A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC needs some tuning
SALT LAKE CITY — I’ve seen several Utah Repertory Theatre Company shows. This theatre company has the incredible knack to find local and well-rounded talent to present its audience with…
Father of the BRIDE: Christopher Clark on breathing life into Sackerson’s BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
Named for a bear-baiting champion animal immortalized in Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and paraphrasing visionary director Peter Brook on their website with the statement “theatre: holy, rough, immediate”,…
Premise makes BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN stagger, but not fall
SALT LAKE CITY — Sackerson, a new Utah theatre company, presents an all new horror theatrical experience in time for the Halloween season. Set in an industrial warehouse, Bride of…
I’M NOT RAPPAPORT deals sensitively with aging and humanity
CEDAR CITY — The final production rounding out this years Neil Simon Festival in Cedar City is I’m Not Rappaport by Herb Gardner. I’m Not Rappaport is a story revolving…
Few errors in Grassroots’s COMEDY OF ERRORS
PROVO — With a backdrop of beautiful green trees, adorned by a purple and orange sunset sky I sat on my blanket at the BYU duck pond and patiently waited…
Case closed: THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is a hit
OREM — One of the great tragedies of nineteenth century English literature is that Charles Dickens died right in the middle of writing his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin…
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW is totally rad
OREM — The Taming of the Shrew, like many of Shakespeare‘s best plays, is so versatile. The film 10 Things I Hate About You moved the story to a high…
A sincere NEXT TO NORMAL from UVU
OREM — Next to Normal is a show I’ve seen many times. It has its own place in my heart, nestled next to my favorite plays and musicals. The show…
Grassroots HENRY IV, PART 2 breaks the sequel curse
SALT LAKE CITY — Browsing a list of the five highest grossing movies of 2013 so far shows that four of them are either sequels or prequels. Obviously, continuing the…
Get your fix of Vaudeville in THE SUNSHINE BOYS
CEDAR CITY — The Sunshine Boys is the story of a pair of vaudeville comedians who, after 11 years apart, reunite to broadcast one final show. While following its characters…