WWJD is a Refreshing Look at…well…you know
PROVO — I had some pre-conceived notions about the play, WWJD, written by Anna Lewis, being performed at the Provo Theater. I thought: (1) WWJD was going to be about…
A myth with new music: Oedipus
PROVO — Have you ever seen a work of art, face to face, that is nearly 3,000 years old? That’s what seeing a live production of Oedipus Rex is like—only…
Jane Austen’s "Persuasion": Adaptation and Lost Love
PROVO — By definition an adaptation in something new created out of the original. Some things will be lost, others gained. Such is the case with Melissa Leilani Larson’s stage…
Hale gives "Hairspray" a new look
OREM — Hairspray is a show that many people are familiar with, whether it be in movie form or from a stage production, and everyone seems to have an idea…
Why you should go to “He and She Fighting”
PROVO — Okay, so keep the title of this post in mind and, under that pretext, follow me through a piece of logic for a minute…
R&J by Salty Dinner Theatre: A Patron’s Perspective
OREM — Saturday, my husband, son, and I went to see Salty Dinner Theater’s production of Romeo and Juliet—Choose Thine Own Adventure at Orem’s Old Spaghetti Factory. The cast members…
“Babe” – Interactive Children’s Theatre
PROVO — As I walked into the Margetts Theatre at BYU, I was instantly surrounded by children all “a-chatter” with anticipation for Babe, the Sheep Pig directed by Teresa Dayley…
“Dial Tones” impresses and inspires
PROVO — Often, when I walk into a small theatre to see a new work, written and directed by local artists, I have two thoughts. I hope that this will…
Not Your Mother’s “Oklahoma!”
OREM – Ho-hum. Another opening of another Oklahoma! Curly ambles down the auditorium’s aisles and onto the stage rhapsodizing about “a bright, golden haze on the meadow”—
“The Foreigner” Doesn’t Fail to Entertain
OREM — The Foreigner at the Hale Center Theatre Orem, like many shows in this venue, is a delightful production. I had a few expectations for the piece given my…