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…
No other show “quite as popular as” WICKED
SALT LAKE CITY — The latest and arguably the most popular production to grace the stage of the Eccles Theater this year is the touring production of Wicked, the musical…
Worth cheering for SCERA’s TORTOISE AND THE HARE
OREM — The Untold Story of the Tortoise and the Hare is SCERA’s latest world premiere for young audiences. It is a musical that does not just retell one of…
Introducing Statera: Supporting women in the performing arts
CEDAR CITY — Making a living in the arts has always been a challenge. But—as in many other fields—women experience challenges in the workplace that men do not have. Rather…
Weirdly Wonderful WONDERLAND
PROVO — Alice Cornwickle’s life is falling apart. Her writing career lacks momentum and her marriage is falling apart at the seams. After a particularly taxing day, she comes home…
Utah Opera’s THE LITTLE PRINCE is a prince of a production
SALT LAKE CITY — One can only imagine what was going through the heart and mind of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in the early 1940s as World War II raged in…
Hope and despair OFF THE MAP: THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES and THE OTHER MOZART
PROVO — For a sixth year, Off The Map, BYU’s international theatre festival, has brought diverse foreign theatre conveniently to a Utah location. This year’s offerings are a gentle, “multi-sensory,”…
CHARLOTTE’S WEB at Utah Children’s Theatre is fun for all ages
SOUTH SALT LAKE — Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White is a classic children’s story for good reason: it is both heartwarming and heart-wrenching. It is the story of Wilbur, a…
LEND ME A TENOR and some better pacing
CENTERVILLE — Lend Me a Tenor, by Ken Ludwig, is a fun comedic show based in 1934 Ohio as the Cleveland Grand Opera prepares to welcome a famous tenor, Tito…
A JANUARY THAW makes for a hot and cold night of theater
SALT LAKE CITY — It’s always fun to find a new theater and see a new kind of show, but it can also be like a box of chocolates (you…