A Nice Evening With THE ADDAMS FAMILY
MAGNA — The Addams Family started as a single panel comic in the New Yorker magazine drawn by Charles Addams, was later adapted to a television show, an animated cartoon,…
THE LAST FIVE YEARS at the Babcock Theatre is captivating
SALT LAKE CITY — The Last Five Years, presented by Salt Lake Shakespeare at the U of U’s Babcock Theatre, is a production full of honest and captivating moments. Lead…
MARY POPPINS soars at the Hale Centre Theatre
WEST VALLEY CITY — There is a scene in both the movie and the stage production of Mary Poppins wherein the title character pulls a series of large objects out…
CALAMITY JANE is a hilarious Old West comedy
MURRAY — The last time I attended a show at the Desert Star, I was in high school. Therefore, my memory of the facility was sketchy at best. When we…
“I Believe” in Midvale Main Street Theatre’s SPRING AWAKENING
MIDVALE CITY — Midvale Main Street Theatre’s production of Spring Awakening is a breath of fresh air when compared to the often overdone happy-go-lucky kind of musicals we seem to…
Actors make THE PAVILION a compelling night of theatre
SALT LAKE CITY – I love attending plays that I know nothing about. I arrive as a blank slate with no idea of the plot or premise about to be…
SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR asks fascinating questions
SALT LAKE CITY — In 1921, Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello premiered Six Characters in Search of an Author. It was a curious piece of theatre unlike anything his audiences were…
Meat & Potato Theatre’s BEOWULF dusts off an old epic
SALT LAKE CITY — Meat & Potato Theatre’s adaptation of Beowulf opens on the great hall of Heorot where a dwindling tribe of Danes are besieged by the monster Grendel.…
DRIVING MISS DAISY is a poignant, funny and reflective journey
SALT LAKE CITY — Daisy asks, “Did you have the air-conditioning checked? I told you to have the air-conditioning checked.” Hoke replies, “I had the air-conditioning checked. I don’t know…
SWEET CHARITY dazzles visually
SALT LAKE CITY — The summer is coming and we are in for some fireworks. The pop, sizzle, and sparkle will awe and inspire you. But the show isn’t in…