Hale’s FREAKY FRIDAY is freaky fun
SANDY — If there’s one word that describes Freaky Friday, it’s ebullient. This Disney musical is so packed with cheerful energy, only the stoniest of hearts could escape the theater…
Unmatched Tuacahn spectacle in Disney’s WHEN YOU WISH
IVINS — When You Wish is a compilation of Disney songs set to a story based around a little girl, played by Afton Grace Higbee, who has many dreams of…
Aerial Ariel enchants in Tuacahn’s THE LITTLE MERMAID
IVINS — Disney’s The Little Mermaid has been entertaining audiences in some format since 1989. In 2007, the animated movie was adapted for the stage with book by Doug Wright,…
This just in: NEWSIES at the SCERA is fun for all
OREM — Like many others of my generation, I grew up loving the film Newsies staring Christian Bale. However, I hadn’t a chance to see a live production of this…
NEWSIES performance would make “the top of the fold”
DRAPER — The Draper Amphitheater is a beautiful outdoor venue located atop a large, green hill in Draper, Utah. With grass-covered stadium seating, this venue is the perfect location for…
Go on a “High Adventure” with ALADDIN
SALT LAKE CITY — Excited to be invited to review the Broadway at the national touring production of Aladdin over this last weekend, I had high expectations. And I was…
Disney’s NEWSIES at Orem Hale makes headlines
OREM — The Hale Center Theater Orem’s production of Disney’s Newsies: The Broadway Musical directed by Lisa Hall is a fun diversion full of youthful spirit, even if it’s not…
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…
Sandy Hale’s NEWSIES is “Something to Believe In”
SANDY — The stage adaption of the 1992 movie Newsies has taken Utah by storm, with another new production mounting, this time at the Hale Center Theatre in Sandy. Directed…
Only “Poor Unfortunate Souls” miss CenterPoint’s LITTLE MERMAID
CENTERVLLE — As a 10-year-old in 1989, The Little Mermaid is the first movie I remember seeing in a movie theater. As Ariel sang the beautiful lyrics about wanting to…