HCT’s HUNCHBACK Ringing with Heart and Visual Display
SANDY — It was a night of spectacle and awe on the Young Living Centre Stage at Hale Center Theatre‘s production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame Wednesday evening. Overall,…
Hale Centre Theatre’s FINDING NEVERLAND Soars
SANDY — Growing up enchanted by the tale of Peter Pan—with its fairy dust, pirate duels, and happy thoughts — makes us believe we, too, can fly. However, this tale…
Talented The PRINCE OF EGYPT at HCT Plagued by Poor Adaptation
SANDY — Directed by Dave Tinney on the Centre Stage at Hale Centre Theatre, The Prince of Egypt: The Musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by…
Full Disclosure: HCT’s Addams Family is a Macabre Delight
SALT LAKE CITY — As a native Californian, I always hope that summer never ends. It’s August. You can keep your pumpkin-spiced-everything until the daily high can’t get above 60…
Hale Sandy’s “Fiddler on the Roof” Sings
SANDY—Sunrise, sunset. Since it premiered in 1964, Fiddler on the Roof has felt as eternal as its themes; themes of love and the collision of cherished tradition and inevitable change.…
Hale Centre Theatre’s ELF THE MUSICAL is a holiday extravaganza
SANDY — Hale Centre Theatre’s Mainstage looks like Christmas threw up inside — but not in a bad way. The overblown stage dressing adorning the space for their new production…
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS is a world of spectacle at the Sandy Hale
SANDY — The more local theatre I see in Utah (and around the country), the more convinced I am that each theatre company has something special and unique to offer.…
HCT’s SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN makes an old classic new and refreshing
SANDY — As a teenager, one of my friends was shocked to learn that I had never seen the film Singin’ in The Rain. She quickly rectified that and the…