молодцы to Pioneer Theatre Company’s Flawless NATASHA, PIERRE…
SALT LAKE CITY — I can’t imagine the pitch for a Russian folk adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s lengthy epic War and Peace with indie rock and EDM influences was an…
Pioneer’s ELF is fairly fun, mostly harmless
SALT LAKE CITY — Continuing Broadway’s quest to turn every family-friendly intellectual property into a stage musical, Elf premiered in the Big Apple in 2010 for a short, successful holiday…
A WALL APART fails to connect
SALT LAKE CITY — The new rock musical A Wall Apart at The Grand Theatre tells the story of one family’s experience of living through the nearly thirty-year division of…
Seeing it ONCE is not enough
SALT LAKE CITY — The musical Once, music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová and now playing at Pioneer Theatre in Salt Lake City, is based on a…
MAMMA MIA! is ABBA’s dabba, quite a doo!
SALT LAKE CITY — In her director’s notes for Mamma Mia!, Patricia Wilcox wrote, “What is left to say about a show that has been seen by 60 million people…
Fall “sincerely in love” with Pioneer Theatre’s THE MUSIC MAN
SALT LAKE CITY — The Music Man has become so entrenched in American culture since its premiere in 1957 that reviewing it is like reviewing the Liberty Bell or Yellowstone…
“White Christmas” snows Pioneer Theatre Company
SALT LAKE CITY – Christmas is here, and with the festive season comes a variety of effervescent events and stage shows. The 1954 musical film White Christmas, with its title…