An innovative, but incoherent ROMEO & JULIET
SALT LAKE CITY — Romeo and Juliet, as penned by William Shakespeare, remains a constant of theater performance, attempted by many…
Mark Fossen and CLEARING BOMBS at Plan-B
Plan-B Theatre has made its mark on Utah theatre by bringing highly charged and politically relevant new work to local…
AGNES OF GOD at Westminster College explores truth & belief
SALT LAKE CITY — In 1977, a nun in upstate New York gave birth to a child which was found asphyxiated…
ELF is nothing short of “sparklejollytwinklejingley”
SALT LAKE CITY — During a pivotal scene in the second act of Elf: The Musical, Buddy—a human raised by elves…
MIRACLE ON 42ND STREET wasn’t the miracle I was looking for
MURRAY — Desert Star Playhouse’s Miracle on 42nd Street is based on Miracle on 34th Street, interspersed with some creative gags…
If you only see one more play this year, see ERIC(A)
Every so often as you sit in the theatre you get a moment. The kind of moment that reminds you…
A premature 12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS
SALT LAKE CITY — Getting through the holidays can be a chore for the single, and even more so for the…
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…
An evening with Frank Wildhorn and friends
PROVO — I had the pleasure of attending Frank Wildhorn’s concert at BYU as part of BYU’s BRAVO Performing Arts Series.…
FAME: the after school special of musical theatre
SALT LAKE CITY — Carmen sits a little right of center on the metal stairs leading to an upper platform. A…