Venture INTO THE WOODS like you never have before
OREM — Into the Woods is among the most popular musicals produced in Utah and for good reason. The familiar fairytale characters, the beautiful score by Stephen Sondheim and book…
Utah Festival Opera’s MAN OF LA MANCHA worth the quest
LOGAN — For 500 years, Miguel de Cervantes’ tale of Don Quixote has captivated readers. Now, half a century later, the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre pays proper homage…
Extraordinary production of ORDINARY DAYS
Salt Lake City — A small, intimate, black box theatre. A simple, yet colorful, set. A sold out opening night. This is the experience that greeted me as I attended…
HOW TO SUCCEED a delightful success at Utah Festival Opera
LOGAN — How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying has become an iconic look at the 1960’s workplace through the lens of musical theatre. It’s satirical, stereotypical, and sexist.…
A simple, elegant show in THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG
CEDAR CITY — The third installment in this year’s Neil Simon Festival in Cedar City is a musical with a script by Neil Simon, music by Marvin Hamlisch, and lyrics…
Utah Festival Opera presents the best of the classics with CAROUSEL
LOGAN — The Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre has a history of producing some great works of theatre that draw hundreds of patrons every summer. The festival brings to…
“This Nearly Was” a great SOUTH PACIFIC
CEDAR CITY — I will likely be exiled from the United States after my pronouncements in this review for two reasons. The first: this was my first time seeing South…
Say, “No, no, no!” to JOSEPH in West Jordan
WEST JORDAN — Community theatre. It’s a unique brand of the trade, one that can be theatre’s own monster or savior. I’ve seen community theaters put on some of the…
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE is toe-tapping fun at the Empress
MAGNA — Thoroughly Modern Millie is one of these shows that started as a movie, then was adapted for the stage by Jeanine Tesori (music), Dick Scanlan (book and lyrics),…
Fall under the spell of DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
IVINS — “Tale as old as time,” or so the tale of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast may seem. Although it was released originally as an animated film in 1991,…