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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…
SAINT GEORGE — Settling into a seat at St. George Musical Theater in the Opera House in St. George, it seems like it’s going to be a regular night of…
PLEASANT GROVE— Bright Star, with music, book, and story by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, is a heartfelt bluegrass musical that beautifully intertwines themes of love, loss, and redemption. Set…
LOGAN — Bright Star is a relatively new entry in the musical theatre canon, premiering about a decade ago with music, book, and story by Steve Martin and music and…
OREM — Steve Martin and Edie Brickell created the musical Bright Star, by developing a concept album that became a dramatic romance story set in the post-World War American South.…
ST. GEORGE — Two geniuses walk into a bar in Montmartre. It sounds like the promising start of a joke. Instead, it is the premise for The Stage Door’s current…
LEHI — How is there so much performing arts talent in Utah? I kept asking myself that question while watching the Lehi Arts Council production of Bright Star. With its…
KAYSVILLE — Bright Star is a new musical written by Steve Martin, Edie Brickell. The story follows the lives of two writers as they try to find their way in…
CENTERVILLE — Bright Star, a bluegrass musical with music by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, lyrics by Brickell, and a book by Martin, is about a young woman growing up…
PERRY — To say Heritage Theatre’s production of Bright Star was heart-wrenching would be a huge understatement. This show forms a beautiful bouquet of Kentucky bluegrass into a shining heart…
