Hopebox’s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
KAYSVILLE — It’s A Wonderful Life is a holiday tradition. Hopebox Theatre is presenting the musical adaptation directed by Alisha Hall. To be honest, I had no idea there was…
A CHRISTMAS CAROL delivers the spirit of the season
SMITHFIELD — There are certain traditions that truly make the holiday season. For me, it’s just not Christmas until Ralphy says, “Oh, Fuuuudge!,” Clark Griswold lights up his house, and…
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG is a must see
SALT LAKE CITY — I’ve never seen an audience laugh more than at the performance of, The Play that Goes Wrong, in Pioneer Theatre. The 2015 British concoction has bounded…
Salt Lake Acting Company’s PETE THE CAT is a groovy production for young audiences
SALT LAKE CITY — You never quite know what you’re going to get when you attend a theatre for young audiences production. Often these kind of musicals are cheesy because…
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIVE RADIO PLAY at the Covey Center
PROVO — I always expect a quaint, well-done performance when attending a production at the Covey Center for the Arts’s Black Box Theatre, and It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live…
Eccles’s A CHRISTMAS STORY is familiar and fun
SALT LAKE CITY — In Broadway’s continuing effort to turn all intellectual properties into family musicals, A Christmas Story, the Musical premiered in the Big Apple in 2012. The show…
Hale’s A CHRISTMAS CAROL undercut by performance schedule?
SANDY — This is the 35th year of A Christmas Carol at Hale Centre Theatre, a venerable and cherished tradition (which is not included in season tickets). It begins with…
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY entertains with excellence
CENTERVILLE— The iconic Christmas story of It’s a Wonderful Life is told in many ways from stage to screen, but the live radio play, adapted by Joe Landry, became a…
HOLIDAY INN is a sugary treat
CENTERVILLE — With a veritable flurry of tap dances, love ballads, and scene and costume changes, a production of Holiday Inn with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin is no…
“Follow your hunch” and see HCT’s SEUSSICAL
SANDY — I was excited about the opportunity to take my five-year-old with me to see Seussical the Musical directed by Dave Tinney at the Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy.…