Utah Theatre Bloggers

¿Good Company’s IN THE HEIGHTS is an ideal night? ¡No me diga!

by Maren Scriven | Aug 15, 2017 | Reviews, Weber County

OGDEN — Before Hamilton was well, Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote a show called In The Heights...

Enjoy a marvelous evening of PILLOW TALK

by Sara Claverie | Aug 15, 2017 | Reviews, Utah County

OREM — Pillow Talk, played at the Hale Center Theater in Orem, was a delightful experience. The...

ALL SHOOK UP isn’t perfect, but “that’s all right”

by Maren Scriven | Aug 9, 2017 | Reviews, Weber County

OGDEN — All Shook Up tells the story of a young woman, Natalie, as she tries to win the heart of...

Decision: Fly to Ziegfied Theatre’s PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

by Zach Archuleta | Aug 9, 2017 | Reviews, Weber County

OGDEN — There is a magic in creation. It can come from anywhere, whether a person makes the...

DONE DID GOT GONE WITH THE WIND is delightful goofiness

by Elise Hanson | Aug 8, 2017 | Reviews, Salt Lake County

SALT LAKE CITY — In The Blue Sheep Theatre Company’s premiere performance, comedy is king. Playwright Keri Gukeisen has crafted a parody of the iconic Gone With the Wind and brought it to the Great Salt Lake Fringe...

ONE FOOT is sweet and ephemeral

by Elise Hanson | Aug 8, 2017 | Reviews, Salt Lake County

SALT LAKE CITY — As part of the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival, Wasatch Theatre Company is...

“From this day on,” plan to see SCERA’s BRIGADOON

by Darby Turnbow | Aug 8, 2017 | Reviews, Utah County

OREM — With a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner with music by Frederick Loewe, Brigadoon tells...

A fitting self-exploration in POP! GOES THE BUBBLE

by Maren Scriven | Aug 7, 2017 | Reviews, Salt Lake County

SALT LAKE CITY — Most readers knows a person who has never left Utah and is immersed into the unique Utah culture. In Pop! Goes the Bubble, Holly Yurth Harmon gives the audience the humorous experience of being a silent observer...

Long potential half-life for CURIE ME AWAY

by Maren Scriven | Aug 7, 2017 | Reviews, Salt Lake County

SALT LAKE CITY — Curie Me Away is a musical by Matheatre that covers the story of Madame Marie...

Sit down as THE GAY UNCLE EXPLAINS IT ALL TO YOU

by Maren Scriven | Aug 7, 2017 | Reviews, Salt Lake County

SALT LAKE CITY — The Gay Uncle Explains It All to You is one of the many that the Salt Lake Fringe Festival has offered the last two weekends, and it is billed as “A Celebration of Pop, Camp, Gay, Underground & Trash Culture...

CenterPoint’s 9 TO 5 is relevant for women today

by Maren Scriven | Aug 5, 2017 | Davis County, Reviews

CENTERVILLE — 9 to 5 is a musical that debuted on Broadway in 2009 and is based upon the...

JAWBONE’S DAUGHTER is going places

by Elise Hanson | Aug 5, 2017 | Reviews, Salt Lake County

SALT LAKE CITY — In The Jawbone’s Daughter, as an absurdist piece by writer Eric Paul Lyman, there really is no story, because the story doesn’t matter. There is a trace of plot, however. Three men are poised after...

ELEPHANT’S GRAVEYARD is a dark and uniquely drawn little play

by Elise Hanson | Aug 4, 2017 | Reviews, Salt Lake County

SALT LAKE CITY — Mob mentality is a psychological phenomenon that has always been of great...

Raucous laughter unearthed with LONG LOST FIRST PLAY

by Tony Porter | Aug 3, 2017 | Iron County, Reviews

CEDAR CITY — Where do I begin? How do I review a show so filled with mirth and downright belly...

Neil Simon Fest’s THE DINNER PARTY is a tasty treat

by Tony Porter | Aug 2, 2017 | Iron County, Reviews

CEDAR CITY — There are some subjects that do not initially suggest themselves as subjects for a...

Rakan’s PHANTOM MAP is the fringe-iest show this year

by Sara Claverie | Aug 1, 2017 | Reviews, Salt Lake County

SALT LAKE CITY — An extremely talented group of dancers and actors, called Rakan, are performing...

MOLLY WHIRLWIND AND THE GREAT BEAR is a rare treat

by Sara Claverie | Aug 1, 2017 | Reviews, Salt Lake County

SALT LAKE CITY — Okay, theater goers. I am not sure what happened here but I was the only one at this performance of Molly Whirlwind and the Great Bear in the huge Westminster Courage Theater. Graciously, the cast performed...

Covey Center’s MURDER BY THE BOOK falls short

by Raven Rodriguez | Aug 1, 2017 | Reviews, Utah County

PROVO — Murder by the Book, written by Duncan Greenwood and Robert King, directed by Reese Purser...

BECOMING AN HONORARY CRONE is worth the sojourn

by Sara Claverie | Aug 1, 2017 | Reviews, Salt Lake County

SALT LAKE CITY — Becoming an Honorary Crone was written and performed by Lori Prescott Hansen and is a collection of stories about a woman’s life growing further into adulthood. It was produced by The Great Bear Folk...

BALLAD OF A MEADOW is musically moving

by Sara Claverie | Aug 1, 2017 | Reviews, Salt Lake County

SALT LAKE CITY — Ballad of a Meadow, written and performed as a one-man play by Omar J. Hansen and produced by the Great Bear Folk Theatre, is a deeply moving story of a man who was a part of the Mountain Meadows Massacre in...

TRASH! is preachy, but important

by Sara Claverie | Jul 31, 2017 | Reviews, Salt Lake County

SALT LAKE CITY — Trash! is a play performed at the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival and written by Mark Macey. It shows the story of three garbage men in a futuristic setting who are struggling with their new jobs of assisting...

Hang out a while at 1222 RANDALL AVE.

by Sara Claverie | Jul 31, 2017 | Reviews, Salt Lake County

SALT LAKE CITY — The TwoFifteen Project is putting on a show called 1222 Randall Ave. at the...

Strangers, suicide, and success in AN INSPECTOR CALLS

by Alex Young | Jul 31, 2017 | Davis County, Reviews

CENTERVILLE — As I sat in my seat, the audience members and I were anxiously waiting for the...

FLOAT shows promise, but needs moorings

by Sara Claverie | Jul 31, 2017 | Reviews, Salt Lake County

SALT LAKE COUNTY — Float, produced by Kallisti Theatre Company, was interesting in many ways. Written by Elise C. Hanson-Barnett, who also performs in it, Float is about four people that are connected by love and friendship...

THE PLACE OF NO DARKNESS is mired by inconsistency

by Sara Claverie | Jul 30, 2017 | Reviews, Salt Lake County

SALT LAKE CITY — The Place of No Darkness, produced by Dearly Beloved Theatre Company, is an intense performance for mature audiences about three guys discovering they are in hell and fighting to get out. The stage was set with...