Include BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS in your summer plans
CEDAR CITY — Eugene, a young man of nearly fifteen, shares a home with not only his parents and brother,…
What is the Henriad? Where did the word “Henriad” come from?
Last year at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, I came across a term that I had never heard before: “Henriad.” After…
Music carries THE GERSHWINS’ PORGY & BESS
LOGAN — When I was a pre-teen, my stepfather used to walk around the house bellowing, “Bess, you is my woman…
You’ll have to make believe you love UFOMT’s SHOW BOAT
LOGAN — In 1992, I was forced to forego my first opportunity to see a touring Broadway show in Salt…
Get in the groove of MOTOWN THE MUSICAL
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is a desert. At times it feels like that stigma goes far beyond our weather…
“Pulling together” to make a worthwhile SATURDAY’S WARRIOR
OREM — In its opening song, Saturday’s Warrior tells the audience exactly what the play is about. “We must learn why…
New ideas in SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
LOGAN — Songs For a New World is a song cycle written by Jason Robert Brown that depicts a number of…
2016 Critical Writing for the Arts Scholarship Winner
Today, Utah Theatre Bloggers and Plan-B Theatre Company announce the 2016 recipient of the Critical Writing for the Arts Scholarship. Special…
A stark, unflinching MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN
PROVO — After over a decade of following an army in wartime, Mother Courage says, “I’m getting tired of this wandering…
Enjoy a stroll in the woods with the U.’s AS YOU LIKE IT
SALT LAKE CITY — There’s a popular theory that Shakespeare wrote As You Like It using elements he knew would be…