Creekside’s A DOLL’S HOUSE is a welcomed choice for audiences
PLEASANT GROVE — With its message of female liberation and protest against unequal opportunities for women, A Doll’s House shocked the world when it premiered in 1879. Now, over a…
SCERA’s HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL captures the high school feel
OREM — “What time is it? SUMMERTIME!” One of our favorite summer date nights is watching the live musicals at the SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre. On these warm Utah nights,…
Grassroots Shakespeare is bouncing back with CYMBELINE
PROVO — The Grassroots Shakespeare Company may look like a ragtag group of actors, but the company has been one of the most artistically ambitious companies in northern Utah. The…
Lehi’s SENSE AND SENSIBILITY is a lovely theatrical experience
LEHI — There is something magical that happens every once in a while in community theatre. It is a unique, special group of people; some have years of stage experience,…
STEEL MAGNOLIAS is intimate and polished at the Covey
PROVO — Steel Magnolias at the Covey Center for the Arts is a heartwarming romp. Set in a 1980s beauty salon in Northwest Louisiana, Steel Magnolias is dripping with southern…
Run (don’t walk!) to SEE HOW THEY RUN in Pleasant Grove
PLEASANT GROVE — The Pleasant Grove Players production of See How They Run is so delightful that my biggest challenge in reviewing it is deciding which aspect of the show…
MAMMA MIA! at AFCT is more spectacle than story
AMERICAN FORK — If I am driving in the car with people of various music tastes, the surest way to please the crowd is to put on ABBA. Their music…
Klouns flies high with ICARUS
PROVO — Klouns is my new favorite theater company, and the best thing to happen to Utah arts in a while. Their premiere production of Icarus this weekend was a…
Go happily-ever-aftering to CAMELOT at Hale Center Theater Orem
OREM — In the title song of Camelot, King Arthur sings, “In short, there’s simply not a more congenial spot for happily-ever-aftering than here in Camelot.” He might as well…
Don’t let SCERA’s CATCH ME IF YOU CAN escape from you
OREM — On Friday night, I had the exciting opportunity to see my very first production at SCERA in Orem. Based on everything I had heard about this company, my…