“God bless us, everyone” who sees HCTO’s A CHRISTMAS CAROL
OREM — “God bless us, everyone.” Tiny Tim’s famous closing line of A Christmas Carol is iconic in any stage adaptation of this most famous book by Charles Dickens. But…
Discover the meaning of rock and roll at HCTO’S MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
OREM — Million Dollar Quartet is a jukebox musical based on the actual impromptu recording session at Sun Studio in 1956. The show is based on a book by Colin…
Worth cheering for SCERA’s TORTOISE AND THE HARE
OREM — The Untold Story of the Tortoise and the Hare is SCERA’s latest world premiere for young audiences. It is a musical that does not just retell one of…
Let your kids cuddle up to THE VELVETEEN RABBIT
OREM — She’s a stuffed rabbit who loves her owner and lives in a playroom with toys that come alive when people aren’t around. The Velveteen Rabbit is the original…
Become attached to Orem Hale’s DADDY LONG LEGS
OREM — Happiness is found in the small and simple things, or so opines the plucky heroine Jerusha in Hale Center Theater Orem’s latest offering. As she says in this…
Hale’s MY SON PINOCCHIO is “like a bolt of the blue”
SANDY — When I heard that My Son Pinocchio was available to review, I was ecstatic. As a little kid, I remember watching the classic Disney film Pinocchio, and the…
A SISTER ACT, not a brother act
OREM — Given the title, it’s not surprising which sex shines in the current production of Sister Act at the SCERA. And the women do shine, from the opening firebomb…
Feel “Top of the World” at Hale Centre’s HUNCHBACK
SANDY — The Hunchback of Notre Dame, created by the team of Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, and Peter Parnell, rings in a triumphant entrance at Hale Centre Theatre. The tale…
Take a journey with your kids to see LITTLE RED
OREM — Well, the grandkids loved Little Red at the SCERA, and that is probably enough of a review for the average parent or grandparent. I took three of my…
Put SCERA’s NOISES OFF on your calendar
OREM — One of the most enduring farces in modern theatre is Noises Off. Playing in the early 1980’s on the West End and Broadway, and revived on the Great…