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SANDY—Bright Star is a tender, bluegrass-infused musical that blends heartbreak, humor, and hope into a story about love lost and found across generations. With music, book, and story by comedian…
SANDY — The Sandy Arts Guild performs the shows in their season at Mount Jordan Junior High School. The organization is a hallmark for cities across the state of collaboration…
SANDY — From the Alfred Hitchcock-esque preshow announcement to the zany curtain call, Sandy Arts Guild’s The 39 Steps makes for a delightfully fun evening. The show is not new…
SANDY — Certain plays are so iconic that as a critic, I arrive asking myself, “What is left to be said about this show?” The Music Man, first premiered in…
SALT LAKE CITY — I caught the dancing bug when I saw my first production of Footloose. As an energetic enthusiastic young teenager I loved to perform and was thrilled…
SANDY — Like the other recently popular musical set in the 1920’s, The Drowsy Chaperone, the script of Thoroughly Modern Millie (written by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan) makes light…
SANDY — Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida opened on Friday at the Sandy Amphitheatre under the direction of Trevor Jerome. It is a pleasing production, but it is missing…
SANDY — Since the 1941 premier of Joseph Kesselring’s farcical romp through the darker side of comedy, Arsenic and Old Lace has been a fan favorite and one of the…
SANDY — The Sandy Arts Guild production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged was an entirely enjoyable homage to the Bard. The premise of the show created by…
SANDY — Neil Simons’s Barefoot in the Park is arguably one of the most recognized titles in theater, its comedy and humanism universally recognized on stage, television and screen since…
