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WEST VALLEY CITY — There is something special about a memorable ending to a musical or play. The rest of the production can have flaws, but if the show can…
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WEST VALLEY CITY — There is something special about a memorable ending to a musical or play. The rest of the production can have flaws, but if the show can…
ST. GEORGE — They say young love takes people’s feelings from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, and no story seems to illustrate that more blatantly than…
LOGAN — Leave it to Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim to take a challenging story like Romeo and Juliet and drop it into the West Side of New…
SALT LAKE CITY — West Side Story is based off of William Shakespeare‘s play, Romeo and Juliet, but set amidst kid gang wars on the streets of New York in…
SALT LAKE CITY — As a theater veteran, it is surprising that I have never seen a production of Gypsy before I attended the closing night show at Westminster College.…
OGDEN — The first time I went to New York City – over 5 years ago – my friends and family all prepared me to see and experience some of…
SALT LAKE CITY — How do you make a classic new again? That’s the challenge posed to every director of a classic play. It’s not an easy demand to meet…
PARK CITY — I have long been under the impression that Gypsy is one of those musicals that appeals largely to theatre people who can understand its showbiz heartbreak overtones…