BYU Arts’ BAUCIS AND PHILEMON is sure to grow in your heart
PROVO — It’s not everyday you get a world premier of a new opera. It’s also not everyday that you get a new chamber opera with such unique elements as…
World premiere of CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT is a muddled affair
SALT LAKE CITY — Christmas in Connecticut (book by Patrick Pacheco and Erik Forrest Jackson, music by Jason Howland, and lyrics by Amanda Yesnowitz) is a stage adaptation of a…
JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING: a joyful show available at home
NEW YORK CITY — When a small town critic from Utah has a weekend trip of critiquing in New York City, why would she go out of her way to…
WORSHIP resonates with themes of power and dissonance
SALT LAKE CITY — Just getting to the space inside the SLC ArtsHub for the world premiere of Morag Shepherd’s Worship is an adventure. If it weren’t for the helpful…
Salt Lake Acting Co’s CAN I SAY YES TO THAT DRESS? has its moments
SALT LAKE CITY — Can I Say Yes To That Dress?, the season opener for Salt Lake Acting Company, is written and performed by Sarah Shippobotham and directed by Jamie…
It’s a new DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD at the Salt Lake Acting Company
SALT LAKE CITY — Since sunsetting the decades-old title of Saturday’s Voyeur, a summertime send-up of all things Utah-Conservative, the annual Salt Lake Acting Company show still carries much the…
World premiere of THE PRINICIPLE WIFE is still a work in progress
PROVO — The Principle Wife, directed by Tanya Behunin, is currently having its world premiere at the Covey Center for the Arts. With book and lyrics by Taylor Vaughn and…
Multi-talented Herb Newsome stuns in BREAK IT DOWN at Lyric Rep
LOGAN — Hip hop history takes the stage with Break it Down, written and performed by Herb Newsome and directed by Trisha LaFache. The show appears as part of the…
Actors, script are strongest part of Creekside’s RELATIVE SPACE
PLEASANT GROVE — As a theatre critic, I love the chance to see my reliable favorite musicals like Les Misérables or The Music Man, but not as much as I…
An Other Theatre Company stumbles with THE 54TH STEP
SALT LAKE CITY — Local emerging playwright Jesse Nepivoda‘s new work, The 54th Step is being presented as the final production of An Other Theatre Company in connection with the…