Designs and acting in MEAN GIRLS overpower the show’s flaws
SALT LAKE CITY — The Broadway tour of Mean Girls was a musical I went into with expectations of how I would react. I had seen the movie numerous times,…
SCROOGE at Terrace Plaza freshens up a holiday tradition
WASHINGTON TERRACE — Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is, for most people, the quintessential Christmas story. As is tradition at Beverly’s Terrace Plaza Playhouse, an adaptation of A Christmas Carol,…
SCROOGE serves up a glass of the milk of human kindness in Perry
PERRY — Every year around this time, I read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and watch one of the many versions that have been produced. In both film and…
Unwrap the gift of Hale Center Theater Orem’s A CHRISTMAS CAROL
OREM — A Christmas Carol is an annual tradition at Hale Center Theater Orem. That does not mean, though, that the show is the same every year. Building on last…
A CHRISTMAS STORY is a wonderful addition to the holidays
CENTERVILLE — A Christmas Story is a popular Christmas movie that debuted in 1983. In 2012 the musical adaptation made its way to Broadway for a limited run, and now…
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE goes Gucci
SALT LAKE CITY — One of Shakespeare’s comedies written at the end of sixteenth century, The Merchant of Venice follows Bassanio, a bachelor who borrows money from his friend Antonio…
THE IMPRACTICALITY OF MODERN-DAY MASTODONS is good theatre
OGDEN — The Impracticality of Modern-Day Mastodons, by Rachel Teagle, is a play based on fantasy where all the characters can suddenly live their childhood dreams, which works well for…
Head to HCT’s production of CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG “Toot Sweets”
SANDY — A few years ago I watched a stage production of Richard M. Sherman‘s and Robert B. Sherman‘s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, adapted for the stage by Jeremy Sams,…
All hail JULIUS CAESAR at BYU!
PROVO — After a crowd of senators has stabbed Julius Caesar to death, Cassius asks, “How many ages hence shall this our lofty scene be acted over in states unborn…
GOLD MOUNTAIN needs refining
WEST VALLEY CITY — The Utah Shakespeare Festival is venturing into new territory by producing their first full production in the Salt Lake metro area. Gold Mountain is a new…