NEWSIES seizes hearts in Logan
LOGAN — I’ve been a fan of Newsies and Alan Menken’s music since the movie version came out when I was kid. I’ve performed many of the songs, and I…
WEST SIDE STORY is “pretty and witty and bright”
LOGAN — Leave it to Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim to take a challenging story like Romeo and Juliet and drop it into the West Side of New…
Terrence McNally’s MASTER CLASS is nearly masterful at Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
LOGAN — To say that playwright Terrence McNally is a stalwart of the American theatre would be a gross understatement. Critic Rex Reed describes McNally as “one of the greatest…
Share a last memory with BRAVO, CARUSO!
Performances of Utah Festival Opera and Muscial Theatre's Bravo Caruso! play July 12, 18, and 26th at 1:00 PM and July 4, 16, and 30 at 7:30pm at the Utah…
A SECRET GARDEN more of sounds than sights at UFOMT
LOGAN — I’ve been known to joke to friends that one can write a review of too many shows produced by Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre according to the…
Utah Festival’s AMAZING GRACE delights the eyes and heart
The Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre production of Amazing Grace plays various times through August 1 at the Utah Theatre (18 West Center Street, Logan). Tickets are $16-$79. For…
UFO&MT’s YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN excels vocally
LOGAN — To kick off their musical theatre season, the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre has chosen You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, based on the comic strip by…
Bring your shipoopi to UFO&MT’s THE MUSIC MAN
LOGAN — One of the most golden examples of a golden age musical would have to be Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. The story of a fly-by-night salesman who swings…
A brilliantly sung PIRATES OF PENZANCE at UFO&MT
LOGAN — One hundred and thirty-eight years after its 1879 New York City premiere, Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance still retains a prominent place in American popular culture.…
Utah Festival Opera’s SEUSSICAL is full of whimsy and fun
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…