A CHRISTMAS CAROL delivers the spirit of the season
SMITHFIELD — There are certain traditions that truly make the holiday season. For me, it’s just not Christmas until Ralphy says, “Oh, Fuuuudge!,” Clark Griswold lights up his house, and…
Salt Lake Acting Company’s PETE THE CAT is a groovy production for young audiences
SALT LAKE CITY — You never quite know what you’re going to get when you attend a theatre for young audiences production. Often these kind of musicals are cheesy because…
Eccles’s A CHRISTMAS STORY is familiar and fun
SALT LAKE CITY — In Broadway’s continuing effort to turn all intellectual properties into family musicals, A Christmas Story, the Musical premiered in the Big Apple in 2012. The show…
Hale’s A CHRISTMAS CAROL undercut by performance schedule?
SANDY — This is the 35th year of A Christmas Carol at Hale Centre Theatre, a venerable and cherished tradition (which is not included in season tickets). It begins with…
HOLIDAY INN is a sugary treat
CENTERVILLE — With a veritable flurry of tap dances, love ballads, and scene and costume changes, a production of Holiday Inn with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin is no…
“Follow your hunch” and see HCT’s SEUSSICAL
SANDY — I was excited about the opportunity to take my five-year-old with me to see Seussical the Musical directed by Dave Tinney at the Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy.…
“God bless us, everyone” who sees HCTO’s A CHRISTMAS CAROL
OREM — “God bless us, everyone.” Tiny Tim’s famous closing line of A Christmas Carol is iconic in any stage adaptation of this most famous book by Charles Dickens. But…
A CHORUS LINE opens minds, showcases talent
ST. GEORGE — With a director boasting a nearly 25-year history with the show and a cast with the gumption to tackle the original Broadway choreography, A Chorus Line at…
A magnificent world premiere of THE HOUSE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE
OGDEN — It is rare that you get to hear the words, “world premiere musical,” in Utah, but I have heard those words a lot this season. I was very…
Vocal prowess in Broadway’s TOOTSIE
NEW YORK — The Broadway musical Tootsie is based on the 1982 movie by the same name starring Dustin Hoffman. Playing currently at the Marquis Theatre in Times Square, the…