YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is a good night out in Tooele
TOOELE — As a child, I loved to spread out the Sunday’s newspaper comic pages out in the sunshine on the living room carpet, and I would always start with…
Ziegfeld’s 9 TO 5 is a catchy memo on female empowerment
OGDEN — Decades before the #MeToo movement, a group of Boston secretaries organized the “9to5 movement” in the 1970s to fight for better pay, more opportunities to advance, and to…
Parker Theatre’s MUCH ADO is everything audiences could want
SOUTH SALT LAKE — The Parker Theatre may specialize in theatre productions for children, but their new production of Much Ado About Nothing is for audiences young and old. With…
Richard III, diversity, and morality showcased in THE WELL-SPOKEN
SALT LAKE CITY — One of the many thoughts that popped in my head during Bonneville Theatre Company’s production of The Well-Spoken at Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival was, “If…
A rusty, not rustic, AS YOU LIKE IT from Grassroots Shakespeare
OREM — The Grassroots Shakespeare Company is the latest theatre company to bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic. Their first production is Shakespeare‘s pastoral comedy, As You Like It. While…
Lehi Arts Council’s BYE BYE BIRDIE is a show for families
LEHI — On the surface, Bye Bye Birdie is a story of heartbroken teenyboppers in 1960 who mourn when their rock idol is drafted into the army. The show is…
Simon Fest’s BASKERVILLE is a twist on a classic Sherlock mystery
CEDAR CITY — It is a story of intrigue, lies, deceit, murder… and comedy? A twist on the classic Sherlock Holmes mystery The Hound of Baskerville by Sir Arthur Conan…
Utah Shakespeare Fest’s COMEDY OF ERRORS deserves a double take
CEDAR CITY — The Comedy of Errors is Shakespeare‘s shortest play, and that brevity contributes to its popularity. A series of humorous misunderstandings are packed into this play, and in…
MATILDA at the SCERA is so fun you’ll flip out!
OREM — Roald Dahl‘s Matilda the Musical at the Scera Shell Outdoor Theatre was a blast. The kids onstage were energetic and excellent performers, and the kids in the audience…
THE JESTER falls flat
PROVO — The Jester, a new play by “Eugene Shackspeare” and produced by Corral de la Cruz Theatre, is billed as a tragicomedy in the vein of “Noises Off! meets…