TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA is good summer Shakespeare
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah seems to have a love affair with Shakespeare. Between the Utah Shakespeare Festival, the annual Shakespeare at Pioneer Theatre Company and Grassroots Shakespeare Company, Utah…
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE is thoroughly remarkable
IVINS — Tuachan’s production of Thoroughly Modern Millie was nothing short of remarkable and easily ranks as one of the best musicals in the state this past year. Tuachan truly…
Wish ANYTHING GOES had gone further
CEDAR CITY — Everyday life very rarely includes spontaneous moments of song and dance (although flash mobs are pretty “in” right now), but those musical scenes seem perfectly normal on…
Hale’s GUYS AND DOLLS is a showstopper
OREM — The age old battle of the sexes comes to a head in Guys and Dolls, a musical originally premiering in 1950 and finding new stage at Orem’s Hale…
Starstuff is falling on PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
CEDAR CITY — It’s (unfortunately) not that often that you walk out of a theatre performance thinking, “Wow, that was utterly magical.” However, in the case of Peter and the…
SATURDAY’S VOYUER 2013 is somewhat stale at 35
SALT LAKE CITY — There is no denying that Salt Lake Acting Company has a winning formula with Saturday’s Voyeur. Not only has it become a season staple, but it…
Live happily ever after with ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
SALT LAKE CITY — “I’m in love with a girl named Fred!” proclaims Prince Dauntless to the audience of Once Upon a Mattress, as he sings of his love for…
Desert Star’s THE LONE STRANGER is mostly funny fare
MURRAY — Desert Star Playhouse is a theater known for its tongue-in-cheek, slapstick-style, Utah-catered humor. As a result, I knew going into The Lone Stranger to be prepared for a…
Grassroots Shakespeare’s MUCH ADO is really something
PLEASANT GROVE — Thinking back on my Saturday night at Discovery Park, I realize now that my expectations were hinging on unrealistically high for Grassroots Shakespeare Company’s production of Much…
I enjoyed my NIGHT AT THE WAX MUSEUM
MAGNA — What do you get when you take a crew of underachieving high school students, a lovers’ quarrel, a family-owned wax museum, an evil landlord, and a cursed Egyptian…