GASLIGHT: it’s all about perception
SALT LAKE CITY — London, in a time when muffin men ply their trade on the street, servants answer to their masters’ summoning bells, and flickering gaslights defend the rooms…
Hope springs eternal in CenterPoint’s THE SECRET GARDEN
CENTERVILLE — There are a few shows that I know so well that I hesitate to review them. The Secret Garden, with script and lyrics by Marsha Norman and music…
CenterPoint’s A CHRISTMAS CAROL blesses this holiday season
CENTERVILLE — It isn’t the Christmas Theatre Season until you see A Christmas Carol. I almost thought this year would be the year that I would not see a production…
Strong cast lifts A CHRISTMAS STORY at the SCERA
OREM — A Christmas Story: The Musical is part of a trend on Broadway in the past 20 years of turning popular movies into musicals. Given the financial risks of…
A spirited version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at HCTO
OREM — Holiday traditions provide families with an anchor of stability year after year, and never have people needed stability more than during the coronavirus pandemic. The creative team and…
ILLUSIONARY TALES: spooky stories at their staged best
PROVO — One of the few good things to come out of the pandemic is experimental theater, and BYU’s Illusionary Tales has done a great job of finding a way…
Little ones can discover themselves via THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH
OREM — “Many things are possible as long as you believe they’re not impossible.” That’s one of the lessons of The Phantom Tollbooth, an adaptation of the Norton Juster novel…
HCTO offers a sensory SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
OREM — Hale Center Theater Orem (HCTO)’s Sense and Sensibility made for a perfect maiden voyage back to theatre after the onset of COVID-19. With the light-hearted, comedic, and nostalgic…
Let Lehi’s BIG FISH hook you
LEHI — This year, the Lehi Arts Council’s sole theatre production will be Big Fish. The production was cast in January and was almost ready to open in March. But,…
HOW I BECAME A PIRATE is seaworthy and sound
OREM — Just two years after the last production of How I Became a Pirate at the SCERA, the company has a new production of this play for young audiences.…