Not Your Mother’s “Oklahoma!”
OREM – Ho-hum. Another opening of another Oklahoma! Curly ambles down the auditorium’s aisles and onto the stage rhapsodizing about “a bright, golden haze on the meadow”—
Peter Pan twinkles at BYU
PROVO — BYU is currently presenting Peter Pan, a musical based on the play by James M. Barrie. Since 1904, audiences have been enjoying the story of the boy who…
“Hairspray” is adorably energetic
MIDVALE — Hairspray is a musical that examines rock and roll and race relations through the character of Tracy Turnblad. She is a plus size teen with a plus size…
Not quite the “Awakening” I hoped for
SALT LAKE CITY — Before I can begin this review, I feel like I need to tell you a few things about me: I fell in love with Spring Awakening…
A Rented Christmas sparkles
PARK CITY — The Historic Egyptian Theater in Park City is offering an alternative to Dickens with A Rented Christmas, a fun, nostalgic show set in the Depression Era 1930s.…
“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…
“A Christmas Carol” sings in Centerville
CENTERVILLE — At this season of the year, it is nearly impossible not to run head-long into a version of A Christmas Carol. Many theater companes in the country (if…
A royal whodunnit at Poison Ivy
WEST JORDAN — Though initially skeptical of the idea of a “murder mystery musical,” I found myself pleasantly surprised by Poison Ivy Mysteries’s production of Shadow of the King. My…
“Plaid Tidings” is full of Christmas cheer
OREM — Years ago, I saw the original Forever Plaid and loved the story of the four young men from the ’60s, The Plaids, who were killed in a car…
A Joyful “Color Purple”
SALT LAKE CITY – Like the Pulitzer prizewinning book and popular movie that preceded it, The Color Purple stage musical is a powerful testament to enduring love, the ability to…