Actors, designers can’t escape weak script of THE FOSSIL RECORD
PROVO — One of the very few good things to come out of the pandemic is frequent local streaming theater, and An Other Theater Co.’s streaming production of The Fossil…
Pioneer Theatre’s THE MESSENGER is beautiful, relevant and weird
SALT LAKE CITY — “A Very, Very Loose Adaptation of An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen,” Jeff Talbott’s The Messenger at Pioneer Theater Company is a beautiful example…
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…