“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…
The Empress presents “Little Women”
MAGNA — Little Women has been one of my favorite books since a friend introduced me to the March sisters in seventh grade. I don’t know how often I’ve read…
Westminster Players Fire up a Great Show
SALT LAKE CITY — The Spitfire Grill was a musical I was unfamiliar with. I sat in anticipation and a bit of curiosity to see what the Westminster Players and…
Hale’s “Scarlet Pimpernel” Sails
Romance! Betrayal! Heroics! A swashbuckling aristocrat in comic disguise performing secret noble deeds! A songbird bride guilt-ridden over a concealed indiscretion! It’s all in the the 1905 popular potboiler novella…
“Drowsy Chaperone” Is a Loving Valentine
WEST VALLEY CITY — You wouldn’t think you’d hear “I hate theater!” at the beginning of a play—at least not from the stage. Yet before the end of the Hale…
An Oom Pah Pah “Oliver!”
SALT LAKE CITY – From overture to final-curtain bows, the Grand Theatre’s superb production of Oliver! is a theatrical pleasure. The opening-night audience was fully engaged in the richly drawn…
Mullets and Mayhem at “Trailer Park Musical”
The Great American Trailer Park Musical is just that – a great American musical about the goings on at a trailer park. Park City’s Dark Horse Company Theatre brought Armadillo…
SCERA Welcomes You to the Sixties
OREM — About ten seconds into the opening number of Hairspray, the entire cast rushes the stage to create the hustle and bustle of 1960’s Baltimore, and when they do,…
“Damn Yankees” swings…and it’s a foul ball.
MAGNA — Back to The Empress, a now-familiar place for me. Having reviewed two other shows here, I am now a fan and an adamant supporter. However, seeing the theatre…