denny berry

SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah has a reputation for doing difficult and lesser-known shows. This is by design, as they strive to push their students and Utah…

SALT LAKE CITY — Dracula, the Musical was an unknown musical to me before given the opportunity to see it at the University of Utah. With music by Frank Wildhorn…

SALT LAKE CITY — “It’s the US versus the USSR” both in the world championship chess match and in the Cold War as Grandmasters Freddie Trumper and Anatoly Sergievsky meet…

SALT LAKE CITY — One of the best pieces of advice I received about finding ways to discover new theatre is to follow good playwrights, because as you discover their…

SALT LAKE CITY — I was in high school when the hit teen movie Bring It On was released in movie theaters. It was a spunky, fun, and somewhat silly…

SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah’s production of Hello, Dolly! embodies both the ambition of its title character, Dolly Gallagher Levi, and a few of the unpolished edges…

SALT LAKE CITY — There’s a poignant philosophy buried just beneath the surface of American Idiot. It doesn’t take long for this high-energy musical, backed by Green Day’s punk rock…

SALT LAKE CITY — Bertold Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera offers a satiric view of capitalism in Victorian London. Opening with the familiar standard, “The Ballad of Mack the Knife,” the…

SALT LAKE CITY — The Last Five Years, presented by Salt Lake Shakespeare at the U of U’s Babcock Theatre, is a production full of honest and captivating moments. Lead…

SALT LAKE CITY — I’ll admit that I have a soft spot in my theatre heart for the University of Utah theatre department. It introduced me to a world of…