HCTO’s SEUSSICAL Is Delightfully Unhinged
OREM — Seussical, the musical by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, based on the works of Dr. Seuss has always seemed to me like classic middle school drama fare. As…
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UTBA reviewers sound off: Excellence in 2023
The year is coming to a close, and what a year it has been! At UTBA, we published a record-breaking 259 reviews in 2023, including our first reviews for productions…
A CHRISTMAS CAROL at HCTO is an invigorating 250th production
OREM — I admit that when I accepted the assignment to review this year’s production of A Christmas Carol at Hale Center Theater Orem, I did it with a little…
Forecast calls for a pleasant evening at SCERA’s SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
OREM — Change is in the air as silent films give way to “talkies.” After the wild success of The Jazz Singer, Hollywood studios are scrambling to add sound to…
Weak script sabotages SPOOKLEY THE SQUARE PUMPKIN
OREM — In a conversation with a playwright, I once asked how he responded to people seeing his work. His response was that an audience loving it or hating it…
A divinely good production of SISTER ACT at HCTO
OREM — Don’t be deceived by the small space where Alan Menken‘s and Glenn Slater‘s Sister Act is now playing. Other than the stage, there is nothing small about this…
Unwrap the gift of Hale Center Theater Orem’s A CHRISTMAS CAROL
OREM — A Christmas Carol is an annual tradition at Hale Center Theater Orem. That does not mean, though, that the show is the same every year. Building on last…
A glimpse of heaven’s light at HCTO’s HUNCHBACK
OREM — David Paul Smith, director of The Hunchback of Notre Dame at the Hale Center Theater in Orem, was bullied as a child. Why is this relevant? Because during…
Prepare for a night of levity in Orem Hale’s THE 39 STEPS
OREM — It is the second time I have seen The 39 Steps on the Utah stage. It is a lovely parody of an old Alfred Hitchcock movie. This adaptation…
HCTO’s EMMA, a charming tempest in a teapot
OREM — Hale Center Theater Orem’s production of a musical adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma (music, lyrics, and book by Tony Award nominee Paul Gordon) feels like the theatrical equivalent…