FRINGE: Messy, Quirky, Fun with THE OPEN SYRUP
SALT LAKE CITY — One of my favorite things about Fringe Festivals like the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival is the opportunity they provide for artists to do what they…
SAVAGE RESOURCES explores the minefield of a modern workplace
SALT LAKE CITY — Savage Resources (written and directed by Ariana Broumas Farber) is billed as a “savage satire about winning, working and TikTok.” But ultimately, it feels like a…
WATCH ME DISAPPEAR makes visible the challenges of healing
SALT LAKE CITY — Certain shows that you watch at the Fringe Festival in Salt Lake City really know how to get to you. Watch Me Disappear, written and directed…
Strong acting and script make IDEATION intriguing
SALT LAKE CITY — Written by Aaron Loeb, Ideation is a contemporary play which premiered in 2016. It is a journey through the average corporate American’s mind that exhibits if…
Very dark HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL has its Utah debut
SALT LAKE CITY — True to the darker vibes of the original 1988 film, Heathers: The Musical remained just on the edge of funny and devastating. The plot follows the…
Humor abounds in VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE
SALT LAKE CITY — The works of Anton Chekhov, one of the most prolific realist playwrights of the late 19th and early 20th century, are the inspiration for Christopher Durang’s…
Incendiary wits flare in HELLMAN V. MCCARTHY
SALT LAKE CITY — On January 24, 1980, literary critic and author Mary McCarthy appeared on The Dick Cavett Show and inadvertently began the biggest literary cat-fight in modern history.…
GRACE unforgettably explores time, space, doubt, and faith
SALT LAKE CITY – Grace is the story of two parallel worlds that each happen to take the form of a small Florida rental condo. The first condo is the…
STEADMAN & WALKER is a gory Halloween show
SALT LAKE CITY — The world premiere of The Hive Theatre Company’s Steadman & Walker (Zombie LLC) is among the most unique theater experiences I’ve had this year. And is…
A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE is heavy on the dark, light on the comedy
SALT LAKE CITY — The Hive Theatre Company’s production of Martin McDonagh’s A Behanding in Spokane was for me a study in dichotomy, addressing the question of how I could…