A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS in Magna is a welcomed holiday option
MAGNA — The Empress Theatre’s production of A Charlie Brown Christmas is a 2013 stage adaption written by Eric Schaeffer of the made for TV cartoon of the same name.…
SCROOGE brings a familiar Christmas spirit to CenterPoint
CENTERVILLE — Charles Dickens‘s Christmastime tale of redemption, A Christmas Carol, was first published in 1843 and has since provided a basis for countless retelling in live action and animated…
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS falls short of the original
SALT LAKE CITY — How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the beloved book by Dr. Seuss, is a popular culture staple, nearly everyone knows what it means to call someone a…
THE THREEPENNY OPERA is worth every penny
SALT LAKE CITY — Bertold Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera offers a satiric view of capitalism in Victorian London. Opening with the familiar standard, “The Ballad of Mack the Knife,” the…
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS, & lots of laughs at Pioneer
SALT LAKE CITY — A British play based on Carlo Goldoni‘s classic The Servant of Two Masters (an Italian commedia dell’arte play), One Man, Two Guvnors is a comic play…
Stormy seas for AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
MAGNA — When Agatha Christie‘s And Then There Were None opens, people are mysteriously invited to a mansion on an isolated island. Once they’re stranded there, they start dying one…
A matchless MUCH ADO ABOUT ZOMBIES at the Covey
PROVO – Directed by renowned Utah playwright Eric Samuelsen, Shakespeare’s classic comedy receives a dramatic retelling at the Covey Center for the Arts, just in time for Halloween. Much Ado…
Don’t miss MISS NELSON IS MISSING!
OREM — After reviewing over 100 shows for Utah Theatre Bloggers Association, I have found that the easiest reviews to write are raves and pans. When I write a mixed…
Grand’s LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS grows charm
SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY — I like tragedies. I find I’m in a minority about this. People around me like things to end happy and well. But I like the…
Ziegfeld’s SHREK delights children and adults
OGDEN — Over the last few years, many popular movies have been adapted to stage productions. This has proved to be a profitable choice for many theatrical companies, and Shrek…