BODY AWARENESS is less than enlightening at Pygmalion
SALT LAKE CITY — As great as a big boisterous musical might be, there is also something special about going to a small play that tries to tackle the issues…
An interview with BODY AWARENESS director Morag Shepherd
SALT LAKE CITY — The next show at Pygmalion Productions is Body Awareness, a play by Annie Baker opening on May 6. Body Awareness is a probing play that examines…
Pygmalion’s BELLA BELLA has much to say, little to tell
SALT LAKE CITY — Bella Bella is a one-act, one-woman show, created by Harvey Fierstein, legend of stage and screen, about political legend, Bella Abzug. The action is set in…
IF THIS WALL COULD TALK highlights Utah women, past and present
SALT LAKE CITY — Pygmalion Productions’ newest offering, If This Wall Could Talk, is a 40-minute video that weaves together the stories of Utah women from both the past and…
Pygmalion’s FLYING is not the nostalgia we need
SALT LAKE CITY — It’s not difficult to argue that the social upheaval caused by WWII set the U.S. down the path that it continues on today. Sheila Cowley’s play…
PYG’s TWO-HEADED is “brave, bold, and hardworking”
SALT LAKE CITY — PYGmalion’s production of Julie Jensen’s Two-Headed, under the direction of Fran Pruyn, lives up to its reputation. If you haven’t actually heard of Two-Headed…, well, that…
WAIT! gives pause
SALT LAKE CITY — With Wait! Julie Jensen has created a love letter to theatre and the misfits who inhabit it. The coming of age tale surrounding Wendy Burger and…
Get to know Pygmalion’s MARY AND MYRA
SALT LAKE CITY — Theatrical adaptations of historical figures are quite common throughout live theatre, and bring with them a sense of wonder about the lives of those whose names…
PYGmalion’s THE WEYWARD SISTERS fails to take flight
Salt Lake City — PYGmalion Productions’ new play, The Weyward Sisters, written by L. L. West and directed by Robin Wilks-Dunn, takes place backstage at the Globe Theater during the…
Incendiary wits flare in HELLMAN V. MCCARTHY
SALT LAKE CITY — On January 24, 1980, literary critic and author Mary McCarthy appeared on The Dick Cavett Show and inadvertently began the biggest literary cat-fight in modern history.…