Laughing Matters’s WORST OF show is an uneven evening
PROVO — In everyone’s music collection there is an album or two labeled “greatest hits” or “best of.” These compilations are a great way for casual fans of a band…
Merry BIG FAT UTAH CHRISTMAS to me
MURRAY — Producing original melodramas since 1989, Desert Star has created their own recipe for success: the ragtime prelude and an audience sing along, the original script with plenty of…
Wasatch’s COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE is lethargic, flawed
SALT LAKE CITY — I’ll admit it. I was selfish when I saw that The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) was on UTBA’s reviewing calendar again. I snatched up the…
BLITHE SPIRIT leads make for a charming haunt
PROVO — “I’ll go and see anything so long as it amuses me, or moves me. If it doesn’t do either I want to go home.” —Noel Coward The above…
An ideal cast for AN IDEAL HUSBAND
PROVO — The Echo Theatre artfully captures Oscar Wilde’s biting wit and cutting social commentary with their production of An Ideal Husband. Add the cast’s excellent timing and physical comedy…
Get swallowed up by LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
OREM — At intermission of Little Shop of Horrors at the SCERA, I turned to look at my theatre companion for the evening, my husband, and suddenly realized this was…
Right at home with Springville’s YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
SPRINGVILLE — I always enjoy a good night out at the theater, especially when I see a show for the first time. It’s so refreshing to go in blind, without…
AVENUE Q is racy fun at Wasatch Theatre Company
SALT LAKE CITY — Few musicals have been as anticipated as the regional premiere of Avenue Q at Wasatch Theatre Company. I must admit that I have been eager to…
A rip-roaring COMEDY OF ERRORS
SALT LAKE CITY — I was dodging raindrops as my companion and I ran around trying to find the Salt Lake City library amphitheater for the Grassroots Shakespeare Company ‘s(GSC)…
A youthful classic in ARSENIC AND OLD LACE in Orem
OREM — There are standards of the Utah stage, titles that though oft repeated can still pack the punch and delight despite the fact that they play so frequently. Joseph…