Pygmalion’s SPARK flares and fizzles
SALT LAKE CITY — Spark opens on the porch of the Glimord home in the tobacco belt of North Carolina. Sisters Evelyn and Ali Glimord are preparing a celebratory dinner…
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…
Actors make THE PAVILION a compelling night of theatre
SALT LAKE CITY – I love attending plays that I know nothing about. I arrive as a blank slate with no idea of the plot or premise about to be…
GRACE unforgettably explores time, space, doubt, and faith
SALT LAKE CITY – Grace is the story of two parallel worlds that each happen to take the form of a small Florida rental condo. The first condo is the…
33 VARIATIONS ascends to triumph
SALT LAKE CITY — Why did Ludwig Von Beethoven devote four years of his diminishing life writing 33 variations of a mediocre waltz? This question has remained largely a mystery…
A premature 12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS
SALT LAKE CITY — Getting through the holidays can be a chore for the single, and even more so for the broken-hearted. Pygmalion Theater Company’s The 12 Dates of Christmas…
Solid acting and design anchor Pygmalion’s CHEAT
SALT LAKE CITY — Pygmalion Theater Company has the honor of being the only local theater company dedicated to producing plays for and about women. Their latest offering, Cheat, written…
LADY DAY hits strong, bittersweet note
SALT LAKE CITY — When I think of Billie Holiday, I think of black and white album covers, gardenias, and her incredibly distinctive and often imitated voice. Pygmalion Productions’s Lady…
ANTIGONE is new again in 2012
SALT LAKE CITY — The most important news story of 2011 was, unquestionably, the Arab Spring. Beginning in late 2010 in Tunisia, a fervor of revolution spread through many Arab…
True West is real deal
SALT LAKE CITY — Wasatch Theatre’s True West is a fascinating blend of high-intensity drama and unnerving humor. The play is widely considered one of Pulitzer-prize winning writer Sam Shepard’s…