SYMPATHIZER is unafraid to get messy
SALT LAKE CITY — “Human rights are black and white, but human beings aren’t” is the thesis at the heart of playwright Serena Collins’s new play, Sympathizer. Set in a…
THE BEST THING ABOUT CHRISTMAS is a welcome new addition
TAYLORSVILLE — I am constantly saying we need new material for the stage for the holiday season, so I was excited to learn earlier this year that Nashville-based song composer…
GOLD MOUNTAIN needs refining
WEST VALLEY CITY — The Utah Shakespeare Festival is venturing into new territory by producing their first full production in the Salt Lake metro area. Gold Mountain is a new…
ESCAPE FROM PLANET DEATH! mixes sci-fi and comedy on stage
PROVO — Science fiction plays are rare, likely because many of the genre’s staples, like laser guns and transporter devices, are hard to depict on stage. That has not stopped…
Uneven script makes for a flat ASS at Pioneer Theatre Company
SALT LAKE CITY – What is the subject matter of a show called Ass? Who is the ass? Does it show an ass? Something to do with donkeys? While there…
Asking the right questions by NOT DOING OKLAHOMA! at Good Company
OGDEN — After a long pause, Good Company Theatre has opened back up with a world premiere of a show called Fremont Junior High is Not Doing Oklahoma!, written by…
Come on in for a MANIC PIXIE NIGHTMARE
SALT LAKE CITY — Manic Pixie Nightmare, produced by Comet Sweeper Theatre, was a great story of looking inward to see what is causing the chaos in your life. I…
THE BIRDSINGER is beautiful but needs wings
SALT LAKE CITY — The Birdsinger, produced by the Great Bear Folk Theatre of Rexburg, ID, was a beautiful story of healing. I was really looking forward to this show…
THE JESTER falls flat
PROVO — The Jester, a new play by “Eugene Shackspeare” and produced by Corral de la Cruz Theatre, is billed as a tragicomedy in the vein of “Noises Off! meets…
Allow yourself to be transformed by THE LOST GENERATION
SALT LAKE CITY — “What have you lost in the last year?” I was asked this question by groundbreaking war correspondent Martha Gellhorn when I entered CytyByrd Cafe for the…