Irreverent Fun at SLAC’s Secret Lives of the Real Wives
SALT LAKE CITY — In a tradition spanning almost 50 years, Salt Lake Acting Company is back with its summer show, this year titled The Secret Lives of the Real…
Astonished and Surprised by Ziegfeld’s JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
OGDEN — One of the best things about being a theatre critic is when you are completely surprised by a piece of work. Such was the case this weekend when…
Be Sure to Listen at Terrace Plaza’s School of Rock
WASHINGTON TERRACE — The musical School of Rock, based on the movie of the same name, opened on Broadway in December of 2015. With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics…
A New Direction for Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre
LOGAN — As a proud alumnus of Utah State University, though my major was psychology, I minored in theatre and spent a lot of time in the arts departments in…
Try Something New With Ziegfeld’s Tootsie
OGDEN — In 2019 I had the privilege to see Tootsie on Broadway. As an organization, we have not been able to review it since, so when I learned the…
Artistic Healing at Broadway’s REDWOOD
NEW YORK — The new musical Redwood, co-conceived by Tina Landau and Idina Menzel, with a book by Tina Landau, music by Kate Diaz, and lyrics by Tina Landau and…
Timely Exploration of Broadway’s Revival of Floyd Collins
NEW YORK — The musical Floyd Collins, with music and lyrics by Adam Guettel, additional lyrics, book, and direction by Tina Landau, originally debuted off-broadway in 1996 and is now…
Beautiful Reality at Broadway’s Real Women Have Curves
NEW YORK — Real Women Have Curves, the new musical with music and lyrics by Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez and a book by Lisa Loomer with Neil Benjamin, opened…
Surprising Direction Astounds at Snow’s An Enemy of the People
Ephraim-An Enemy of the People, by Henrik Ibsen, was written in 1882. Why would a show that is 143 years old be selected as the final show of a college…
WVA’s A CHORUS LINE Shows What We Do For Love
West Valley City — A Chorus Line, one of the most iconic musicals of our time, debuting in 1975 to great acclaim, with music by Marvin Hamlish, lyrics by Edward…