A harrowing, poignant GREY GARDENS at Lyric Rep
LOGAN — Before the curtain rises on Grey Gardens, the voice of W. Vosco Call, who founded the Lyric Repertory Company more than fifty years ago, gives the pre-show announcement…
Sandy Hale’s NEWSIES is “Something to Believe In”
SANDY — The stage adaption of the 1992 movie Newsies has taken Utah by storm, with another new production mounting, this time at the Hale Center Theatre in Sandy. Directed…
UFO&MT’s YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN excels vocally
LOGAN — To kick off their musical theatre season, the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre has chosen You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, based on the comic strip by…
THE FROG PRINCE quietly hops along
CEDAR HILLS — My inaugural experience with the Creekside Theatre Festival is their production of The Frog Prince, a play for young audiences. Like the Festival itself, The Frog Prince…
Lyric Rep’s SENSE & SENSIBILITY captures genius of Jane Austen
LOGAN — How should a reviewer approach a production of an oft-adapted classic? The test of any contribution to the Jane Austen corpus is two-part but simple: (1) is it…
JOSEPH…DREAMCOAT is by-the-book fun at Terrace
OGDEN — I joined Utah Theatre Bloggers in 2011, and in that time, this is now my fifth review of a production of Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, while…
THE GIVER gives more than just good memories
The Giver is playing as part of the Creekside Theatre Festival on June 20, 22, 25, 26, and 29 at 8 PM at the Heritage Park Amphitheater (4425 W. Cedar…
Don’t neglect THE WHO’S TOMMY at the Ziegfeld
OGDEN — The Ziegfeld Theatre in Ogden has taken on the rock opera The Who’s Tommy, based on the 1969 album of the same name with music and lyrics by…
“I Don’t Need Anything But . . .” the Orem Hale’s ANNIE
OREM — My biggest worry as I write about Hale Center Theater Orem’s Annie is that I will run out of synonyms for “good” as I describe this production. Perhaps…
Nothing revolting about Tuacahn’s MATILDA
IVINS — The musical Matilda (with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin and book by Dennis Kelly), is based on the Roald Dahl book of the same name. This story…