WSU’s ALABAMA STORY is A Powerful Stand Against Censorship
OGDEN — In 1959, the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama—and across the rest of the Deep South—was gaining momentum. Brown v. Board of Education had determined in 1954 that separate…
See BE HERE NOW…NOW at Pygmalion Productions
SALT LAKE CITY — Pygmalion Productions’ Be Here Now by Deborah Zoe Laufer is an intimate, thought-provoking experience about Bari, a woman who feels she is living a meager existence…
Straight from NYC, BYU’S THE STAKEOUT is a Fabulous Trip
PROVO — Tonight is the last night to enjoy BYUArts’ production of The Stakeout. You should. The 2022 comedy drama is a hilarious, heartfelt champion of the New York fringe…
History Comes Alive in Pioneer’s LEHMAN TRILOGY
SALT LAKE CITY — “The Lehman Trilogy” at Pioneer Theatre Company is unlike anything I’ve seen — from both a subject and stylistic perspective. The subject is the 164-year history…
PYGmalion’s LAST LISTS OF MY MAD MOTHER is first rate
SALT LAKE CITY — The Leona Wagner Black Box at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center is a lesser known jewel of the Salt Lake City theatre scene. I attended…
PYGmalion Productions’ MOTHER, MOTHER is for anyone with a mother
SALT LAKE CITY — PYGmalion Productions’ Mother, Mother: The Many Mothers of Maude is a beautiful story about pursuing our dreams and aspirations while accepting the often-times disappointing realities of…
Confront consequences with Good Company’s THE CHILDREN
OGDEN — The Children, a play by Lucy Kirkwood, opened this weekend at the Good Company Theatre in Ogden. The play is the story of two retired engineers living a…
Weber State’s CLASS OF ’94 stages a timely conversation
OGDEN — Director Jennifer Kokai, with the help of the Hurst Foundation, commissioned playwright Diana Grisanti to write a play that would premiere at Weber State University. This play, titled…
Not even Hercules could save PROMETHEUS UNBOUND
PROVO — The Zion Theatre Company‘s production of Prometheus Unbound retells the story of the Greek mythological figure Prometheus. Prometheus is an intelligent Titan, credited with the creation of man…