MATILDA THE MUSICAL is a salute to community
SPANISH FORK — Every year, Spanish Fork Community Theater times their big musical to coincide with Fiesta Days, the city’s annual multiday celebration of its history and heritage. It is…
Lyric Repertory Company’s INTERACT is adventurous and new
LOGAN — As part of the Lyric Repertory Company season, interACT is a series of new works that are staged readings with the playwright, actors, and director, after which the…
Sting and Honey’s SNOW WHITE is a captivating, if meandering stroll through the forest
SALT LAKE CITY — Walking into the Regent Street Black Box theatre, patrons are presented with a sparse stage intriguingly lined by seven mirrors atop seven boxes. The mirrors evoke…
It’s a new DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD at the Salt Lake Acting Company
SALT LAKE CITY — Since sunsetting the decades-old title of Saturday’s Voyeur, a summertime send-up of all things Utah-Conservative, the annual Salt Lake Acting Company show still carries much the…
OUR TOWN opera at UFOMT makes life worth living
LOGAN — The Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre presents the Utah premiere of Our Town, a three-act opera by composer Ned Rorem and librettist J. D. McClatchy adapted from…
LUCKY STIFF at Sugar Factory is a fun adventure
MIDVALE — Lucky Stiff (book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, with music by Stephen Flaherty) produced by Sugar Factory Playhouse is playing at the Midvale Performing Arts Center; it’s a…
Stop the presses! Lehi Arts Council’s NEWSIES is a hit
LEHI — It is summertime in Utah, and that means that local arts councils across the state are mounting their big community musical. This year, the Lehi Arts Council has…
“Parents lie,” but here’s the truth: Syracuse City’s FREAKY FRIDAY is a great time
SYRACUSE — Freaky Friday, produced by Syracuse City Arts Council, is a musical with music by Tom Kitt, lyrics by Brian Yorkey, and a book by Bridget Carpenter. It is…
“Go on and lift your glass” to TCT’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
AMERICAN FORK — Just as my second oldest child and I settled into our chairs in the Valentine Theatre, the familiar French accent of Lumiere from Disney’s Beauty and the…
Verdi’s AIDA triumphantly returns to the UFOMT stage in Logan
LOGAN — Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida has triumphantly marched into the Ellen Eccles Theatre at the Utah Festival of Opera and Musical Theatre in Logan. Directed by John de los Santos,…