Much to love in Grassroots’s MUCH ADO
OREM — The original romantic comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, is on stage in a marvelous production that deserves a much longer run. Hosted by the SCERA and staged by…
Gorge yourself on An Other Theater Company’s FAT PIG
PROVO – Neil Labute’s Fat Pig uses a simplistic “boy meets girl” plot to exploit complex issues around female bodies. After Tom, a conventionally attractive man, falls in love with…
ELIZABETH BAM is unconventionally expressive
SALT LAKE CITY — Typically I like to begin a review with a summary of the show I attended, disclosing just enough of the plot to provide a framework for…
Seeing THE WORST THING I’VE EVER DONE was one of the best things I’ve ever done
SALT LAKE CITY — I’m sitting in a chair next to a large wooden box large enough for two people, wearing some noise cancelling headphones that play The Mountain Goats’…
So fair and foul a day at Grassroots’s MACBETH
PROVO — Minutes after it began to rain during the Grassroots Shakespeare Company production of Macbeth, the young Malcolm (played by Alaynah Woodhouse) was lamenting the chaos that Macbeth had…
Like PERICLES, Grassroots Shakespeare matures
PROVO — Over the course of Pericles, Prince of Tyre, the title character ages from a heartsick young man to an experienced middle-aged man. It’s a fascinating journey to watch…
8 brief plays tonight at UVU’s SHORT ATTENTION SPAN THEATRE
OREM – For the twelfth year in a row, Utah Valley University is presenting their Short Attention Span Theatre, and evening of eight 10-minute plays written, directed, and starring UVU…