PTC’s I HATE HAMLET is a charming, funny love letter to theatre
SALT LAKE CITY — Producing a lesser known comedy poking fun at theatre might seem like a gamble, but Pioneer Theatre Company’s production of I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick…
GHOST THE MUSICAL never comes to life
WEST VALLEY CITY — Based on the 1990 Oscar Award winning romantic drama film, starring Patrick Swazye, Demi Moore, and Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost the Musical is fresh off of Broadway…
Orem Hale’s LES MIS brings new life to old story
OREM — Victor Hugo‘s episodic story of revolution, love, and redemption takes the stage once more in the Hale Center Theater’s production of Les Misérables. This well-known musical (with music…
WSU’s DAMN YANKEES steps up to the plate
OGDEN — What can you do when the baseball team you love never quite performs? Do you give up? Learn to accept the losses? Defend your team to the end?…
LITTLE WOMEN at the Ellen Eccles Theatre feels right at home
LOGAN — Little Women is one of those shows where you might have read the book, even heard a few songs, but haven’t even seen the production before. I was…
Get on board with OFF THE MAP at BYU
PROVO — Last year BYU took a chance on an idea: creating a new international arts festival. The hope was that Utahns would embrace innovative, modern theatre productions from around…
Case closed: THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is a hit
OREM — One of the great tragedies of nineteenth century English literature is that Charles Dickens died right in the middle of writing his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin…
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO is a musical theatre triumph
PROVO — When a conspiracy puts him unjustly behind bars, Edmund Dantes wants revenge. The years in prison have allowed Edmund’s anger to smolder, and once he breaks free, Edmund…
INTO THE WOODS strays from the path
MAGNA — From Broadway to Disney (and everything in between), Into the Woods, Stephen Sondheim’s classic spin on fairy tales, takes root at the Empress Theatre in Magna. There is…
WV Hale Theatre’s IS HE DEAD? slowly comes to life
WEST VALLEY — Is He Dead? is an intriguing historical artifact. Written by legendary write Mark Twain in 1898, it wasn’t until the 2003 that the piece was finally published…