covey center for the arts

PROVO — Everyone wishes they had a second chance. But the four characters of Forever Plaid never even had a first chance. On their way to a big performance, which…

The Covey Center for the Arts in Provo has been increasingly impressing local audiences with thoughtful and family friendly productions. Their latest offering is Jimmy Stewart Goes to Hollywood, by…

PROVO — “One has to be serious about something if one is to have any amusement in life.” Thus Algernon Moncrief states in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest.…

PROVO — The year is 1741, and George Frederic Handel is in a slump. His recent operas have received a mixed or negative response from the London public. And the…

PROVO — Agatha Christie’s classic murder-mystery hits the Covey stage, and to resoundingly great effect. The action begins in the midst of a foggy night, when stranger Michael Starkwedder stumbles…

PROVO — Utah Lyric Opera’s production of Enchanted April at the Covey Center for the Arts is an original musical version written and directed by Elizabeth Hansen, with composition by…

PROVO — George Frideric Handel’s Messiah has become a Christmas tradition for many over the last three centuries. The famous oratorio is presented every year in a myriad of ways,…

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…

PROVO — There’s something exciting about seeing a show I’ve never seen in a theater I’ve never frequented. I reminded myself of both facts as I drove an hour from…

PROVO — In the name of full disclosure, I asked to see Crossing Delancey because I grew up with and love the film. I’m making every effort to discuss this…