Humdrum SHREK in Cottonwood Heights
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS — It’s difficult to review community theatre fairly because the reviewer has to make concessions for the limitations of…
Pleased as punch by DROWSY CHAPERONE at Pickleville Playhouse
RICH COUNTY — With a title like The Drowsy Chaperone, and promotional material that generally features an armchair or a record…
A meaningful MARY POPPINS at SCERA
OREM — The stage version of Mary Poppins differs from the Disney film in many ways. George Stiles and Anthony…
You’d do well to see this perspective on faith in Plan-B’s PILOT PROGRAM
SALT LAKE CITY — The play is good. You should attend. Not a lot of tickets left. Pilot Program, a…
Imagining the future: Playwright Melissa Leilani Larson shares thoughts on her process and asks a heady “what if” with Plan-B’s PILOT PROGRAM
SALT LAKE CITY — Melissa Leilani Larson is a playwright and screenwriter based in Utah whose work includes a lauded stage…
SLAC’s TWO STORIES told well
SALT LAKE — I know that the evening news is biased and embellished. I know that reality television is staged.…
INTO THE WOODS strays from the path
MAGNA — From Broadway to Disney (and everything in between), Into the Woods, Stephen Sondheim’s classic spin on fairy tales, takes root at…
Playwright Julie Jensen: CHRISTMAS WITH MISFITS
SALT LAKE CITY — Julie Jensen is an award winning playwright. Her work has been produced in New York, London Hamburg,…
STEEL MAGNOLIAS finds moments of beauty
SPRINGVILLE — Full disclosure: I am nowhere near the target demographic of Steel Magnolias. Now with that out of the way,…
Interview with Joshua Stavros, Utah Shakespeare Fest’s Greenshow co-director
CEDAR CITY — Few things capture the feel of the Renaissance as much as a greenshow, and few greenshows can compare…