Wasatch Theatre Company’s EVERY BRILLIANT THING sparkles
TAYLORSVILLE — Entering the beautiful and modern Studio 5400 black box theatre at the Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center, audience members are greeted by the show’s star, Brian Pilling, who plays…
LES MISÉRABLES is the “Master of the House” at the Eccles
SALT LAKE CITY — On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to review the Broadway Across America touring production of Les Misérables, directed by Laurence Connor and James Powell, and currently…
TINKERBELL at Creekside Theatre Fest sparkles with pixie dust
PLEASANT GROVE — I attended the Creekside Theatre Fest production of Tinkerbell (written by Patrick Flynn) with my three-year-old daughter. The play, directed by Jordan Long, is billed for young…
THE LION IN WINTER roars to life at CenterPoint Legacy Theatre
CENTERVILLE — The Lion in Winter (written by James Goldman) is a straightforward script that never strays from its path; the characters clearly articulate their intentions and openly communicate what…
“It’s a fine life” if you get to see OLIVER! at HCTO
OREM — The best way to experience the work of Charles Dickens is in adaptations. By modern standards, most of Dickens’s novels are excessively wordy and overflow with superfluous subplots…
Details make Lyric’s THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES a success
LOGAN — It is summertime in Logan, Utah, which means hiking and swimming, and a lot of theatre. Some of that theatre comes from the Lyric Repertory Company, who in…
Everything is right with Bluffdale’s THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
BLUFFDALE — The Bluffdale Arts Advisory Board’s The Play that Goes Wrong is an unforgettable production that raises the bar for community theatre and kept me laughing all evening. Written…
An Other Theatre Company stumbles with THE 54TH STEP
SALT LAKE CITY — Local emerging playwright Jesse Nepivoda‘s new work, The 54th Step is being presented as the final production of An Other Theatre Company in connection with the…
Thrills and chills at Hopebox Theatre’s WAIT UNTIL DARK
KAYSVILLE — There is an unassuming, quiet domesticity awaiting audiences at the Hopebox Theatre, with an open stage set with a kitchen, living, and office area. The company’s current production…
Opera Contempo’s TWICE THROUGH THE HEART is worth seeing — twice
SALT LAKE CITY — Twice Through The Heart (with music by Mark-Anthony Turnage and libretto adapted from a poem by Jackie Kay) is a very short (only thirty-five minutes) contemporary…