SALT LAKE CITY — The story of Anne Frank is one that has fascinated and haunted readers for generations. The diary of the thirteen-year-old girl locked in an annex for more than two years in order to escape the Nazis during the Holocaust is a powerful reminder of the horrors of war. Yet, as the [...]
"Diary" Focuses on Growth
Filed Under: Reviews, Salt Lake County Tagged With: albert hackett, craig wroe, jacob liberman, janet allen, pioneer theatre company, rebecca buller, salt lake county, the diary of anne frank, wendy kesselman
Jane Austen’s "Persuasion": Adaptation and Lost Love
PROVO — By definition an adaptation in something new created out of the original. Some things will be lost, others gained. Such is the case with Melissa Leilani Larson’s stage adaption of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, directed by Barta Lee Heiner, now playing at Brigham Young University’s Pardoe Theatre. Austen’s novel has been condensed into a [...]
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