CURTAINS is a bit drab at the Grand Theatre
SALT LAKE CITY — Curtains is a backstage musical within a musical that seems to be written by “show people” for “show people.” The main story line of the murder…
THE SEAGULL (disastrously) falls to earth
PROVO — About halfway through The Seagull, one of the characters attempts suicide, but the bullet grazes his skull, and he survives. D.A.M. Good Productions has mounted this important play,…
A delightful, down home MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at UCT
SOUTH SALT LAKE — In 1662, the diarist Samuel Pepys wrote after seeing a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream that, “. . . it is the most insipid ridiculous…
THE BOOK OF MORMON outdoes itself in obscenity
SALT LAKE CITY — The hit Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and industry-acclaimed Robert Lopez, made its way to Utah…
NOISES OFF!: a glorious backstage farce at the Plaza
ODGEN — Noises Off!, written in 1982 by Michael Frayn, is arguably the modern theatrical standard for farce. It is mounted with regularity by theaters around the world. It is…
MR. BURNS could be “excellent” if it would “cut to the chase”
PROVO — An Other Theater Company produced Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play by Anne Washburn, a show that surrounds the nostalgia of The Simpsons in a post-apocalyptic setting. The writing…
Get thee to HAMLET at the Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — “Sweets to the sweet,” states Queen Gertrude at Ophelia’s funeral. This mournful farewell captures my regret as I left the Utah Shakespeare Festival‘s production of Hamlet. It…
“Love’s what we’ll remember” in Ziegfeld’s A CHORUS LINE
OGDEN — Every once in a while, a special show steps into the light amid a sea of Disney-inspired, family friendly fare and takes you by the heart and won’t…
A nunderful night at CenterPoint’s NUNSENSE
CENTERVILLE — Nunsense is an irreverently funny show full of every nun joke and pun in the good book, and a few that should have stayed back at the convent.…
LEND ME A TENOR and some better pacing
CENTERVILLE — Lend Me a Tenor, by Ken Ludwig, is a fun comedic show based in 1934 Ohio as the Cleveland Grand Opera prepares to welcome a famous tenor, Tito…