Fun and games with Utah Repertory Theater’s WHAT THE BELLHOP SAW
MURRAY — Just a bit of silliness, really. That’s what the farcical play, What the Bellhop Saw (written by Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore), has to offer. Nothing too…
JUSTICE AT THE GOLD DUST sparkles
WEST JORDAN — Someone’s been murdered and it’s the audience’s job to determine who the killer is. That’s the premise behind Justice at the Gold Dust, the latest murder mystery…
FARNDALE TOWNSWOMEN put on hilarious spin on MACBETH
SALT LAKE CITY — As I walked into The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of Macbeth, I was handed a raffle ticket along with my program…
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE never picks up speed
SALT LAKE CITY — The most important thing to know about the production of A Streetcar Named Desire from Skye’s the Limit Productions is that it is long. Really long.…
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN won’t give you the Transylvania Mania
MAGNA — Young Frankenstein, officially known as The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, is a musical with a book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan and music and lyrics…
A “radiant” production of CHARLOTTE’S WEB
SOUTH SALT LAKE — I saw Charlotte’s Web with three of my delightful children, and they were nothing less than impressed. My six-year-old said, “It was great.” And my oldest,…
A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE is heavy on the dark, light on the comedy
SALT LAKE CITY — The Hive Theatre Company’s production of Martin McDonagh’s A Behanding in Spokane was for me a study in dichotomy, addressing the question of how I could…
Face America’s past with THE FACE OF EMMETT TILL
SALT LAKE CITY — Some of the most important stories are also the hardest stories to tell. The Face of Emmett Till is certainly one of those stories. And, thankfully,…
Hale Centre Theatre serves up classic comedy in NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS
WEST VALLEY CITY — No Time For Sergeants, based on the 1954 novel by Mark Hyman, has been enduringly popular, having been adapted into a teleplay, a comic book series,…
A NIGHT WITH one very violent FAMILY
SALT LAKE CITY — You know the feeling of landing at the airport in your home state on Christmas Eve. It’s like there’s gingerbread in the air. You feel like…