THE TIMEKEEPER’S COLLECTION is an innovative visit to the past
SALT LAKE CITY — The Timekeeper’s Collection (written by Marie Kynd) is a concise play lasting about 30 minutes where — despite the run time — the story, world and…
At Fringe, PRETTY, DIRTY explores the great outdoors — and the self
SALT LAKE CITY — Pretty Dirty, written and directed by Olivia Buck Smith, is a salient meditation on personal freedom versus expectations and constraints placed on women by society. The…
UBU ROI is an absurdist delight at the GSL Fringe Festival
SALT LAKE CITY — Ubu Roi, written by Alfred Jarry (directed by Jordan Reynosa), is an interactive, absurdist comedy featuring Juls Marino as Papa Turd, who wants to kill King…
LUCKY STIFF at Sugar Factory is a fun adventure
MIDVALE — Lucky Stiff (book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, with music by Stephen Flaherty) produced by Sugar Factory Playhouse is playing at the Midvale Performing Arts Center; it’s a…
Switch it up and see Herriman Arts Council’s FREAKY FRIDAY
HERRIMAN — Every year the summer show produced by the Herriman Arts Council is full of great talent, and this year’s Freaky Friday is no exception. Freaky Friday (with a…
“And the world will know:” Sandy Hale’s NEWSIES is a mixed bag
SANDY — After Newsies premiered in Utah, I wrote that the musical was likely to replace Joseph… as Utah’s favorite. And boy did it ever. We have long passed the…
Everything is right with Bluffdale’s THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
BLUFFDALE — The Bluffdale Arts Advisory Board’s The Play that Goes Wrong is an unforgettable production that raises the bar for community theatre and kept me laughing all evening. Written…
An Other Theatre Company stumbles with THE 54TH STEP
SALT LAKE CITY — Local emerging playwright Jesse Nepivoda‘s new work, The 54th Step is being presented as the final production of An Other Theatre Company in connection with the…
Opera Contempo’s TWICE THROUGH THE HEART is worth seeing — twice
SALT LAKE CITY — Twice Through The Heart (with music by Mark-Anthony Turnage and libretto adapted from a poem by Jackie Kay) is a very short (only thirty-five minutes) contemporary…
PUFFS at West Valley Arts is 9¾ out of 10
WEST VALLEY CITY — Theatre is a collaborative art form. Rarely do you have a single actor, who does their own lights, sound, costuming, and is self-directed. It takes a…