SWEENEY TODD hauntingly directed by Sweeney
WEST VALLEY CITY — When picking a show to see or produce around Halloween, you cannot go wrong with Sondheim’s amazing and horrific tale of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber…
CenterPoint offers a strong production of THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
CENTERVILLE — The Scarlet Pimpernel was first a stage play in 1903, and then turned into a novel by the same author, Baroness Orczy, in 1905. It is a popular…
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is a good night out in Tooele
TOOELE — As a child, I loved to spread out the Sunday’s newspaper comic pages out in the sunshine on the living room carpet, and I would always start with…
Hale’s THE SECRET GARDEN could use more light
SANDY — The Secret Garden has been enjoyed on the page, stage, and screen for over a century. Based on the children’s novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the 1991 Broadway…
Terrace Plaza’s SPELLING BEE is even better years later
OGDEN — Terrace Plaza Playhouse has done something I have not seen a local company in Utah do, which is a “reunion production,” calling most of the cast of the…
Prepare for a night of levity in Orem Hale’s THE 39 STEPS
OREM — It is the second time I have seen The 39 Steps on the Utah stage. It is a lovely parody of an old Alfred Hitchcock movie. This adaptation…
Ziegfeld’s 9 TO 5 is a catchy memo on female empowerment
OGDEN — Decades before the #MeToo movement, a group of Boston secretaries organized the “9to5 movement” in the 1970s to fight for better pay, more opportunities to advance, and to…
SGMT’s HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL is a class you won’t want to skip
ST. GEORGE — Opening night at St. George Musical Theater had all the excitement of a pep rally before a big game—which should be expected when the cast is belting…
The hills of Perry sing with THE SOUND OF MUSIC
PERRY — We all grew up with Julie Andrew’s iconic performance in the 1965 film version of The Sound of Music. This classic play is filled with timeless songs we…
RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER is a storytelling adventure at sea
SALT LAKE CITY — Jonah Kirkhart’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner, part of the the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival, is a new play based on an old poem, originally…