LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS production breaks the rules
PROVO — One of the reasons I keep going back to the theatre because of my hope that a director and cast can present a script that I’m familiar with…
Westminster’s great ensemble makes a great NOISES OFF!
SALT LAKE CITY — If I had to guess, I’d say that Noises Off! is one of the most oft-produced comedies in the community, college, and high school theatre canon—and…
THE TURN OF THE SCREW AND OTHER GHOST STORIES has bumpy start, but still satisfies
PROVO — The last show I saw at the Echo Theatre was The Woman in Black, a production I adored. I went into The Turn of the Screw and Other…
You don’t have to be a Broadway connoisseur to enjoy FORBIDDEN BROADWAY
PARK CITY — Forbidden Broadway is a musical lampoon of the cleverest kind. The show consists of a blur of familiar Broadway songs with doctored lyrics that provide punch line…
Pacing problems plague ‘TIS PITY SHE’S A WHORE
SALT LAKE CITY — Who would have thought that a play about sexual scandal, incest, and murder could be so boring? The University of Utah Department of Theatre’s latest production,…
THE LION IN WINTER explores medieval machinations
MIDVALE — I was always something of an odd child growing up. I listened to big band music, old radio shows and loved watching the classics (and not so classics)…
A very “Nice” LUCKY STIFF at WSU
OGDEN — I think one of the toughest and consequently most satisfying part of theatre is returning to a show you know too well. This is most common when you…
Attend the Tale of U of U’s SWEENEY TODD
SALT LAKE CITY — My first encounter with Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (book by Hugh Wheeler, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim) was in my junior…
ANDROCLES AND THE LION is a sweet, endearing evening
OREM — The biggest draw for Utah Valley University’s production of their children’s theatre production of Aurand Harris’s Androcles and the Lion was, for me, the fact that it is…
The Veteran Newbie: A Conversation on New Plays
SALT LAKE CITY — While going through the upcoming seasons that are being offered at theaters around Utah, it caught my eye that Salt Lake Acting Company (SLAC) is participating…