Let BYU’s THE MOUSETRAP snatch you up
PROVO — As the Vincent Price-esque voice welcomed the audience to the theater at BYU’s Pardoe Theatre, I knew I was in for a fun-filled evening. One of BYU’s Department…
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES at BYU is rumpled, but not in spirit
PROVO — Those familiar with Lucy Maud Montgomery’s 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables and its many sequels know that the title character’s exuberant imagination always makes readers wonder what…
WAR OF THE WORLDS is simply world class
PROVO — Some people, when they hear the title War of the Worlds may think of one of a variety of media adaptations of H. G. Wells’s famous science-fiction novel,…
A victory lap for the U.S. premiere of CHARIOTS OF FIRE
PROVO — “Why do you run?” That is the persistent question at the heart of Chariots of Fire, the newest offering and United States premiere of the stage adaptation of…
BYU Young Company’s MACBETH is “but a walking shadow”
PROVO — I have to admit when I heard that Brigham Young University’s Young Company was producing William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth to present to young audiences, I thought, “Really? Macbeth…?…