School of Rock Jams Into Creekside Theatre Fest
PLEASANT GROVE — Many recent Broadway musicals are either of the jukebox variety or based on a movie. As a film and theatre critic I am of course fascinated by…
TINKERBELL at Creekside Theatre Fest sparkles with pixie dust
PLEASANT GROVE — I attended the Creekside Theatre Fest production of Tinkerbell (written by Patrick Flynn) with my three-year-old daughter. The play, directed by Jordan Long, is billed for young…
Lots of shenanigans at Payson’s YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
PAYSON — I cannot think of any better way to spend an evening than seeing a comedic play put on by energetic, engaging performers. And this is just what you…
Don’t be a stranger to THE FOREIGNER in Spanish Fork
SPANISH FORK — In live theatre, expectations matter. If a theatre company builds up expectations too high, then a satisfactory production can feel disappointing. Several years ago, a theatre company…
A movin’ and groovin’ HAIRSPRAY at the SCERA
OREM — The best sort of musicals are the ones that make me want to put away my critic’s pen and go be in a show. The current production of…
NUNCRACKERS is a forgettable night at the Covey
PROVO—Those New Jersey nuns made famous in Nunsense, the Little Sisters of Hoboken, have a new holiday show written by Dan Goggin. In Nuncrackers, the nuns and Father Virgil are…
“Come follow the band” to the rarely seen BARNUM
AMERICAN FORK — What is a humbug, you ask? A word generally associated with Ebenezer Scrooge, though its not Scrooge but P. T. Barnum that was crowned “the king of…
A THOROUGHLY enjoyable MODERN MILLIE in Sandy
SANDY — Like the other recently popular musical set in the 1920’s, The Drowsy Chaperone, the script of Thoroughly Modern Millie (written by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan) makes light…
Lehi Arts Council scores a win with YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
LEHI — Everyone has an eccentric relative that embarrasses them in public. Maybe it’s the strange uncle who has a hobby collecting odd objects like foreign Coke bottles. Perhaps it’s…