An absurdly enjoyable EARNEST at SimonFest
CEDAR CITY — The latest installment of comedy at Simonfest in Cedar City is a little bit of Seinfeld, a little bit of Shakespeare, and enough British humor to make…
“It’s a scandal! It’s an outrage” to miss the SCERA’s OKLAHOMA!
OREM — It has been 80 years since the premiere of Oklahoma!, Rodgers and Hammerstein‘s homespun tale of frontier love. Back in 1943, Oklahoma! single-handedly revolutionized musical theatre, and it…
SimonFest’s MARRIAGE IS MURDER highlights relationship humor, chaos
CEDAR CITY — When an estranged married couple reconnects to write the next book in their co-authored series of murder mysteries, there is bound to be some fireworks. Or in…
Switch it up and see Herriman Arts Council’s FREAKY FRIDAY
HERRIMAN — Every year the summer show produced by the Herriman Arts Council is full of great talent, and this year’s Freaky Friday is no exception. Freaky Friday (with a…
UFO&MT’s marvelous OLIVER! is a theatrical triumph
LOGAN — The Utah Festival of Opera and Musical Theatre puts on a strong production of Oliver! that is full of laughter, liveliness, and love. The musical Oliver!, written and…
UFOMT’s dazzling LOHENGRIN feels both familiar and new
LOGAN — All children are raised on fairy tales by the Grimm Brothers: tales of dark German forests, where princesses like Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty wait to be rescued by…
Effervescent EMMA THE MUSICAL is a win at the Utah Shakespeare Fest
CEDAR CITY — It was the year 2000 when the Utah Shakespeare Festival was awarded a Tony for outstanding work as a regional theatre. About that same time lyricist and…
ROMEO AND JULIET holds up well at the Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — As the ever-patient Benvolio spoke the final words, “There never was a story of more woe that this of Juliet and her Romeo,” I could not help…
It’s not “Too Late Baby” to see Tuacahn’s BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL
IVINS — In a 2015 interview with CBS, Carole King (born Carol Joan Klein) stated, “I only wanted to be a songwriter. I never wanted to be a singer, and…
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG is so right at Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — Whether it was a high school production of Oklahoma! or your church’s last Christmas pageant, it is a truth universally acknowledged that bad community theatre, like death,…