Seeing it ONCE is not enough
SALT LAKE CITY — The musical Once, music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová and now playing at Pioneer Theatre in Salt Lake City, is based on a…
Draper Historic’s SPITFIRE GRILL inspires
DRAPER — With a stormy blizzard on the horizon, the Draper Historic Theatre provided a warm and cozy venue for a musical that left me inspired. The Spitfire Grill, a…
FIRST DATE leaves audience with a great first impression
SALT LAKE CITY — I was lucky enough to get tickets for my husband and me to go to The Grand Theatre’s production of First Date on opening night, which…
Bet on YOU BET YOUR BLACK ASS
OGDEN — You Bet Your Black Ass Broadway, an original revue presented by Good Company Theatre in Ogden, is billed as a celebration of African-American musical theatre showstoppers. The cast,…
ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE: COSTUMES FROM UTAH’S GREATS is dressed to the Nines
BRIGHAM CITY — Every year at the first of September, long before most people give it a thought, I sit my kids down and ask them one of the most…
THE CAKE is worth savoring
SALT LAKE CITY — You’ve seen the headline: ‘Bakery sued after refusing wedding cake for same-sex couple.’ National tempers are always stoked when morality runs up against legality. Playwright Bekah…
“Take a Chance on” Hopebox Theatre’s MAMMA MIA!
KAYSVILLE — Mamma Mia!, the jukebox musical of ABBA music, hit the London stage in 1999 and has been a popular sensation ever since, still running in London and lasting…
High praise for HANDS ON A HARDBODY
SALT LAKE — Hands on a Hardbody is a 2013 Broadway musical based on a documentary of the same name. The story follows ten contestants who are tasked with being…
Kid-friendly fun in the sun at BYU’s COMEDY OF ERRORS
PROVO — In the midst of the grey Utah February days, BYU has a production of The Comedy of Errors that aims to take away the winter blues. This production…
KING KONG is a visual spectacle
NEW YORK — The image that comes to mind when someone says, “King Kong,” has been an intrinsic icon in American pop culture for 83 years with the character’s debut…