A very shaky FIDDLER ON THE ROOF from Windstorm
MURRAY — Fiddler on the Roof is arguably one of the best known and loved Broadway musicals ever since its premiere in 1964. The 1971 film adaptation added to the…
Difficult to adapt to this SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
CEDAR CITY — I have never adapted a novel into a stage production, but I imagine it must be a difficult process. Becausee most audiences aren’t interested in six plus…
SCERA makes LES MISERABLES a “Master”-fully unique show
OREM — “To love another person is to see the face of God.” As Jean Valjean passes away after a long and eventful life, this line—one of the last lyrics…
Hale’s MAN OF LA MANCHA is a fantastic dream
OREM — Man of La Mancha is, as far as I can tell, a musical that rarely graces the stages of our state. Perhaps this is because the margin of…
A Nice Evening With THE ADDAMS FAMILY
MAGNA — The Addams Family started as a single panel comic in the New Yorker magazine drawn by Charles Addams, was later adapted to a television show, an animated cartoon,…
Catch the “Spark of Creation” at CenterPoint’s CHILDREN OF EDEN
CENTERVILLE — It is astounding to me how immense the world of theatre seems to be—with so much to offer and an abundance of new material constantly being created. Yet…
MARY POPPINS soars at the Hale Centre Theatre
WEST VALLEY CITY — There is a scene in both the movie and the stage production of Mary Poppins wherein the title character pulls a series of large objects out…
Tuacahn’s THE LITTLE MERMAID has legs
IVINS — The classic children’s story The Little Mermaid, originally conceived by Hans Christian Andersen, is the story of a young mermaid princess who, although she apparently has everything, longs…
There’s no place like Tuacahn for THE WIZARD OF OZ
IVINS — Over a century old, L. Frank Baum‘s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a favorite among classic American children’s literature which became even more popular after the 1939…
“I Believe” in Midvale Main Street Theatre’s SPRING AWAKENING
MIDVALE CITY — Midvale Main Street Theatre’s production of Spring Awakening is a breath of fresh air when compared to the often overdone happy-go-lucky kind of musicals we seem to…