A FAIRLY POTTER CHRISTMAS CAROL brings parody to Christmas
OGDEN – In 2013 I reviewed Fairly Potter, a parody that played at the Ziegfeld Theater in Ogden and was written by Rick Rea. For their Christmas show this year,…
A fond farewell to HOLIDAY NIGHT LIVE at UVU
OREM — Holiday Night Live is a Saturday Night Live-style, holiday-themed sketch comedy show written and performed by some of the UVU’s funniest students. It features musical numbers, dance breaks,…
Hey! Unto you is staged THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER at CenterPoint
CENTERVILLE — There is something unavoidably self-referential about The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Watching a community theatre production of a play about producing a play that involves herding large numbers…
A reimagined BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at BYU
PROVO — For some people, it will be sacrilege. In this production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the Beast does not wear an eighteenth century blue suit to dance…
With DAMES AT SEA, “good times are here to stay”
NEW YORK CITY — A character in a Broadway musical arrives from Utah in a strange land. The Utahn, naïve and hopeful, must learn to adjust to the harsh reality…
A terrifically tortured time with THE ADDAMS FAMILY
OREM – When a character as classic as The Addams Family’s Uncle Fester takes the stage and begs the Addams ancestors to sing of nothing but love, what choice does…
AN IDEAL HUSBAND is almost an ideal production
OREM — Oscar Wilde was at one time one of the most popular playwrights in London. His most well-known play is The Importance of Being Earnest. Closely following that play…
Worth the trip to see TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
CEDAR CITY — Treachery against friends was seen as so despicable that few people could find redemption from it. Dante Alighieri famously put traitors in the lowest circle of hell…
Springville Playhouse’s THE CURIOUS SAVAGE touches the heart and funny bone
SPRINGVILLE — The Curious Savage by John Patrick has always been one of my favorite scripts, so I was excited to have the chance to review Springville Playhouse’s production of…
An unfulfilling reinvention of OKLAHOMA! at the West Valley Hale
WEST VALLEY CITY — Producing a classic play can be a challenge for theatre artists. An inherent tension exists between the creative impulse to do something new and audience members’…