NEWSIES unites and delights at Sundance Summer Theatre
SUNDANCE — “Carrying the Banner” at Sundance Resort is a rag-tag group of newsboys and newsgirls. Director Jennifer Delac Rimke presents Newsies: The Musical at Sundance Summer Theatre as a…
Interview with Julie Heaton, director of Sundance’s THE SOUND OF MUSIC
SUNDANCE — Fresh off opening weekend and a rave review by UTBA, we interviewed The Sound of Music director Julie Heaton by phone about her process creating the show, and…
Still “holding out for a hero” at Sundance Theatre’s FOOTLOOSE
SUNDANCE — From the 1984 classic film is born the stage adaptation of Footloose. A popular film, especially in Utah perhaps from the familiar setting, most are acquainted with the…
Sundance’s OKLAHOMA! has strengths, lacks heart
SUNDANCE — Oklahoma! was the first musical written by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, and it ushered in the American musical theatre as we now know…
Yeehaw! Sundance’s JOSEPH…DREAMCOAT is a fun hootenanny
SUNDANCE — I’ve never quite understood the phenomenon behind Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. While Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s music and Tim Rice‘s lyrics are catchy, the show always felt…
Sundance’s THE WIZARD OF OZ needs a little more magic
SUNDANCE — Theatre in the mountains surrounding Robert Redford’s Sundance resort is always magical. The journey by car up the canyon followed by the climb to the amphitheater (by foot…
Superb acting & directing make Sundance’s FIDDLER ON THE ROOF a success
SUNDANCE — There is something magical about theatre outdoors, and for summer theatre at Sundance Mountain Resort that feeling is amplified. The performance experience is enhanced by the drive up…
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN could do better
SUNDANCE — Incredibly, this summer’s Sundance Summer Theatre show was my first exposure to the classic Irving Berlin musical, Annie Get Your Gun. How I’ve gotten through my entire life…
Bless your beautiful hide! SEVEN BRIDES is at Sundance
SUNDANCE — I’m glad Utah keeps the flame of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers alive. For some reason, this ’50s movie is performed onstage and enjoyed on video regularly in…
Considerable Joy at Sundance’s “Big River”
OREM — At the conclusion of Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck explains to the audience, “It was like the fortune predicted long ago: considerable trouble and considerable…