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…
ART & CLASS revisits a Utah conflict with strong performances
SALT LAKE CITY — How do you balance artistic ideals with community standards? When is a lesson plan an attack on a family’s values? These questions get raised in Plan-B…
Plan-B delivers with audio drama P.G. ANON
SALT LAKE CITY — Plan-B Theatre is celebrating their 30th anniversary by offering a new and COVID-safe audio-only subscription series for their 2021 season. The first offering, in partnership with…
SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT is something important to think about
PROVO — An Other Theater Company’s latest streaming production is Something to Cry About, an original devised work by Shelby Noelle Gist and Dorsey Williams. Directed by Gist, the short…
Interactively dream at SONDERimmersive’s THE CAROUSEL
SALT LAKE CITY — As you step into the interactive theatrical experience that is The Carousel by SONDERimmersive at Dreamscapes, an art exhibit housed at the Gateway in downtown Salt…
ILLUSIONARY TALES: spooky stories at their staged best
PROVO — One of the few good things to come out of the pandemic is experimental theater, and BYU’s Illusionary Tales has done a great job of finding a way…
TEACHER TRUTHS gives a raw look into the classroom
SALT LAKE CITY — Wasatch Theater Company’s production of the new play Teacher Truths, by Jim Martin, is such an endearing experience. The playwright’s note calls it an “amalgamation of…