A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS delights at BYU
PROVO – A Man For All Seasons is one of those plays that I’ve known about of all my life, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen. I was aware…
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 two become lost in a thick fog, they stumble…
Hale’s GUYS AND DOLLS is a showstopper
OREM — The age old battle of the sexes comes to a head in Guys and Dolls, a musical originally premiering in 1950 and finding new stage at Orem’s Hale…
A thrilling case of DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE
PROVO — The biggest compliment that I can give Mortal Fools Theatre Project’s production of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (currently playing at the Echo Theatre) is that I am…
JONATHAN TOOMEY is slow, but sweet and sincere
OREM — Now that Thanksgiving has passed, the season for Christmas plays and musicals is upon us. I did a little digging and found that you can go see A…
Step in and see the hauntingly beautiful ELEPHANT MAN
PROVO — “If your mercy is so cruel, what do you have for justice?” Set in London 1884, Brigham Young University’s production of The Elephant Man creatively recounts the story…
The World’s Most Famous Diary, Live on Stage
PROVO — I saw a play at BYU,The Diary of Anne Frank, which has to be the most read diary in the world. Everybody knows the story of a little…
A myth with new music: Oedipus
PROVO — Have you ever seen a work of art, face to face, that is nearly 3,000 years old? That’s what seeing a live production of Oedipus Rex is like—only…
Mortal Fools’ DRACULA is frightful and delightful
PROVO — Mortal Fools’ Dracula is a perfect theatrical treat for Halloween—it’s fun, creepy, and just the slightest bit campy, and there’s never a dull moment. The indoor kitchen of…
Hale’s “Scarlet Pimpernel” Sails
Romance! Betrayal! Heroics! A swashbuckling aristocrat in comic disguise performing secret noble deeds! A songbird bride guilt-ridden over a concealed indiscretion! It’s all in the the 1905 popular potboiler novella…