Sneak peak at the new Eccles Theater in downtown SLC
SALT LAKE CITY — It is not very often that a theatre critic gets excited to don a construction hat and orange vest and walk around a construction site, but…
Enjoy a stroll in the woods with the U.’s AS YOU LIKE IT
SALT LAKE CITY — There’s a popular theory that Shakespeare wrote As You Like It using elements he knew would be a hit with his audiences, and that it maybe…
Bring your imagination to go CLIMBING WITH TIGERS
SALT LAKE CITY — It’s not a good sign when I start crying during the introduction of a show. Yeah, that happened . . . because the story behind Climbing…
Experience the truth of Utah Rep’s DOUBT
SALT LAKE CITY — The subtitle of John Patrick Shanley’s 2004 play Doubt calls it “a parable.” At one point in the play, Father Flynn, a Catholic priest, is describing…
A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER is master plan for fun
Salt Lake City – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, written by Robert Freedman and Steven Lutvak, won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2014, and the touring…
Playwright Jenifer Nii on the key to creating KINGDOM OF HEAVEN for Plan-B
Plan-B Theatre Company closes their 25th anniversary season with an all new original musical written by Jenifer Nii (Suffrage, The Scarlet Letter, and this year’s touring children’s piece Ruff!) and…
Covey Center “accentuates the positives” with THE ANDREWS BROTHERS
PROVO — Campy, jukebox musicals are not usually my cup of tea. While it is important to separate a production’s merit from personal taste, I was surprised that in this…
Weber’s NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT tries, but doesn’t get it
OGDEN — In the living room of the Long Island beach house occasionally inhabited by the wealthy playboy Jimmy Winter, there stands a purple polyester couch. It resembles a piece…
An animated history lesson in HEROES OF WORLD WAR II
SOUTH SALT LAKE — Heroes of World War II, an expository script by director and playwright Joanne Parker, offers a cursory overview of World War II tailored to and appropriate…
Open every door to Hale’s JOSEPH
OREM — Some people attend a favorite musical to see the same old show, to hear familiar songs, and to see the same characters perform the same scenes in the…