National tour of TINA at Eccles is “better than all the rest”
SALT LAKE CITY — Dressed in her 1940s Sunday best, actress Nicole Powell crossed down center to address the packed house of the Delta Performance Hall at the Eccles Theatre.…
The Stage Door’s ROCK OF AGES is “Just Like Paradise”
SAINT GEORGE — From the moment I walked into the Electric Theater, it was easy to think that I was attending an actual rock concert. Under the guidance of director…
AIN’T TOO PROUD at Eccles ain’t just alright. It’s outta sight!
SALT LAKE CITY — Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations has dropped into the Eccles, and it has a lotta groove. The touring production of the…
SGMT’s CRAZY FOR YOU is a tap-dancin’, bass slappin’ good time
ST. GEORGE — After an energetic performance of Crazy for You at St. George Musical Theater, it is clear the cast has got rhythm and they’ve got music. So, as…
Tragedy mixed with triumph in THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY at Tuacahn
IVINS — In the past three years alone, film has imagined the lives of Aretha Franklin, (Respect), Freddy Mercurcy (Bohemian Rhapsody), Elton John (Rocketman), and Elvis Presley (Elvis). Broadway has…
MAMMA MIA! at AFCT is more spectacle than story
AMERICAN FORK — If I am driving in the car with people of various music tastes, the surest way to please the crowd is to put on ABBA. Their music…
FOREVER PLAID comes to life in Bluffdale
BLUFFDALE — Is there an audience still for Forever Plaid? After all, the music from this jukebox musical is all over 50 years old, and the cultural touchstones it mentions,…
Terrace Plaza’s FOREVER PLAID hits all the right notes
WASHINGTON TERRACE — Forever Plaid is a jukebox musical written by Stuart Ross that was first produced in a small theatre in Manhattan in 1987. It made its off-Broadway debut…
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at Tuacahn will rock your socks off
IVINS — A masked audience is a poor reception for Million Dollar Quartet at Tuacahn this summer. What amazing talent! Yet the audience barely cheered, with their mouths all covered,…
A jukebox CATHARSIS (TWO)
OGDEN — Catharsis Two: Inside Voices, a new jukebox musical written by local playwright and producer Camille Washington, is an amusing and thought-provoking look at the experience of a young…