THE NOOSE and BRINE SHRIMP GANGSTERS are an odd combination
SALT LAKE CITY — The Noose is a piece of historical fiction inspired by an actual 1957 Salt Lake City police case. April, a young African-American resident of Salt Lake,…
Try SEX WITH STRANGERS for an intimate Fringe experience
SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City’s current arts craze is the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival. In its second year, this impressive festival features one week of consistent theatre…
Seeing THE WORST THING I’VE EVER DONE was one of the best things I’ve ever done
SALT LAKE CITY — I’m sitting in a chair next to a large wooden box large enough for two people, wearing some noise cancelling headphones that play The Mountain Goats’…
Sing along with SONGS OF UN-CREATION
SALT LAKE CITY — American mythologist, lecturer, and writer, Joseph Campbell writes in his seminal work The Power of Myth, “We need myths that will identify the individual not with…
Hey! Unto you is staged THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER at CenterPoint
CENTERVILLE — There is something unavoidably self-referential about The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Watching a community theatre production of a play about producing a play that involves herding large numbers…
Fringe offering STRANGERS, LOVERS, FAMILY, FRIENDS energetically treads familiar ground
SALT LAKE CITY – The Great Salt Lake Fringe festival is an event meant to showcase performances of new and experimental works that might not otherwise be seen. The four-day…
Get on board with OFF THE MAP at BYU
PROVO — Last year BYU took a chance on an idea: creating a new international arts festival. The hope was that Utahns would embrace innovative, modern theatre productions from around…
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER embodies the spirit of Christmas
WEST JORDAN — One of my favorite childhood Christmas traditions read curling up in my pajamas as my mother read Barbara Robinson‘s book, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. It’s the…
CHRISTMAS WITH MISFITS is more naughty than nice
SALT LAKE CITY — Julie Jensen‘s Christmas With Misfits, making its world premier this month at Plan-B Theatre Company in Salt Lake City, is a collection of four short plays…
Echo Theatre’s BIELZY AND GOTTFRIED is moralistic, not a morality play
PROVO — Bielzy and Gottfried is one of the first entries in what the Echo Theater is calling its Playwriting Showcase. Unfortunately, this entry featured a poor script and an…