NUNCRACKERS is a forgettable night at the Covey
PROVO—Those New Jersey nuns made famous in Nunsense, the Little Sisters of Hoboken, have a new holiday show written by Dan Goggin. In Nuncrackers, the nuns and Father Virgil are…
Very dark HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL has its Utah debut
SALT LAKE CITY — True to the darker vibes of the original 1988 film, Heathers: The Musical remained just on the edge of funny and devastating. The plot follows the…
Report on the 2016 Theatre Olympics (Wrocław, Poland)
WROCŁAW, POLAND — Thanks to the generous financial support of the Foundation of the American Theatre Critics Association (and the kindness of my boss to let me miss a few…
Westminster’s TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA is how it’s meant to be seen
SALT LAKE CITY — When choosing a Shakespearean play to perform, most theaters choose a well-known play like Romeo and Juliet or Love’s Labour’s Lost. But Westminster College didn’t go…
Get to know Pygmalion’s MARY AND MYRA
SALT LAKE CITY — Theatrical adaptations of historical figures are quite common throughout live theatre, and bring with them a sense of wonder about the lives of those whose names…
Blood, bellicosity, bile, and bawd become THE REVENGER’S TRAGEDY
PROVO — It has been nine years since Vindici’s wife Gloriana was poisoned by the Duke for spurring his advances. Now she is but a skull, carried around in ghoulish…
Take a brief holiday with THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
PROVO — Oscar Wilde‘s fans in Utah have a new production of The Importance of Being Earnest that showcases why they love Wilde’s work. As an added bonus, BYU’s production…
No mystery to enjoying Highland City’s THE MOUSETRAP
HIGHLAND — Agatha Christie‘s The Mousetrap, presented by the Highland City Arts Council, is a fun and exciting murder mystery just in time for Halloween. The show is family friendly,…
Engulf yourself in Sackerson’s BURN
SALT LAKE CITY — The natural wood and exposed brick of Avenues Yoga on K Street in Salt Lake City provide the ideal setting for Sackerson’s production of Burn, the…
HCT’s SISTER ACT is “Fabulous, Baby!”
WEST VALLEY CITY — Like any musical loving kid growing up in the 80s and 90s, I loved the movie Sister Act when it came out. Being a Mormon girl…