SALT LAKE CITY — Last night I had the privilege to attend opening night of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” performed by the Youth Stage at The Children’s Theatre. What certainly could have been an amateur and trite evening at the theatre proved to be another reason why The Children’s Theatre is quickly becoming one of my favorite stages in Salt Lake City.
‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ Delivers Laughs
February 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Hale Centre Theatre’s ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
February 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
WEST VALLEY CITY — Fiddler on the Roof is a traditional and loved musical that has been performed many times by many companies over the years. For any theatre company it can be a difficult task to take on such a well-known script and score. Hale Centre Theatre’s director John Sweeney and producer Sally Dietlein [...]
Q&A with the UTBA
February 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
‘Get a Clue: The $tocks Caper’ is well worth investigating
February 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
OGDEN — I’ve always been a little cautious of dinner theatre and didn’t know quite what to expect. Granted, I knew I wasn’t going to be snacking on a lamb shank while A Midsummer Night’s Dream played on a stage in front. What’s more is this promised to be a murder-mystery-musical dinner theatre performance. Simply put, I was more than pleasantly surprised by my night with Hunt Mysteries and I’m pretty sure you will be too.
Naughty Night of Theatre at the Babcock
February 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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.
High hopes for ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ in Centerville
February 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
CENTERVILLE — Rodgers Memorial Theatre brings a little piece of Broadway to Davis County in their latest production of Kiss Me, Kate. While director Jeremy Flygare shows clear comedic instinct, the finished product boasts more of an enjoyable musical revue than the tight production it could have been. Definitely still a worthwhile evening at the theatre; you will be humming a few notes well after the curtains drawn and the lights are out.
Love Letters: See the show or read the book?
February 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
SALT LAKE CITY – Love Letters has become a tradition at the SLCC Grand Theatre (and in many other places) around Valentine’s Day. It’s a story of two friends/lovers and the letters they have exchanged throughout their lives. The script is fascinating, and I would have loved to read it, at home in my pajamas. Sadly, though, I sat through two hours of someone else reading it to me. I left the “play” perplexed as to why this was ever put on a stage. Perhaps because not everyone reads; it’s possible that this play was produced for those non-readers, who would only hear the story if they could pay $25 and bring a date. Maybe?
‘The Vagina Monologues’ proves to be more than just a show
February 14, 2010 By 1 Comment
SALT LAKE CITY — As a man, I anticipated that walking into a production of “The Vagina Monologues” would be like throwing a steak to a den of lionesses. The piece tends to have an anti-male bias and carries with it a stigma of being a 2-hour “man bashing” session. However, this was not the case at Westminster College in Salt Lake City. They took the piece and instead bolstered understanding and awareness for all audience members in attendance, regardless of sex.