“You Will Be Found” at Eccles’s DEAR EVAN HANSEN
Update: Due to the coronavirus closure, the Eccles Theater was closed, making Dear Evan Hansen‘s last performance in Utah on March 11. SALT LAKE CITY — After winning six 2017…
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…
A rare, authentic ONCE ON THIS ISLAND at Pioneer Theatre
SALT LAKE CITY — The national tour of the recent, Tony-winning Broadway revival of Once on This Island, by Stephen Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (book and lyrics), will not…
FLOYD COLLINS gets buried under a disjointed script
SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah has a reputation for doing difficult and lesser-known shows. This is by design, as they strive to push their students and Utah…
THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS hits a high note at the Grand
SALT LAKE CITY — Every year The Grand Theatre mounts a “Backstage Production,” and this year they have chosen The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!). Because I have seen many…
Hale’s STRICTLY BALLROOM is strictly spectacular
Update: On March 12, Hale Centre Theatre cancelled performances of Strictly Ballroom through March 30, due to the coronavirus pandemic. On March 17, the company announced that all remaining performances…
Hale Centre Theatre’s BRIGHT STAR shines
Update: On March 12, Hale Centre Theatre cancelled performances of Bright Star through March 30, due to the coronavirus pandemic. On March 17, the company announced that all remaining performances…
Broadway at the Eccles’s production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is traditional
SALT LAKE CITY — As I looked over the season for the Broadway across America productions at the Eccles Theater, there were many shows that I was interested in. But…
Theatre Thursday: The Cat in the Hat at the Parker Theatre
If you find your day is too adult-wordy, And you want your world to be topsy turvy, Then sit down with your kids and have a chat, That you want…
A moving and gorgeous SILENT NIGHT at Utah Opera
SALT LAKE CITY — It was the war to end all wars. World War I began over 100 years ago, but its effects live on all around us. It was…