MURRAY — Desert Star surprised me with their production of My Big Fat Utah Wedding. Not every show there is a winner and my last experience left me unimpressed. This evening, though, reminded me why I (and probably the season pass holders, as well) keep coming back to this Murray City star.
“Cinderella” a Fun Family Evening
July 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
New Works Theatre Machine Seeking Managing Director
July 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – The New Works Theatre Machine, Salt Lake City’s brand new — and only — experimental theatre company, is now accepting resumes from individuals interested in the position of MANAGING DIRECTOR. The New Works Theatre Machine will produce four original works of highly collaborative, highly engaging experimental theatre a year, presented from their [...]
Plenty of Intrigue in Midvale: Pinnacle’s “An Ideal Husband”
July 24, 2010 By 1 Comment
MIDVALE — Walking into the Midvale Performing Arts Center is a welcome surprise to the unassuming exterior. Located in the heart of downtown Midvale, the space provides just the spot for the 4-yr old Pinnacle Acting Company’s latest production of An Ideal Husband, by Oscar Wilde. The story is simple: fate catches up to Government Minister [...]
The Music Man: (Nearly 76) Trombones Lead the Big Parade
July 21, 2010 By 2 Comments
AMERICAN FORK — The Music Man is an enduring American musical classic and has been a staple of both big and small theater companies since it first swept through Broadway in 1957, earning a Tony over West Side Story for Best Musical, along with Tony honors for Robert Preston and Barbara Cook. The faithful film [...]
Steel Magnolias: 120 ‘minutes of wonderful’
July 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“Merchant” of Venice Strikes a Balance
July 21, 2010 By 3 Comments
CEDAR CITY — I was nervous as I entered the Adams Memorial Shakespearean Theatre for the Utah Shakespearean Festival’s production of The Merchant of Venice. Like the more lighthearted The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice has become somewhat controversial in its portrayal of members of an oppressed group. I was also aware [...]
Rappucini or His Daughter…
July 20, 2010 By 2 Comments
OREM — There are two kinds of reviews: first, the travel advisory; the ‘hey, if you’re going out tonight, here’s a little heads up on your choices’; and second, the pronouncement of value; the Anton-Ego- a’-la-Ratatouille, set in stone enshrinement as glorious art or trash. So here’s the problem . . . Mr. Ego (or [...]
10 Questions with Nat Reed, Technical Director
July 20, 2010 By 1 Comment
For this edition of our 10-question interview we turn to Nat Reed, the Technical Director of SCERA Center for the Arts. I’ve always been impressed by the work ethic and sheer creative genius that Nat brings to productions and I was thrilled when he took on the role of Technical Director last year. He has [...]
Back Home with the Jeromes in Broadway Bound at the Neil Simon Festival, Cedar City UT
July 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
CEDAR CITY — As a student and fan of Shakespeare’s four-century-old plays I occasionally reflect on which contemporary American works have a chance of drawing an audience in the year 2400. I have a short list of contenders in mind, and tonight I am tempted to add Neil Simon’s Broadway Bound to that list. It [...]