Ring in the new year with HCTO’s IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
OREM — As a critic, when I critique a show that has been a part of the theatrical repertoire for as long as The Importance of Being Earnest has been,…
AN IDEAL HUSBAND at BYU is not an ideal streaming production
PROVO — It is an understatement to say that An Ideal Husband, produced by BYU, was technologically impaired. Though I appreciate the effort of the actors and technicians to put…
Strong cast lifts A CHRISTMAS STORY at the SCERA
OREM — A Christmas Story: The Musical is part of a trend on Broadway in the past 20 years of turning popular movies into musicals. Given the financial risks of…
A spirited version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at HCTO
OREM — Holiday traditions provide families with an anchor of stability year after year, and never have people needed stability more than during the coronavirus pandemic. The creative team and…
SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT is something important to think about
PROVO — An Other Theater Company’s latest streaming production is Something to Cry About, an original devised work by Shelby Noelle Gist and Dorsey Williams. Directed by Gist, the short…
ILLUSIONARY TALES: spooky stories at their staged best
PROVO — One of the few good things to come out of the pandemic is experimental theater, and BYU’s Illusionary Tales has done a great job of finding a way…
Little ones can discover themselves via THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH
OREM — “Many things are possible as long as you believe they’re not impossible.” That’s one of the lessons of The Phantom Tollbooth, an adaptation of the Norton Juster novel…
HCTO offers a sensory SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
OREM — Hale Center Theater Orem (HCTO)’s Sense and Sensibility made for a perfect maiden voyage back to theatre after the onset of COVID-19. With the light-hearted, comedic, and nostalgic…
Let Lehi’s BIG FISH hook you
LEHI — This year, the Lehi Arts Council’s sole theatre production will be Big Fish. The production was cast in January and was almost ready to open in March. But,…
HOW I BECAME A PIRATE is seaworthy and sound
OREM — Just two years after the last production of How I Became a Pirate at the SCERA, the company has a new production of this play for young audiences.…