A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE is a sight worth seeing
SALT LAKE CITY — When Arthur Miller‘s name is in the “byline” of a play, audiences can be assured of an evening of great writing, fascinating characters, introspection, and illumination.…
BLACKBIRD draws on the raggedness of life
SALT LAKE CITY — The phrase “trigger warning” was designed for works like Blackbird. This dark little show is difficult to watch, even for those without trauma. But though trying,…
Witness a beautiful SILENT SKY
SALT LAKE CITY — Pygmalion Theatre in Salt Lake City is producing Silent Sky, which is based on the story of Henrietta Leavitt, a woman who was a female “computer”…
Westminster’s BELLWETHER is undoubtedly stunning
SALT LAKE CITY — Bellwether is a nice neighborhood. People know their neighbors. The parks have playgrounds for children and tennis courts for adults. Since moving to Bellwether, Alan Draft…
DON JUAN COMES BACK FROM THE WAR is visually striking and stylized
SALT LAKE CITY — We (and by “we,” I am referring to any person attracted to the male of the species), all know one: a man who, rather inexplicably in…
POPPY’S IN THE SAND is unexpected treasure at the Fringe
SALT LAKE CITY — What would you do if a traumatic event from your childhood continually haunted you? How would you cope being your own unreliable narrator? These are just…
You’d do well to see this perspective on faith in Plan-B’s PILOT PROGRAM
SALT LAKE CITY — The play is good. You should attend. Not a lot of tickets left. Pilot Program, a play about a modern Mormon couple called to participate in…
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH explores the human family through history and time
SALT LAKE CITY — “We came through the depression by the skin of our teeth, that’s true!—one more tight squeeze like that and where will we be?” launches the starting…
THE THREEPENNY OPERA is worth every penny
SALT LAKE CITY — Bertold Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera offers a satiric view of capitalism in Victorian London. Opening with the familiar standard, “The Ballad of Mack the Knife,” the…
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY is an evening of gripping theater
SALT LAKE CITY — When their father goes missing, the three Weston sisters gather to the family home in rural Osage County, Oklahoma, to help their mother pick up the…