“Everything to Win” with the National Tour of ANASTASIA
SALT LAKE CITY — I have always had a deep love for anything Anastasia-related. The 1997 animated film was a favorite growing up, and it lead me to delve as…
Hale Centre Theatre’s TREASURE ISLAND is full of high adventure
SANDY — Treasure Island is a timeless tale of pirates and treachery, told first by Robert Louis Stevenson in his critically acclaimed book and revised for stage and film many…
Tempo varies in Hopebox’s SISTER ACT
KAYSVILLE — Sister Act, based on the 1992 movie of the same name, opened on Broadway in 2011 after previously having been in London. Various productions have been seen all…
An enchanting BEAUTY AND THE BEAST in West Valley
WEST VALLEY CITY — Beauty and the Beast may be a “tale as old as time,” but at West Valley Arts, the show is lively and entertaining, thanks to the…
“Tonight” is a great time to enjoy SGMT’s WEST SIDE STORY
ST. GEORGE — They say young love takes people’s feelings from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, and no story seems to illustrate that more blatantly than…
BYU’s FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is a superb “Miracle of Miracles”
PROVO — It is supposed to be a college production, but BYU’s Fiddler on the Roof is so well executed that audience member can be forgiven if they mistake it…
LA BOHÈME is to die for at UVU
OREM — La Bohème at Utah Valley University is an opera for the masses. While still faithful to Giacomo Puccini‘s vision, this production strips away any pretense, distance, and stodginess…
Pioneer Theatre’s THE MESSENGER is beautiful, relevant and weird
SALT LAKE CITY — “A Very, Very Loose Adaptation of An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen,” Jeff Talbott’s The Messenger at Pioneer Theater Company is a beautiful example…
Prepare to be “Satisfied” with the national tour of HAMILTON
SALT LAKE CITY — It seems strange to think of a time when there was not extreme buzz about Hamilton, and excitement all around when one learned that a tour…
Fields and Co’s LITTLE WOMEN could have been better
OREM — Allie Fields and Co, a brand new theater company, presented a production of Little Women at Lakeridge Junior High School. Mid-rehearsal process, the studio space they were using…