“Dont Be the Bunny” and go see URINETOWN
WASHINGTON TERRACE — I have been told that it is a good skill to be able to laugh at yourself. The musical Urinetown is a great example of laughing at…
WAIT! gives pause
SALT LAKE CITY — With Wait! Julie Jensen has created a love letter to theatre and the misfits who inhabit it. The coming of age tale surrounding Wendy Burger and…
“Say I Do” to MAMMA MIA at the Ziegfeld
OGDEN — Growing up, my older sister loved rocking out to ABBA in the morning as we were hurrying to get ready for school. Their upbeat tempo and catchy tunes…
FIRST DATE leaves audience with a great first impression
SALT LAKE CITY — I was lucky enough to get tickets for my husband and me to go to The Grand Theatre’s production of First Date on opening night, which…
“Take a Chance on” Hopebox Theatre’s MAMMA MIA!
KAYSVILLE — Mamma Mia!, the jukebox musical of ABBA music, hit the London stage in 1999 and has been a popular sensation ever since, still running in London and lasting…
Kid-friendly fun in the sun at BYU’s COMEDY OF ERRORS
PROVO — In the midst of the grey Utah February days, BYU has a production of The Comedy of Errors that aims to take away the winter blues. This production…
LEND ME A TENOR and some better pacing
CENTERVILLE — Lend Me a Tenor, by Ken Ludwig, is a fun comedic show based in 1934 Ohio as the Cleveland Grand Opera prepares to welcome a famous tenor, Tito…
A JANUARY THAW makes for a hot and cold night of theater
SALT LAKE CITY — It’s always fun to find a new theater and see a new kind of show, but it can also be like a box of chocolates (you…
Much to love in Grassroots’s MUCH ADO
OREM — The original romantic comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, is on stage in a marvelous production that deserves a much longer run. Hosted by the SCERA and staged by…
Die laughing at the Sandy Hale’s A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER
SANDY — Hale Centre Theatre often snatches up the producing rights for shows fresh off their Broadway productions. Their most recent endeavor, the 2013 Tony award winning A Gentleman’s Guide…