Small cast is a strength of Covey Center’s MURDER BY THE BOOK
PROVO — In the first few minutes of Duncan Greenwood and Robert King’s Murder by the Book, a writer and literature critic by the name of Selwyn Piper is shot…
Covey Center’s STEEL MAGNOLIAS full of down home soul and wit
PROVO — When playwright Robert Harling‘s sister passed away in 1985 from diabetic complications and a donated kidney failure, a friend suggested to Harling that he write down his thoughts…
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES charms at the Covey Center
PROVO — I grew up with Anne of Green Gables. I remember nights spent listening to the audiobooks and falling asleep to Lucy Maud Montgomery’s enchanting words. The story was…
JANE k-EYRE-aoke at HCT Orem
OREM — Given Utah audiences’ love of musicals, Victorian Gothic romance, and period costumes, the musical version of Jane Eyre, now playing at Hale Center Theater Orem, should be more…
As always, a touching JOYFUL NOISE at the Covey
PROVO — The Covey Center for the Arts admirably presents this year’s annual holiday tradition of Tim Slover’s uplifting and insightful play, Joyful Noise. This play is a wonderful story…
A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG is a striking premiere
PROVO — I am always curious at the foundation of new theater companies: what niche they seek to fill in their locales and what stories they seek to tell. Most…
In earnest about THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
PROVO — “One has to be serious about something if one is to have any amusement in life.” Thus Algernon Moncrief states in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest.…
JOYFUL NOISE more pleasant and subdued than joyful
PROVO — The year is 1741, and George Frederic Handel is in a slump. His recent operas have received a mixed or negative response from the London public. And the…
BLITHE SPIRIT leads make for a charming haunt
PROVO — “I’ll go and see anything so long as it amuses me, or moves me. If it doesn’t do either I want to go home.” —Noel Coward The above…
CROSSING DELANCEY: Some romance at the Covey
PROVO — In the name of full disclosure, I asked to see Crossing Delancey because I grew up with and love the film. I’m making every effort to discuss this…