Take a leap of faith and enjoy PETER PAN’S GREAT ADVENTURE
OREM — Peter Pan’s Great Adventure at the SCERA faithfully adapts J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan with an eye toward younger audiences. With a book by Chase Ramsey, music and…
Exquisite music saves ZÉMIRE ET AZOR from middling stagecraft
PROVO — The tale of “Beauty and the Beast” has captivated people for centuries. While modern audiences know it best through literature, television, stage, and film adaptations, the opera world…
A cozy and thrilling night at Pleasant Grove Player’s production of AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
PLEASANT GROVE — I really don’t know why I’ve done this to myself, reviewing another Agatha Christie production within two months. It’s challenging to review a production where I don’t…
The Terrace’s MATILDA is nothing short of remarkable
OGDEN — Matilda, based on the novel of the same name by Roald Dahl, first appeared as a musical on the West End in London in November of 2001, and…
Ziegfeld’s SPAMALOT is the perfect parody
PARK CITY — Spamalot, based on the 1975 movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, with a book and lyrics by Eric Idle and music by John Du Prez, is…
A glimpse of heaven’s light at HCTO’s HUNCHBACK
OREM — David Paul Smith, director of The Hunchback of Notre Dame at the Hale Center Theater in Orem, was bullied as a child. Why is this relevant? Because during…
Great direction and lead redeem Hopebox’s HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
KAYSVILLE — The classic story of The Hunchback of Notre Dame dates back to 1831 with the novel published by Victor Hugo. Since that time, it has been retold in…
Let Heritage Theatre’s DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS steal your heart
PERRY — Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the musical at the Heritage Theatre, directed by Leslie Richards, is an amusing farce. With plenty of scheming, backstabbing, and plot twists, this play had…
CINDERELLA at Four Seasons is a new spin on an old classic
SMITHFIELD — There are hundreds of variations of the Cinderella tale. The origins of the story date back to the ninth century, and people return to it over and over.…
SWEENEY TODD hauntingly directed by Sweeney
WEST VALLEY CITY — When picking a show to see or produce around Halloween, you cannot go wrong with Sondheim’s amazing and horrific tale of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber…