Good Company makes good theater in GLORIA
OGDEN — Gloria, a play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, focuses on the experiences of people who work at a desk job but aspire to something greater or at least different. The…
A fairy tale evening at ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
PERRY — Most nights at around 7:30 I can be found reading a bedtime story to my children. However, this weekend, I made an exception. We made a later bedtime…
“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…