Wonka Wows at The Ruth’s CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Pleasant Grove — I came to the opening night performance of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at The Ruth without high expectations. I’ve always loved the original Gene Wilder film…
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Could Have Gone Better at The Ruth
PLEASANT GROVE – The Play That Goes Wrong is part of the inaugural season at the new Ruth and Nathan Hale Lindsay Legacy Theater. Brilliantly written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan…
Shakespeare Gets Rizzy at BYU Young Company’s HENRY V
PROVO — Putting the “Young” in “Brigham Young”, the BYU Theatre Young Company is staging an engaging production of Henry V for children. The play was created to tour elementary…
Herd the Little Flock to Young Company’s BABE THE SHEEP PIG
PROVO — Like many millennials, the movie Babe is a nostalgic favorite. The 1995 motion picture, adapted from the novel The Sheep Pig by Dick King-Smith, was a surprise cultural…
Chaaaaaarage! To HCTO’s Arsenic and Old Lace
OREM — I don’t know about you, but with the recent rain that’s come through northern Utah, fall and the darker months ahead seem much more imminent. If you’re looking…
Orem Hale’s THE HELLO GIRLS Recreates History
OREM — The Hello Girls, a musical written by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel, is a somewhat newer musical, having first premiered in 2018 off Broadway. The show has only…
Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST is A Ray of Sunshine at BYU
PROVO — While many of William Shakespeare’s plays make references to magic, those that have plots centered on magic are few. It takes a special kind of sorcery to tap…
A fun journey for kids to THE BOY AT THE EDGE OF EVERYTHING
PROVO — Every year, BYU Young Company stages two productions that tour local elementary schools. One is a Shakespeare show, and the other is a modern play. The Shakespeare productions…
HCTO’s CLUE is a hilarious whodunnit
OREM — Clue, whether as a board game, a film, a video game, or many of its other iterations, has entertained people for over 70 years. The latest version is…
Exquisite music saves ZÉMIRE ET AZOR from middling stagecraft
PROVO — The tale of “Beauty and the Beast” has captivated people for centuries. While modern audiences know it best through literature, television, stage, and film adaptations, the opera world…