THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA flickers
PROVO — “The day we meet, the way you lean against the wind, and do not know that you are…
A sincere NEXT TO NORMAL from UVU
OREM — Next to Normal is a show I’ve seen many times. It has its own place in my heart, nestled…
BRIGADOON doesn’t live up to Lerner and Loewe’s legacy
WEST VALLEY CITY — Brigadoon opens on Jeff and Tommy, two New Yorkers on a hunting trip in Scotland. After the…
DESERET – THE MUSICAL is true to its Utah roots
PROVO — Deseret – The Musical might be the play that has the most distinctively Utahn identity of any play…
Billions of laughs served at THE HUNGRY GAMES
MURRAY — Desert Star’s melodramatic musicals are kind of like a long-running sitcom; the characters are familiar and the plots generally…
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA is good summer Shakespeare
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah seems to have a love affair with Shakespeare. Between the Utah Shakespeare Festival, the annual Shakespeare…
Herriman’s PETER PAN is a High-Flying Adventure
HERRIMAN — In my experience, Herriman Arts Council puts on a decent show, and its latest musical, Peter Pan (a…
Utah Festival Opera makes FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and Logan a perfect match
LOGAN — Fiddler on the Roof, that old musical theatre favorite, written by Joseph Stein with music by Jerry Bock and…
9 TO 5 in Magna (a.k.a. “Sexism: The Musical!”)
MAGNA — The musical 9 to 5 was penned by Dolly Parton, a living legend who can do no wrong.…
I have confidence in SCERA’s SOUND OF MUSIC
OREM — It would probably be impossible to create a better opening scene of SCERA’s production of The Sound of Music.…