University of Utah’s MACBETH is all style and little substance
SALT LAKE CITY — Autumn is a time for perennial “spooky season” staples filled with the stuff of nightmares. The University of Utah Theatre Department has wholeheartedly embraced this tradition…
HCT’s PHANTOM is visually stunning but lacks connection
SANDY – In 1910, Gaston Leroux published his novel The Phantom of the Opera. There have been many subsequent interpretations since then, most notable of course is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s…
Good Company’s RIPPED is a visceral and real
OGDEN — Utah author Rachel Bublitz has a new Utah premiere at the Good Company Theatre with Ripped. The play tells the story of a college freshman, Lucy (played by…
The Covey’s A LITTLE MURDER… is only a little funny
PROVO — Ron Bernas’s A Little Murder Never Hurt Anybody under the direction of Jarom Brown at Covey Center for the Arts is billed as “A hilarious match of wits…
Time for CAGNEY to tap out
SALT LAKE CITY — Based on a book by Peter Colley, Cagney, playing now at Pioneer Theatre Company, is a show whose creators’ Broadway hopes are too high. Directed by…
The Scottish play: a post-apocalyptic experience
DRAPER — Draper Historic Theatre and Lamplight Theatre Company have teamed together to present the tragic tale of Macbeth, the story of the power-hungry man and his wife who are…
FLY MORE THAN YOU FALL soars
OREM — I am a believer that music has the power to move mountains—and the human soul. A musical theatre experience most usually takes one to soaring heights of happiness…
DRACULA, THE MUSICAL confuses at the U
SALT LAKE CITY — Dracula, the Musical was an unknown musical to me before given the opportunity to see it at the University of Utah. With music by Frank Wildhorn…
SCERA’s JOSEPH…DREAMCOAT is ahead of its time
OREM — In the comfort of the SCERA, it is easy to get lost in the magic of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber…
THE PRICE is right at the Utah Shakespeare Fest
CEDAR CITY — Arthur Miller is best known for classics like The Crucible and Death of a Salesman. Lesser known is The Price, a brutally realistic family drama about the…