Box Theater season, Artistic Director J. Scott Bronson enlisted the talents of Dave Hansen, a local playwright. They…

MAGNA — Back to The Empress, a now-familiar place for me. Having reviewed two other shows here, I am now a fan and an adamant supporter. However, seeing the theatre…

SALT LAKE CITY – The Lion King is playing at the Capitol Theatre. Director Julie Taymor has brought depth and sincerity in her stage adaptation of the simple yet enjoyable…

SALT LAKE CITY — I’m a romantic. I try to save face and be cynical, but I’m a sucker for a good love story. Charlotte Brontë’s gothic romance Jane Eyre…

IVINS — Attending the Tuacahn Amphitheater is an event. From driving deep into the red rock canyon the theater is nestled in, to walking (in my case rushing) up the…

WEST VALLEY CITY – The Three Musketeers is playing at the Hale Centre Theatre. The story feels old. The acting and directing are fair. The design is fantastic. Overall it…

The term ‘it’s all Greek to me’ had to come from somewhere, right? Even with my ability to recognize such names as Zeus and Hades (thanks to Percy Jackson) a…

OGDEN — All I knew going in was that this was a musical that had a lot of Italian. Forget about enjoying the story and learning new melodies. I was…

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…