Oh what a night at Pioneer Theatre Company’s JERSEY BOYS
SALT LAKE CITY – Pioneer Theatre Company opens its 2024-2025 season with an energetic production of Jersey Boys. The Broadway musical with book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, music…
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING IS SOMETHING TO SEE AT USF
CEDAR CITY — The Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Brad Carroll is playing in the Randall L. Jones theatre this season. Although staging Shakespeare in the…
Tech wizardry, strong casting make the U.’s TEMPEST a modern gem
SALT LAKE CITY — As produced by The University of Utah, The Tempest is Shakespeare for the 21st century. The set (designed by Kyle Becker) is massive, comprised of these…
Throw your hat in the ring for THE SWEET SCIENCE OF BRUISING
SALT LAKE CITY — University theatre programs are unique in the theatre community, mostly because they have the primary mission of teaching the craft of making theatre at a professional…
FIREFLIES presents stunning realism on stage at Pioneer Theatre
SALT LAKE CITY — “It’s a mating dance,” is how Matthew Barber’s Fireflies describes the habits of fireflies. And, while that line comes later in the play, it sets up…
MAMMA MIA! is ABBA’s dabba, quite a doo!
SALT LAKE CITY — In her director’s notes for Mamma Mia!, Patricia Wilcox wrote, “What is left to say about a show that has been seen by 60 million people…
Slumber not at A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM in Cedar City
CEDAR CITY — With A Midsummer Night’s Dream being the most popular non-musical play in Utah, the challenge for any local company is to strike a careful balance. If a…
Get ready to cheer BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL at the U
SALT LAKE CITY — I was in high school when the hit teen movie Bring It On was released in movie theaters. It was a spunky, fun, and somewhat silly…
Magic to be had in Utah Shakespeare Festival’s MARY POPPINS
CEDAR CITY — From the moment I entered Randall L. Jones Theatre, the beautiful set transported me into the world of the show as the curtains lay open to reveal…
The U’s HELLO, DOLLY! at Kingsbury Hall is a sign of good things to come
SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah’s production of Hello, Dolly! embodies both the ambition of its title character, Dolly Gallagher Levi, and a few of the unpolished edges…