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SALT LAKE CITY — When I picked up my tickets to the University of Utah’s production of Vernon God Little, I had no idea what to expect. I had read…

TOOELE — The Missoula Children’s Theatre is a touring company that show up in a new town at the beginning of the week, holds auditions Monday, rehearses like crazy for…

OREM — At intermission of Little Shop of Horrors at the SCERA, I turned to look at my theatre companion for the evening, my husband, and suddenly realized this was…

CENTERVILLE — Centerpoint Legacy Theatre’s production of Little Women: The Musical was astonishingly good. There are several reasons not to miss this production: the time-honored classic brought to life through…

PROVO — Swallow the Sun opens with C.S. Lewis and Paddy Moore on army cots discussing their mutual love of literature and Ireland. The audience meets a young C.S. Lewis,…

MAGNA — Although it’s a play that I’ve enjoyed for years, the Empress Theatre showed me on Monday night why Beauty and the Beast isn’t merely a good musical. As…

MURRAY – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott is one of those classic, delightful books from my childhood. I loved the story of the March girls: Meg, Jo, Beth and…

PAYSON — Pop quiz! Where can you see a dancing demigods, 1980’s high fashion, and lots and lots of rollerskating? Xanadu, of course, which is a musical playing through Labor…

SPRINGVILLE — A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a story by William Shakespeare that observes and comments on love. As the program for the Little Brown Theater’s production explains, “At first…

SANDY — Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida opened on Friday at the Sandy Amphitheatre under the direction of Trevor Jerome. It is a pleasing production, but it is missing…