I’d go INTO THE WOODS with The Ziegfeld any day
OGDEN — I’ve long felt like a poser in the theater world because (confession time) I’d never seen a Sondheim play. I know. Shameful. So it was with great anticipation…
FORUM falters at The Echo
PROVO — Slamming doors, cases of mistaken identity, characters disguising themselves as one another, clever puns and satirical comments on social class. It’s all there in the musical farce A…
ROAD SHOW is for Sondheim fans, but few others
SALT LAKE CITY — For Stephen Sondheim‘s diehard fans, the Wastach Theatre Company production of Road Show is a gift. This show—Sondheim’s most recent musical—has never been produced in Utah.…
Venture INTO THE WOODS with CenterPoint
CENTERVILLE — Into the Woods is a musical by Stephen Sondheim that made its Broadway Debut in 1987. In this very popular retelling of several fairy tales, beloved characters such…
A beautiful INTO THE WOODS from Lehi alumni
LEHI —“Witches can be right. Giants can be good. You decide what’s right. You decide what’s good.” Ah, Into the Woods. The brilliant, complex, twisted musical from composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim…
A revived, refreshed, and renovated WEST SIDE STORY
SALT LAKE CITY — How do you make a classic new again? That’s the challenge posed to every director of a classic play. It’s not an easy demand to meet…
Attend the Tale of U of U’s SWEENEY TODD
SALT LAKE CITY — My first encounter with Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (book by Hugh Wheeler, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim) was in my junior…
Grand Theatre provides moments in the woods with INTO THE WOODS
SALT LAKE CITY — Right about the time the Baker’s Wife (Stephanie Purcell) and Cinderella’s Prince (Doug Irey) started their song “Moments in the Woods,” I really got lost in…
Impressed by INTO THE WOODS
SYRACUSE — I’ve missed it twice. Into the Woods, I mean. Once it was playing at the now-defunct Center Street Musical Theater in Provo, with a very nice window display,…
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG to artistic success
PROVO — “How did you get to be here? What was the moment?” It’s normal from time to time for a person to look back on the life decisions that…