EVENING EUCALYPTUS is a theatrical walkabout
PROVO — In the Australian aborigine culture many people experience a walkabout. In this rite of passage a young person travels through the Outback on a journey of self-exploration. In…
Join the ride as JIMMY STEWART GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
PROVO — How would you like to spend an evening with Jimmy Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Henry Fonda, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball and Ginger Rogers? All together on one…
William McAllister and playing Jimmy Stewart at The Covey
The Covey Center for the Arts in Provo has been increasingly impressing local audiences with thoughtful and family friendly productions. Their latest offering is Jimmy Stewart Goes to Hollywood, by…
Not even Hercules could save PROMETHEUS UNBOUND
PROVO — The Zion Theatre Company‘s production of Prometheus Unbound retells the story of the Greek mythological figure Prometheus. Prometheus is an intelligent Titan, credited with the creation of man…
Say hello to FAREWELL TO EDEN
PROVO — “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man…
PERSUASION feels like Austen to me
SALT LAKE CITY — I have a very good friend, named Jane, who once told me the story of an Anne Elliot. There was a time when Anne was young…
SWALLOW THE SUN is a significant step down from C.S. Lewis
PROVO — Swallow the Sun opens with C.S. Lewis and Paddy Moore on army cots discussing their mutual love of literature and Ireland. The audience meets a young C.S. Lewis,…
A ROOF OVERHEAD needs remodeling
SPRINGVILLE — Zion Theatre Company is a unique theatre group in Utah. Although family-friendly live entertainment is not hard to find in this state, ZTC is unique for its explicit…
THE HOBBIT gives you puppets, and dragons, and Gollum, oh my!
SPRINGVILLE — It’s a simple story: a mild-mannered hobbit by the name of Bilbo Baggins, who spends his days lying in the sun by his hobbit hole, dreaming of his…
Conventions clash in RINGS OF THE TREE
SALT LAKE CITY — There’s something to be said for daring theater. Zion Theatre Company’s latest venture, Rings of the Tree, is definitely daring—in subject matter, execution, technical effects, and…