Fall in love with THE LAST FIVE YEARS
SALT LAKE CITY — Just two weeks after the release of the film adaptation starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan, Utah Repertory Theater Company has brought Jason Robert Brown‘s five…
GHOST THE MUSICAL never comes to life
WEST VALLEY CITY — Based on the 1990 Oscar Award winning romantic drama film, starring Patrick Swazye, Demi Moore, and Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost the Musical is fresh off of Broadway…
Modern spin on HAMLET makes the play wobble
SALT LAKE CITY — The New World Shakespeare Company produces classic scripts with modern interpretations to make old plays more accessible to modern audiences. Each production benefits a charitable campaign…
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.…
These CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD demand attention
SALT LAKE CITY — Despite being riddled with problems, the Westminster College production of Children of a Lesser God is moving on a visceral plane. Haunting cello music invites the…
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR teaches timeless lessons
SALT LAKE CITY — Director Mark Fossen has received much acclaim and a solid reputation for directing American classics in Utah, including The Crucible, Our Town, and Death of a…
Grassroots Shakespeare freshen up ROMEO AND JULIET
SALT LAKE CITY — I have never seen a Grassroots Shakespeare Company show that I didn’t like, but Romeo and Juliet was one of the best I’ve seen yet. Not…
THE CRUCIBLE at Pioneer frames hysteria brilliantly on symbolic stage
SALT LAKE CITY — Arthur Miller is arguably the greatest American playwright of the 20th century, and after viewing his masterpiece The Crucible, it is easy to see why. Linguistically…
This MAMA is Complex and Real
SALT LAKE CITY — Plan-B Theatre Company’s production of MAMA directed by Jerry Rapier asks the question “How do you define a mother?” Of course there is no one correct…
SLAC’s TWO STORIES told well
SALT LAKE — I know that the evening news is biased and embellished. I know that reality television is staged. And I know that the majority of theatre that I…