A historic night with PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE at The Stage Door
ST. GEORGE — Two geniuses walk into a bar in Montmartre. It sounds like the promising start of a joke. Instead, it is the premise for The Stage Door’s current…
SINGING THE DIAPHRAGM BLUES is an evening of empowerment
SALT LAKE CITY — Singing the Diaphragm Blues & Other Sexual Cacophonies is an engaging one-woman show written and performed by Rebecca L. McCarthy that recounts her own experiences being…
SAVAGE RESOURCES explores the minefield of a modern workplace
SALT LAKE CITY — Savage Resources (written and directed by Ariana Broumas Farber) is billed as a “savage satire about winning, working and TikTok.” But ultimately, it feels like a…
A lesson in local history in THE MORMON KID at the Fringe Festival
SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon Kid, or Who Wants to Be an Outlaw? is a one man show starring Morgan Lund (also playwright) with live cello music performed by…
Why now it’s time to BELIEVE in the Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — In summer of 2021, I saw Cymbeline at the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Eileen and Allen Anes Studio theatre. Through a strange mistake, I thought someone was waving…
Crown Utah Shakespeare Fest’s tragic CORIOLANUS with “an oaken garland”
CEDAR CITY — For some people, the idea of seeing a Shakespeare play can be intimidating. “You expect me to not only understand, but enjoy, a 2½-hour Roman political drama…
THE SONS OF ARTHUR fails in its quest to entertain at the GSL Fringe Fest
SALT LAKE CITY — The Sons of Arthur (directed by Rose Allen and Daniel Barton) is a retelling of the 14th century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The…
Oh the things you can think at Hopebox Theatre’s SEUSSICAL
KAYSVILLE — When it is too hot to go out, too sunny to play ball, the Hopebox Theatre has a musical for all. Seussical the Musical (with music by Stephen…
CANYON COUNTRY is a sentimental journey at Great Salt Lake Fringe
SALT LAKE CITY — Local playwright and actress Olivia Buck Smith brings multiple entries to this year’s Fringe Festival. In her Canyon Country seven characters get stranded overnight in a…
THE TIMEKEEPER’S COLLECTION is an innovative visit to the past
SALT LAKE CITY — The Timekeeper’s Collection (written by Marie Kynd) is a concise play lasting about 30 minutes where — despite the run time — the story, world and…