Salty Dinner Theater’s SHERLOCK HOLMES is elementary fun
LAYTON — Salty Dinner Theater’s most recent production and first-ever mystery, Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the “Violinist’s Beau,” is a Sherlock Holmes mystery investigating a murder committed early…
SEUSSICAL pleased visually, lacked depth
OGDEN — The Ziegfeld Theater debuts their first family musical of the season. The new theater, commonly referred to as “the Zig,” takes a change of course from their standard…
ENCHANTED APRIL is a good start to a musical
PROVO — Utah Lyric Opera’s production of Enchanted April at the Covey Center for the Arts is an original musical version written and directed by Elizabeth Hansen, with composition by…
It only takes a moment to appreciate HELLO, DOLLY!
OREM — No matter what your need is, Dolly Levi can meet it. In the opening scene of Hello, Dolly!, she offers her services to reduce varicose veins, pierce ears,…
A revived, refreshed, and renovated WEST SIDE STORY
SALT LAKE CITY — How do you make a classic new again? That’s the challenge posed to every director of a classic play. It’s not an easy demand to meet…
SPRING AWAKENING is a breathtaking lesson in morality
SALT LAKE CITY — It is rare that a production comes together so flawlessly, where all elements work so in sync that the end result is breathtaking. Such was my…
How does a theatre critic propose to his girlfriend?
SALT LAKE CITY — If you’re attending the national tour of West Side Story this week at the Capitol Theater in Salt Lake City, you’ll probably notice something on page…
Say hello to FAREWELL TO EDEN
PROVO — “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man…
UVU’s counterfeit MIKADO misfires
OREM — Few artists’ works are as timeless as Gilbert and Sullivan’s. Gilbert’s blend of comedy and rhyme make his lyrics a delight, and Sullivan’s alternatingly jaunty and just-plain-lovely tunes…
Change course away from PETER AND THE PIRATES
SALT LAKE CITY — Theatre can be magic, but it usually is not. Although I enjoy most of the plays I see, the majority of evenings that I spend in…









