stephen flaherty

LOGAN — Just under two decades ago, I spent a lot of evenings watching second run movies at the Utah Theater on Center Street in Logan because it was perfect…

LOGAN — At its core, Ragtime is a story about America. Not at its best, but at its most hopeful. Hope that someday—someday—things will change. People will be more kind,…

CEDAR HILLS — Once On This Island is a musical that is being produced as part of the new Creekside Theatre Fest in Cedar Hills. The show is a telling…

OGDEN — The story of Seussical: the Musical (music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and book by both) is pulled from the timeless classic book “Horton Hears a…

SALT LAKE CITY — With the snow melted, cloudy skies, and still no leaves on the trees, northern Utah can be a dreary place in early March. But the Grand…

WEST VALLEY — “It was the music of something beginning.” That’s how Lynn Ahrens‘s lyrics describe ragtime, the first American music style that became popular internationally. Born in the communities…

OGDEN — The Ziegfeld Theater debuts their first family musical of the season. The new theater, commonly referred to as “the Zig,” takes a change of course from their standard…

OGDEN — I think one of the toughest and consequently most satisfying part of theatre is returning to a show you know too well. This is most common when you…

WEST JORDAN — Seussical has been a favorite of mine since I first discovered it a little over 10 years ago. There’s something magical about seeing so many of my…

HOLLADAY — Harry Witherspoon is bored. All day long he sits in a shoe shop with no one to talk to but some Italian leather loafers. He wishes his life…