Grief and Goodness in RABBIT HOLE at Creekside Theatre Fest
PLEASANT GROVE — Is there a right way to do an impossible thing? How do you grieve separation, death and loss? David Lindsey-Abaire’s 5-time tony winning play Rabbit Hole centers…
Whispering Room’s JULIUS CAESAR is Grisly, Modern, and Intense
PROVO — If there’s one word to describe Whispering Room’s Julius Caesar, it’s “intense.” Every element of the production, from lights to direction and acting, were turned up to 11…
JERSEY BOYS at the Ruth is Overstuffed with Earworms
PLEASANT GROVE — The musical Jersey Boys tells the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, starting from the initial discovery of Frankie and ending with the band’s induction…
Whispering Room Theatre Debut Stuns With THE DUCHESS OF MALFI
PROVO — The Duchess of Malfi is quite the text to tackle, but director Dylan Hamilton Wright rose to the challenge. The Hive Collaborative is a local performing space with…
HCTO’s ONCE is so nice, go see it twice
OREM — Timeless, memorable, profound, jaw-dropping. These words swirled in my mind as I exited Hale Center Theater after seeing Once. Not every production has the benefit of magnificent original…
AS YOU LIKE IT lives up to its title at Creekside Theatre Fest
CEDAR HILLS — It is the summer Shakespeare season in Utah, and right now the best option for Bardophiles in northern Utah is Creekside Theatre Festival’s As You Like It.…
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE in the park is a midsummer night’s dream
CEDAR HILLS — The Creekside Theatre Festival is in its sixth year and may be well on its way to establishing itself in the hearts of Utah County summer theatre…
Creekside Theatre Fest’s TWELFTH NIGHT has potential
CEDAR HILLS – Summertime Shakespeare has become a mainstay of Utah theater, but in these “unprecedented times” (a phrase so ubiquitous it has almost lost all meaning) the ability to…
A Globe experience at BYU’s MUCH ADO
PROVO — Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies. Upon arriving at the Pardoe Theatre at the BYU Campus, I looked around at the set designed…
BYU’s MARY STUART shows the Tudors as bloody as ever
PROVO — Elizabeth I was not always “Good Queen Bess,” certainly not to her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, whose claim to the throne of England was at least as…