MATILDA at the SCERA is so fun you’ll flip out!
OREM — Roald Dahl‘s Matilda the Musical at the Scera Shell Outdoor Theatre was a blast. The kids onstage were energetic and excellent performers, and the kids in the audience…
WILLY WONKA is a world of pure juxtaposition
OREM — As a piece of theatre for young audiences, the SCERA’s production of Willy Wonka is a success. For everyone else, though, it is a show worth skipping. Willy…
Revolting children steal the show in HCTO’s MATILDA
Note: After the coronavirus put performances of this production on hiatus, Hale Center Theater has resumed performances of Matilda. OREM — Though the script was odd at several junctions, Hale…
“The Smell of Rebellion” envelopes at Ziefeld’s MATILDA
OGDEN — Matilda the musical is based on the novel by Roald Dahl about an intelligent little girl who is stuck with the most horrible parents imaginable. She gets sent…
Grotesque fun with JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH at UCT
SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Children’s Theatre’s James and the Giant Peach under the direction of Joanne Parker is grotesque fun (and that’s meant as a compliment). An adaption…
Join the revolt with MATILDA at Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy
SANDY — The musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Matilda has found its way through the streets of London, past Broadway’s Shubert Theatre, and landed smack dab in the middle of…
Nothing revolting about Tuacahn’s MATILDA
IVINS — The musical Matilda (with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin and book by Dennis Kelly), is based on the Roald Dahl book of the same name. This story…
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY is a sweet and silly surprise
SOUTH SALT LAKE — Utah Children’s Theatre is something of an institution in the Salt Lake Valley, churning out lively theater capable of drawing the attention of young children while…
A peachy production of JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
Orem – As a child I fell in love with the stories of Roald Dahl, and as an adult nothing has changed. They are imaginative, sometimes a little twisted, and…
Chocolate Factory makes for sweet evening
SALT LAKE CITY — Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has always been one of my favorite stories, and the version produced by The Children’s Theatre and directed by Joanne M.…