Rock out at Scera’s BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER!
OREM — The Best Christmas Pageant Ever certainly gives itself a lot to live up to, but the SCERA Center for the Arts performance of this delightful musical about unexpected…
Scera Shell says HELLO, DOLLY! with Energy and Joy
OREM — As the grand finale of Scera Shell’s summer season, Hello, Dolly! transports the audience back to the turn of the century. With a timeless book by Michael Stewart,…
SCERA’s Large Scale Newsies Entertains at the Shell
OREM — Since its release as a stage musical, Newsies has become the most beloved show in Utah – a nearly ubiquitous offering that many venues, including SCERA, have staged…
SCERA’s A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL is a big holiday gift
OREM — Reviewing theatre during the holidays is a challenging enterprise because a Christmas production can be someone’s holiday tradition, and it can be awkward and strange to critique that.…
SCERA’s superb FLAT STANLEY doesn’t cut any corners
OREM — This week, I had the opportunity to take my six-year-old son to watch his first theatre production. Before now I had not been able to find a theatre…
“It’s a scandal! It’s an outrage” to miss the SCERA’s OKLAHOMA!
OREM — It has been 80 years since the premiere of Oklahoma!, Rodgers and Hammerstein‘s homespun tale of frontier love. Back in 1943, Oklahoma! single-handedly revolutionized musical theatre, and it…
SCERA deserves “A Major Award” for A CHRISTMAS STORY
OREM — For the third year in a row, SCERA has mounted a production of A Christmas Story: The Musical, which makes it officially qualify as a tradition. This year’s…
SCERA’s THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL is “Not a Loser”
OREM — There was nobody more skeptical than I was when I first heard of the plans for a Broadway musical of the hit Nickelodeon TV show Spongebob Squarepants. I…
Don’t let SCERA’s CATCH ME IF YOU CAN escape from you
OREM — On Friday night, I had the exciting opportunity to see my very first production at SCERA in Orem. Based on everything I had heard about this company, my…
Take a leap of faith and enjoy PETER PAN’S GREAT ADVENTURE
OREM — Peter Pan’s Great Adventure at the SCERA faithfully adapts J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan with an eye toward younger audiences. With a book by Chase Ramsey, music and…