Local Talent Shines in Fast-paced JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
SOUTH SALT LAKE — Until March 22, The Grand Theatre is taking on the daunting task of performing Jesus Christ Superstar. My dad first introduced me to the 1970 rock…
Technical Marvels at Broadways SUNSET BOULEVARD Revival
NEW YORK CITY —Sunset Boulevard, a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics and libretto by Don Black and Christopher Hampton, based on the 1950 movie, has made…
UFOMT’s CATS is an ineffable delight
LOGAN — Back in 1980, the Buggles warned us that “Video Killed the Radio Star”, only a few months later, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats opened on Broadway. Today, some…
School of Rock Jams Into Creekside Theatre Fest
PLEASANT GROVE — Many recent Broadway musicals are either of the jukebox variety or based on a movie. As a film and theatre critic I am of course fascinated by…
Hurricane Theatrical’s JOSEPH is What Dreams Are Made Of
ST. GEORGE — Anyone who has not yet witnessed the smorgasbord of theatrical splendor that is Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat should really just “Go, Go, Go, Go” see…
Utah stars shine with JOSEPH…DREAMCOAT IN CONCERT at the Eccles
SALT LAKE CITY — The most reviewed play by UTBA, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (directed by Tanner J. Christensen) is playing a brief weekend run in a concert…
Tuacahn’s JOSEPH…DREAMCOAT still more feast than famine
IVINS — My last review for UTBA was for this exact production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, featuring David Archuleta as Joseph. With Archuleta’s run with the coat…
Leads, director make CenterPoint’s JOSEPH a class above the rest
CENTERVILLE — Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is an old musical. The story is thousands of years old, and at over 50 years old, the lyrics by Tim Rice…
David Archuleta soars in Tuachan’s glitzy JOSEPH… DREAMCOAT
IVINS — Art does not exist in a vacuum. It is always influenced by the time and real world context in which it exists. As such, it is important to…
Simon Fest’s EVITA soars, but falls short of a “Rainbow High”
CEDAR CITY — Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Evita is a shining star of musical theatre. A mere six years after the unbearable (and unbearably popular) Joseph and the…