Parting from UCT’s ROMEO & JULIET is such sweet sorrow
SOUTH SALT LAKE — The Utah Children’s Theatre production of Romeo and Juliet is like the main characters’ relationship: short but worthwhile. And don’t let the venue fool you. This…
Hopebox’s twist on JOSEPH…DREAMCOAT pays off
OGDEN — Having grown up in Utah and being involved in the theatre community, I often joke that it is not truly summer in Utah unless I have seen a…
¿Good Company’s IN THE HEIGHTS is an ideal night? ¡No me diga!
OGDEN — Before Hamilton was well, Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote a show called In The Heights about life in the neighborhood of Washington Heights “even farther than Harlem” on the…
Enjoy a marvelous evening of PILLOW TALK
OREM — Pillow Talk, played at the Hale Center Theater in Orem, was a delightful experience. The movie was adapted to a play by Christopher Sergel, and this performance was…
ALL SHOOK UP isn’t perfect, but “that’s all right”
OGDEN — All Shook Up tells the story of a young woman, Natalie, as she tries to win the heart of rebel Chad, who has just come into the small…
Decision: Fly to Ziegfied Theatre’s PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
OGDEN — There is a magic in creation. It can come from anywhere, whether a person makes the perfectly working and color-coded spreadsheet or writes a perfect song reflecting their…
DONE DID GOT GONE WITH THE WIND is delightful goofiness
SALT LAKE CITY — In The Blue Sheep Theatre Company’s premiere performance, comedy is king. Playwright Keri Gukeisen has crafted a parody of the iconic Gone With the Wind and…
ONE FOOT is sweet and ephemeral
SALT LAKE CITY — As part of the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival, Wasatch Theatre Company is showcasing One Foot, a play by Lojo Simon. One Foot tells the story…
“From this day on,” plan to see SCERA’s BRIGADOON
OREM — With a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner with music by Frederick Loewe, Brigadoon tells the story of Tommy Albright and Jeff Douglas, two American tourists who…
A fitting self-exploration in POP! GOES THE BUBBLE
SALT LAKE CITY — Most readers knows a person who has never left Utah and is immersed into the unique Utah culture. In Pop! Goes the Bubble, Holly Yurth Harmon…