Start your summer theatre season with Grassroots’s MIDSUMMER
OREM — Shakespeare‘s script for A Midsummer Night’s Dream is so brilliant that—over 400 years later—any marginally competent cast can still get laughs from the audience. Luckily, the cast for…
Talented cast saves WHAT WE’RE UP AGAINST from a lacking script
SALT LAKE CITY 𑁋 What We’re Up Against is an intriguing piece that takes place inside an architecture firm and follows some female employees as they deal with work equality,…
MAMMA MIA! is ABBA’s dabba, quite a doo!
SALT LAKE CITY — In her director’s notes for Mamma Mia!, Patricia Wilcox wrote, “What is left to say about a show that has been seen by 60 million people…
NEXT FALL stumbles, thanks to a fumbling script
PROVO — Luke and Adam are a couple, living together in New York City. When Luke (played by Abram Yarbro) is seriously injured, his separated parents, Butch and Arlene, arrive.…
A full night of fun at THE FULL MONTY
OGDEN — What are the hardworking men of Buffalo to do when the factory shuts down? It isn’t just an income they’ve lost, as they have been out of work…
Covey Center’s STEEL MAGNOLIAS full of down home soul and wit
PROVO — When playwright Robert Harling‘s sister passed away in 1985 from diabetic complications and a donated kidney failure, a friend suggested to Harling that he write down his thoughts…
PARENT TRAP at Utah Children’s Theatre pays homage to Disney
SOUTH SALT LAKE — Parent Trap under the direction of Joanne Parker at Utah Children’s Theatre meets expectations, even if it doesn’t exceed them. The Utah Children’s Theatre is locally…
Completely sensible to see HCTO’s SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
Sense and Sensiblity plays nightly (except Sundays) through June 2nd at 7:30 pm through June 2nd, with matinees on Saturdays at 11am (except May 5 & 19), and 3 PM.…
A SISTER ACT, not a brother act
OREM — Given the title, it’s not surprising which sex shines in the current production of Sister Act at the SCERA. And the women do shine, from the opening firebomb…
THE MEMORY OF WATER invites reflection
SALT LAKE CITY — “Speak, Memory.” Vladimir Nabokov chose that phrase as the title of his autobiography. He actually wanted to use “Mnemosyne” for the Greek goddess of memory, but…