SALT LAKE CITY — This weekend the Salt Lake Acting Company produced its first ever Fearless Fringe Festival: a weekend of three original shows by local artists producing new and experimental works. The show I attended was entitled Yoga Confidential: A Rat Bastard’s Inside Guide to Yoga & Surrounding Areas, written by Stephen Brown. Brown [...]
A musical memoir about cancer? Really?
August 31, 2010 By 2 Comments
SALT LAKE CITY – “I’m nauseated, cranky, and waiting for my chemo to end.” writes Sam Wessels in a recent blog entry. Wessels is not only the playwright (book, music and lyrics) of sam i was, he also plays Sam, the lead role. sam i was is a musical memoir about Wessels own battle with leukemia, [...]
Backwoods fun in Salt Lake: ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’
August 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
‘The Lion King’ is quite the charmer
August 25, 2010 By 2 Comments
Regional Premiere of “The Girl, The Grouch and the Goat” at HCT
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Plan-B Theatre launches its 2010/11 20th anniversary season with the regional premiere of Julie Jensen’s SHE WAS MY BROTHER
August 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
PRESS RELEASE – Lamana (Joe Debevc, Plan-B’s MIASMA) is a Zuni two-spirit, born a man but identifying as a woman and accepted as such within the tribe, recognized as a religious leader. Tullis (April Fossen, Plan-B’s MIASMA, the last five SLAMs) and Wilson (Plan-B’s FACING EAST, GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! and all five RADIO HOURs) are [...]
Utah Shakespeare in the Park’s “Romeo and Juliet” Is Uneven, But Entertaining
August 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
PROVO — Romeo and Juliet is the second of a summer-long double feature from Utah Shakespeare in the Park (the first was Much Ado About Nothing, in June). And, while Romeo and Juliet is an enjoyable evening of theater—how can an outdoor production of a Shakespeare classic be anything else?—it does have its problems.
A “Preposterous” Life Vividly Portrayed
August 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
PROVO – The life of a young lay minister was forever changed when he came across what he called “a very strange book” in 1830. But this book “was the principal means, in the hands of God, of directing the entire course of my future life,” as related in Thom Duncan’s insightful and often moving [...]
NEWS RELEASE: Hamlet @ Pioneer Theatre Company
August 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Hamlet by William Shakespeare A ghost story. A murder mystery. A psychological thriller. A young mans coming-of-age. A dysfunctional family drama. The greatest play produced in the English language in 400 years. WHO: Pioneer Theatre Company WHAT: Hamlet By William Shakespeare WHEN: September 17 through October 2, 2010 TIMES: Mondays Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Fridays and [...]