Discover new theatrical frontier with BYU’s MEN ON BOATS
PROVO — I love it when theatre leans into purely theatrical modes of storytelling. While technology offers benefits to minimize the costs of building sets, I have a soft spot…
“Nobody is Gonna Rain on My Parade” at Funny Girl at the Eccles
SALT LAKE CITY — For those who have never really connected with the movie Funny Girl, do not skip the Broadway Across America touring show of Funny Girl at the…
FRINGE: In HARK!, Pandemic Meets Pirates.
SALT LAKE CITY — One of the best parts about the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival is seeing shows at the germination phase when they are just getting started. I…
FRINGE: HOW DID WE GET HERE? Offers Laughter Amid the Lost
SALT LAKE CITY — It takes lots of guts to be a stand-up comic, and I think that might go double for comics working in Utah, where I would imagine…
FRINGE: Short But Fun I’VE DECIDED TO BECOME A DIGITAL PET
SALT LAKE CITY — On July 27th, I saw I’ve Decided To Become A Digital Pet at the Salt Lake Fringe Festival. It’s a very short, fifteen minute, one man…
39 STEPS Over the Top at Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — Each year the Utah Shakespeare Festival typically offers up a fan-favorite light-hearted comedy. This offering usually draws in and satisfies audiences with perhaps less of a penchant…
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING is highly entertaining in Tooele
TOOELE — Tooele Valley Theatre made Shakespeare‘s most loved comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, a delightful array of skilled performing, well-timed direction, and meaningful moments. The directing was fantastic, with…
Drop Dead Hilarious GIANNI SCHICCHI & BUOSO’S GHOST at UFOMT
LOGAN — Most people do not imagine a night out to the opera as being laugh-out-loud funny and very enjoyable, however, Utah Festival of Opera & Musical Theatre delivers a…
SHEAR MADNESS slays at Lyric Rep
LOGAN — Shave and a haircut? And a killer murder? Shear Madness, by Paul Pӧrtner, is a madcap comedy participatory whodunnit performed at Lyric Rep and is a cut above…
DRIVING MISS DAISY at Lyric Rep is worth the drive
LOGAN — The Black Box Theater on the Utah State University campus is an intimate space with room for a few dozen audience members lucky enough to squeeze in alongside…