Let go of your inhibitions at Pioneer Theatre’s ROCKY HORROR SHOW
SALT LAKE CITY — The Rocky Horror Show at Pioneer Theatre Company is dazzling this October. It is not necessary to be the “shadow audience” and know all the possible…
Marvel at A LIFETIME OF COSTUME DESIGN: THE WORK OF DAVID KAY MICKELSEN at PTC
SALT LAKE CITY — Pioneer Theatre Company’s upstairs lobby, the Loge Gallery, holds a fantastic display called “A Lifetime of Costume Design: The Work of David Kay Mickelsen.” I was…
Pioneer Theatre’s MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS is first class
SALT LAKE CITY — Peeling back the layers of design, dialogue and character in a mystery is both the challenge and the thrill of making and seeing such a production.…
Accept THE PROM at Pioneer Theatre
SALT LAKE CITY — While it can be valuable and important to see a challenging and gritty play or musical there is also a place for light bubbly crowd pleasing…
PTC’s WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME needs no amendments
SALT LAKE CITY — As a 15-year-old girl traveling the United States as part of an American Legion-sponsored constitutional speech contest in the late 1970s, Heidi Schreck may have found…
Celebrate Sondheim’s brilliance at PTC’S PUTTING IT TOGETHER
SALT LAKE CITY — “Content dictates form. Less is more. God is in the details.” That is, per the musical genius of Stephen Sondheim, a revolutionary of musical theatre whose…
A DISTINCT SOCIETY is good, but falls short of greatness at PTC
SALT LAKE CITY — Art that emphasizes everyone’s shared humanity and encourages its audience to overcome their differences is not new. But alas, humans fail to be tolerant, to embrace…
Pioneer’s A CHRISTMAS STORY is a bullseye
SALT LAKE — I, like many Americans, grew up watching the iconic Bob Clark film A Christmas Story every year. I remember doodling little Ralphies and Red Ryder BB Guns…
World premiere of SHUCKED is a corny delight at Pioneer Theatre
SALT LAKE CITY — Shucked, a new musical with a book by Robert Horn and music and lyrics by Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, made its debut at Pioneer Theatre…
Meet Caroline Innerbichler, from Pioneer Theatre’s SHUCKED
SALT LAKE CITY — As a part of the preparation for the world premiere of Shucked, the new musical with a book by Robert Horn and music and lyrics by…