EPIC doesn’t live up to its name
SALT LAKE CITY — Epic, produced by Next Stage productions and directed by Marinda Maxfield, is set up as a choose-your-own-adventure-style, audience participation event. It feels like a live action…
Absolutely no aversion to this A/VERSION OF EVENTS
SALT LAKE CITY — A/Version of Events is bold, fearless, exciting . . . and you should probably go see it. Playwright Matthew Ivan Bennett takes his audience on a…
Fall in love with THE LAST FIVE YEARS
SALT LAKE CITY — Just two weeks after the release of the film adaptation starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan, Utah Repertory Theater Company has brought Jason Robert Brown‘s five…
GHOST THE MUSICAL never comes to life
WEST VALLEY CITY — Based on the 1990 Oscar Award winning romantic drama film, starring Patrick Swazye, Demi Moore, and Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost the Musical is fresh off of Broadway…
Orem Hale’s LES MIS brings new life to old story
OREM — Victor Hugo‘s episodic story of revolution, love, and redemption takes the stage once more in the Hale Center Theater’s production of Les Misérables. This well-known musical (with music…
Modern spin on HAMLET makes the play wobble
SALT LAKE CITY — The New World Shakespeare Company produces classic scripts with modern interpretations to make old plays more accessible to modern audiences. Each production benefits a charitable campaign…
Incendiary wits flare in HELLMAN V. MCCARTHY
SALT LAKE CITY — On January 24, 1980, literary critic and author Mary McCarthy appeared on The Dick Cavett Show and inadvertently began the biggest literary cat-fight in modern history.…
These CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD demand attention
SALT LAKE CITY — Despite being riddled with problems, the Westminster College production of Children of a Lesser God is moving on a visceral plane. Haunting cello music invites the…
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR teaches timeless lessons
SALT LAKE CITY — Director Mark Fossen has received much acclaim and a solid reputation for directing American classics in Utah, including The Crucible, Our Town, and Death of a…
Wake up and go to STANDING, STILL STANDING
HIGHLAND — When life passes Ben by, he doesn’t seem to mind. He is not a shiftless loser; rather, he has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. This disease makes him frequently tired,…