UFOMT blossoms with a killer LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
LOGAN — In the pantheon of 1950s sci-fi cinema, iconic creatures like the Blob, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and the Metaluna Mutant left indelible marks on the genre…
UFO&MT’s THE FANTASTICKS is a classic that hits the right notes
LOGAN — Love is in the air in Logan as the Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre’s production of The Fantasticks takes to the stage. I have not had a…
33 VARIATIONS add up to 1 beautiful show at Utah Festival Opera
LOGAN — 33 Variations is an intriguing play by Moisés Kaufman that follows musicologist Katherine Brandt (played by Suzan Hanson) as she tries to discover why Beethoven (played by Michael…
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…
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…
No sanctuary for this HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
LOGAN — The musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame, with songs by the same team behind the 1996 Disney film, Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, first premiered in Berlin in…
HOW TO SUCCEED a delightful success at Utah Festival Opera
LOGAN — How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying has become an iconic look at the 1960’s workplace through the lens of musical theatre. It’s satirical, stereotypical, and sexist.…
Exploitation, kindness & cruelty examined in THE ELEPHANT MAN
LOGAN — I find that true life is always more interesting than fiction. So I was fascinated to learn about Joseph “John” Merrick, a whose life forms the basis for…
MUSICAL OF MUSICALS (THE MUSICAL!) is the perfect parody for theatre buffs
LOGAN — Mix Rodgers and Hammerstein, Sondheim, Lloyd Webber, Herman, and Kander and Ebb into one epic night of musical theatre parody and the end result is a five act…
JUDAS ISCARIOT gets his day in court in Wasatch Theatre Company’s latest production
SALT LAKE CITY — Is anyone purely good or purely evil? Are we the product of our circumstances or are we simply pieces in a destined plan for mankind that…