The Ruth Brings Joy with FLOWERS FOR MRS. HARRIS
PLEASANT GROVE — The Ruth Theatre in Pleasant Grove is hosting the North American Premiere of a charming musical, Flowers for Mrs. Harris, with music and lyrics by Richard Taylor…
SCERA’s BRIGHT STAR is a Fine Time
OREM — Steve Martin and Edie Brickell created the musical Bright Star, by developing a concept album that became a dramatic romance story set in the post-World War American South.…
Full Disclosure: HCT’s Addams Family is a Macabre Delight
SALT LAKE CITY — As a native Californian, I always hope that summer never ends. It’s August. You can keep your pumpkin-spiced-everything until the daily high can’t get above 60…
Orem Hale’s THE HELLO GIRLS Recreates History
OREM — The Hello Girls, a musical written by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel, is a somewhat newer musical, having first premiered in 2018 off Broadway. The show has only…
Faulty direction makes HCTO’s THE FOREIGNER miss the point
OREM — Described on Instagram as an “uproarious comedy classic” that will make you “laugh till you cry,” Hale Center Theater Orem’s The Foreigner is marketed as a lighthearted, uplifting,…
It would be madness to miss the Parker Theatre’s HAMLET
SOUTH SALT LAKE — I do not know how many times I have seen Hamlet. But I do know that the production at the Parker Theatre is the best Hamlet…
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE in the park is a midsummer night’s dream
CEDAR HILLS — The Creekside Theatre Festival is in its sixth year and may be well on its way to establishing itself in the hearts of Utah County summer theatre…
Creekside’s MACBETH casts an innovative spell
CEDAR HILLS — I have seen Macbeth on stage so many times that I have lost count, but I have never seen a Macbeth like the current production at the…
Hale’s BIG FISH has a big heart
Orem—As told by Will Bloom (Jacob Theo Squire), “A man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way…
Orem Hale’s PETER PAN is updated and luminescent
OREM–I had never been to the Hale Center Theater in Orem before last weekend, so I was surprised by the small, unimpressive exterior of the building. I was unable to…