Theatre Reviews by Patrons and Professionals
LINDON — Nestled off the beaten path in Lindon, Utah, the people there have been producing plays for 38 years, providing wholesome, family entertainment. Currently, they are in the middle of a production of Backstage, a play written by Jody Renstrom, who is also one of the owners of VCP. Her story’s action is one [...]
PROVO — To lift off The Covey Center for the Arts’ Black Box Theater season, Artistic Director J. Scott Bronson enlisted the talents of Dave Hansen, a local playwright. They thought of doing the radio drama War of the Worlds, but it is only about an hour long. Instead, they decided to create a play [...]
PAYSON — Payson Community Theater has been called, “the best kept secret in Utah theater”; and for just cause. Playing to sold out audiences for their recent productions of Cats, Beauty and the Beast and last year’s production of The Wizard of Oz, plan on coming early to get a seat to this year’s show, [...]
SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah Department of Theatre held opening night of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show February 19, 2010 to a standing room only crowd. This production is a hard one to review. For those who are cult followers of the film version, I may seem uneducated and unenlightened. For those of you who are somewhat insecure with your sexuality or of how it is portrayed you may feel I am too liberal and celebratory of the so-naughty-it’s-nice production.
SALT LAKE CITY — For everything there is a season. This season is winter and the topic is one’s situation of experiencing the winter of life. Babcock Performing Readers and Walk-Ons Incorporated performed The Senior Theatre Project: Five short plays by, for and about seniors on February 11, 2010 at the Olpin Union Little Theatre on the University of Utah Campus.