SCERA’S THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG is easy on the brain
OREM — Sometimes, especially during the midst of final exams, tax season, and at the end of a terrible winter, a person wants to be entertained by a show that…
Welcome to FUN HOME at Wasatch Theatre
TAYLORSVILLE — As an avid reader I’ve always thought writing a memoir would be incredibly difficult. Even if names and details are changed, it would be hard for a writer…
“Come to the CABARET” at the University of Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — Cabaret, featuring music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff, originally opened on Broadway in 1966 and has been revived…
Covey Center’s MOON OVER BUFFALO is good, old fashioned comedy
PROVO — Beginning writers are frequently told, “Write what you know.” Because of that piece of advice, playwrights often write plays about the theatre. Audiences like the peak behind the…
HAIRPSRAY national tour showcases the play’s charm and hope
SALT LAKE CITY — Some Broadway shows can be a struggle to enjoy because of their heavy themes and sobering stories. Next to Normal or Spring Awakening come to mind.…
Directing, acting in Westminster’s FIRST DATE are show’s appeal
SALT LAKE CITY — First Date (directed by Jared Larkin and with music and lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner) opens with four different characters offering one liners about…
SLCC’s EURYDICE strikes a soulful chord
SALT LAKE CITY — At a play, I always notice the set first. Often the care put into transforming a stage into the world of a play says so much…
PTC’s WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME needs no amendments
SALT LAKE CITY — As a 15-year-old girl traveling the United States as part of an American Legion-sponsored constitutional speech contest in the late 1970s, Heidi Schreck may have found…
Chorus makes PIRATES OF PENZANCE captivating at the Parker
SOUTH SALT LAKE — There are works of art with blurred-out backgrounds fading away behind the subject, and there are others where the background becomes the subject through sheer beauty.…
FEAST OF FOOLS is an improvisational experience
SALT LAKE CITY — Lord of Misrule: Feast of Fools isn’t really so much a play, as much as it is an experience. Lord of Misrule: Feast of Fools is…