2 PIANOS 4 HANDS Equals 1 Great Night at PTC
SALT LAKE CITY— I recently had the privilege of attending 2 Pianos 4 Hands by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt, directed by Tom Frey, starring Richard Todd Adams and Matthew…
History Comes Alive in Pioneer’s LEHMAN TRILOGY
SALT LAKE CITY — “The Lehman Trilogy” at Pioneer Theatre Company is unlike anything I’ve seen — from both a subject and stylistic perspective. The subject is the 164-year history…
Nuanced performances make RICHARD III a satisfying evening
CEDAR CITY — “The souls of men are full of fear” when Richard III, Shakespeare‘s most malevolent king, is on the loose. An alarming tension permeates the current production of…
All aboard for Pioneer Theatre’s THE LAST SHIP
SALT LAKE CITY — The Last Ship is a 2014 musical with music and lyrics written by Sting, and a book by John Logan and Brian Yorkey. The Pioneer Theatre…
PTC’s TWO DOLLAR BILL trying to be too many things
SALT LAKE CITY- In 2007, writer T.J. Brady heard an NPR story about former dean of admissions at MIT Marilee Jones and the scandal surrounding the revelation that she had…
PTC’S PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE is a champion
SALT LAKE CITY – A musical about school children participating in a county-wide spelling bee?. When I first heard of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee back in 2005,…
SWEET CHARITY dazzles visually
SALT LAKE CITY — The summer is coming and we are in for some fireworks. The pop, sizzle, and sparkle will awe and inspire you. But the show isn’t in…
OTHER DESERT CITIES is a potent family drama
SALT LAKE CITY — Even people with glass houses have skeletons in their closets. Novelist Brooke Wyeth is overcoming a serious battle with depression in the best way she knows…
NEXT TO NORMAL sheds marvelous light on mental illness
SALT LAKE CITY —When I first heard that Next to Normal was going to be presented by the Pioneer Theater Company, I was so excited that my newest Broadway obsession…
RENT
SALT LAKE CITY — Friday night opened to a full house for Pioneer Theater Company’s final show of the season, Jonathan Larson‘s, RENT. Director Karen Azenberg returns to PTC bringing…