“Seize the day” and enjoy Hurricane Theatrical’s NEWSIES
HURRICANE — Bring together a talented cast of singer and dancers (with energy as high as their toe-touches and vocal prowess soaring even higher than that) and, as they say…
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST gives a playhouse best at Terrace Plaza
OGDEN — Ever since the musical adaptation of Disney’s classic film Beauty and the Beast premiered on Broadway in 1994 there has been a mixed response from the musical theatre…
Tuacahn’s visually stunning THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME lacks heart
IVINS — After a few years since my last visit to Tuacahn, where I reviewed The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 2016, I was happy to again attend the beautiful…
Stop the presses! Lehi Arts Council’s NEWSIES is a hit
LEHI — It is summertime in Utah, and that means that local arts councils across the state are mounting their big community musical. This year, the Lehi Arts Council has…
“Go on and lift your glass” to TCT’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
AMERICAN FORK — Just as my second oldest child and I settled into our chairs in the Valentine Theatre, the familiar French accent of Lumiere from Disney’s Beauty and the…
“And the world will know:” Sandy Hale’s NEWSIES is a mixed bag
SANDY — After Newsies premiered in Utah, I wrote that the musical was likely to replace Joseph… as Utah’s favorite. And boy did it ever. We have long passed the…
HCT’s LITTLE MERMAID: much more than gadgets and gizmos aplenty
SANDY — The picture my parents would always show my teenage friends was 2-year-old me, standing in a diaper six inches from an old cathode ray television screen showing Sebastian…
A divinely good production of SISTER ACT at HCTO
OREM — Don’t be deceived by the small space where Alan Menken‘s and Glenn Slater‘s Sister Act is now playing. Other than the stage, there is nothing small about this…
Heritage Theatre’s LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS delivers thrills and chills
PERRY — What should you do when you come across a carnivorous plant that has a taste for human blood? Run! Run to the Heritage Theatre this October to see…
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is out of this world, despite big misstep
AMERICAN FORK — Halloween is in the air, and with it comes an abundance of spooky shows, like Timpanogos Community Theater’s production of Little Shop of Horrors. Based on the…