NEWSIES seizes hearts in Logan
LOGAN — I’ve been a fan of Newsies and Alan Menken’s music since the movie version came out when I was kid. I’ve performed many of the songs, and I…
WEST SIDE STORY is “pretty and witty and bright”
LOGAN — Leave it to Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim to take a challenging story like Romeo and Juliet and drop it into the West Side of New…
You could fly away with PETER PAN … or stay in
OREM — The Scera has long been a family friendly theater, known for giving a chance to budding actors and actresses, and their show Peter Pan is a great example…
MURDER FOR TWO: a killer new musical at the Old Lyric
LOGAN — One of my favorite movies that I watch almost every year is Clue with Tim Curry as the butler. I grew up with the movie, and it instilled…
A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER will make you croak with laughter
IVINS — A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder is a witty new musical that everyone needs to see. Robert Freedman, who wrote the script and lyrics, was in the…
Terrence McNally’s MASTER CLASS is nearly masterful at Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
LOGAN — To say that playwright Terrence McNally is a stalwart of the American theatre would be a gross understatement. Critic Rex Reed describes McNally as “one of the greatest…
Utah Shakespeare’s TWELFTH NIGHT is “most wonderful”
CEDAR CITY — The Utah Shakespeare Festival‘s production of Twelfth Night is the type of production that gets people hooked on Shakespeare. Every scene bursts with pleasure and enjoyment, and…
Utah Shakespeare’s HENRY VI, PARTS 2 & 3 is a stalemate
CEDAR CITY — This year, the Utah Shakespeare Festival has a bargain: two plays for the price of one. Shakespeare‘s Henry VI, Part Two and Henry VI, Part Three are…
THE BOOK OF WILL needs a rewrite
CEDAR CITY — Theatre is ethereal, but does it have to be? The Book of Will, currently playing at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, grapples with this question through a story…
“Now Is the Time” to see HCT’s CINDERELLA
SANDY — Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella is a classic most are familiar with. Multiple generations have experienced a film version, whether it starred Julie Andrews (1957), Lesley Ann Warren (1965),…