By: Emily Bell|10 May, 2011|Categories: Review|Tags: holly fowers . jared larkin . melanie nelson . pinnacle acting company . proof . ron frederickson . salt lake county . stein erickson
MIDVALE — Proof was originally produced on Broadway in 2001 and went on to win multiple Tony awards, including Best Play, and was recognized with the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play starred a string of famous actors during its run including Mary-Louise Parker, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Anne Heche, and Neil Patrick Harris, and featured Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins,…
Read more »By: Emily Bell|03 November, 2010|Categories: Review|Tags: anton chekhov . bryan bowerman . christopher sherwood davis . drama . hannah miner . jacqueline johnson . jordan kramer . lawrence fernandez . uncle vanya . Utah County . utah shakespeare in the park
PROVO — Last week, Utah Shakespeare in the Park performed their latest production, Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. The company seeks to present abridged works to make classic theatre accessible to modern audiences. Though I was somewhat surprised this group would branch out beyond the works of William Shakespeare so soon after their premiere summer shows, Much Ado and Romeo &…
Read more »By: Emily Bell|25 June, 2010|Categories: Review|Tags: breanne briggs . comedy . david nieman . derek smith . hale centre theatre . musical . salt lake county . the wedding singer
WEST VALLEY CITY– I confess—it has been a week since I attended The Wedding Singer at Hale Center Theatre in West Valley. Regardless of every best intention, this review has been rather long in coming. Though some might wonder if I’ve been slow to post based on a negative experience, I can’t emphasize how far from the truth that is.…
Read more »By: Emily Bell|15 June, 2010|Categories: Review|Tags: bethany simmons . funny girl . jennifer reed . musical . richard losee . scera . Utah County
OREM—Funny Girl premiered on Broadway in March, 1964 and played for 1,348 performances. It’s the show that made Barbra Streisand a star and features some of the most loved Broadway anthems. The show follows the story of Fanny Brice, the unlikely Broadway-hopeful who rose to fame in the early part of the 20th century, and chronicles her love affair with…
Read more »By: Emily Bell|22 March, 2010|Categories: Review|Tags: a dark horse company theatre . musical . park city . reefer madness . theatre
PARK CITY — I admit: there was a moment after I had received the assignment to attend Reefer Madness at the Egyptian Theater when I thought to myself that I might not be the best to review it—only because I tend to border on “cult follower” fan status of this show and the movie musical, like so many fans who…
Read more »By: Emily Bell|20 February, 2010|Categories: Review|Tags: Barefoot in the Park . comedy . Laura Bedore . Neil Simon . sandy . Sandy Arts guild . Theater . theatre . Utah County
SANDY — Neil Simons’s Barefoot in the Park is arguably one of the most recognized titles in theater, its comedy and humanism universally recognized on stage, television and screen since its Broadway premiere in 1963. With a small cast and brilliant script, this is a strong choice for the Sandy Arts Guild who present Barefoot in the Park as their inaugural production at Sandy City Hall’s Chamber Theater—a project 17 years in the making since City Hall’s construction in 1993.
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