Covey’s reminder that IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
PROVO — As I entered the Brinton Black Box Theater at the Covey Center for the Arts, I felt as if I had traveled back through time and landed in…
One-man CHRISTMAS CAROL brings Dickens to life in Utah County
PLEASANT GROVE — A Christmas Carol seems capable of handling an infinite number of adaptations. Stage, television, film, and the written page have all been media for retellings of Charles…
Crack a smile at NUNCRACKERS with the Pleasant Grove Players
PLEASANT GROVE — Most audiences are used to entering a theater, kicking back in their seats, and getting lost in a story. In fact, as a reviewer, I usually judge…
Lehi Arts Council’s THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER is lowly and meek but moving.
LEHI — My last two reviews for Little Mermaid and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer were at venues that are known for being as exquisite in their offerings as any…
SCERA deserves “A Major Award” for A CHRISTMAS STORY
OREM — For the third year in a row, SCERA has mounted a production of A Christmas Story: The Musical, which makes it officially qualify as a tradition. This year’s…
A unique CINDERELLA in Eagle Mountain
EAGLE MOUNTAIN — On the western fringe of Utah County, Eagle Mountain Community Theatre has a production of Rodgers and Hammerstein‘s Cinderella that is unlike any other I have ever…
HCTO’s A CHRISTMAS CAROL is a mixed bag of gifts
OREM — We all know the story: a crotchety old crook, a humanoid door knocker, 3 Christmas ghosts, a changed man, a goose, etc. Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is…
Run to see BYU Young Company’s GO DOG GO!
PROVO — When was the last time you were truly curious about something? Comedians, scholars, and pundits have decried the end of curiosity owing to the accessibility of information from…
BYU’s reading of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE is a love letter to the Bard
PROVO — In my latest review for UTBA, I praised the unique experience of the staged readings put on by Contemporary Voices at BYU. I loved attending the reading, but…
THE CLEAN HOUSE gets a pleasant staged reading at BYU
PROVO — Theatre fans should be open variety of experiences and expressions of the art form. So, when I heard BYU was doing a series of staged readings, I was…