A sleepy telling of LEGENDS OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
PROVO — “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is a story that many people are familiar with, or so I thought. When I saw Legends of Sleepy Hollow produced by Zion…
Covey Center brings high adventure in THE THREE MUSKETEERS
PROVO — Despite their strong grounding in French history and culture, Alexandre Dumas’s writing is beloved throughout the world. Stories like The Count of Monte Cristo and The Man in…
MARY POPPINS: Practically perfect theatre magic settling in at the Capitol
SALT LAKE CITY — Mary Poppins is a character and story I’m sure most people are, at least vaguely, aware of. It’s also a story that a lot of us…
CHARLIE’S AUNT is Jolly Good Fun
SALT LAKE CITY — The Off Broadway Theatre provides a night of good old-fashioned fun and slapstick humor in their newest production, Eric Jensen’s Charlie’s Aunt. Set in England during…
"Scoundrels" not dirty or rotten; but not special, either
WEST VALLEY CITY — Every time I attend a show at the West Valley Hale, what I look forward to most is the design. When I walk into the theater…
Boxcar Children is more than just a play
PARK CITY — I recently had the opportunity to go see a stage version of Gertrude Chandler Warner’s The Boxcar Children at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City presented by…
A myth with new music: Oedipus
PROVO — Have you ever seen a work of art, face to face, that is nearly 3,000 years old? That’s what seeing a live production of Oedipus Rex is like—only…
Jane Austen’s "Persuasion": Adaptation and Lost Love
PROVO — By definition an adaptation in something new created out of the original. Some things will be lost, others gained. Such is the case with Melissa Leilani Larson’s stage…
R&J by Salty Dinner Theatre: A Patron’s Perspective
OREM — Saturday, my husband, son, and I went to see Salty Dinner Theater’s production of Romeo and Juliet—Choose Thine Own Adventure at Orem’s Old Spaghetti Factory. The cast members…
Spamalot is great fun from start to finish
SALT LAKE CITY — I have been a fan of Monty Python for most of my life. I have seen every movie and almost every episode of their old TV…