Theatre Reviews by Patrons and Professionals
SALT LAKE CITY — If you type, “I’m first and foremost a human being” into Google, you’re likely to get a hit that contains reference to Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. Considered by many to be one of the first truly feminist plays written, Nora (our main character) proclaims these words towards the end of the show. [...]
SALT LAKE CITY — Every year, Salt Lake Acting Company hosts its Fearless Fringe Festival, which is designed to be a showcase of Utah playwrights’ scripts in progress. Staged readings of unpolished scripts always feel so raw and so exciting for me because the feedback that the audience and actors provide to a playwright often [...]
SALT LAKE CITY — The Fearless Fringe Festival is a fairly new project from Salt Lake Acting Company intent on showcasing Utah playwrights. This past weekend (August 26-28) three productions—each at different stages of development—were introduced to Utah audiences in the Chapel Theatre of SLAC’s beautiful theatre space. Tickets were $12/show or $24 for all three. [...]
CEDAR CITY — I thought that this year’s crop of productions from the Utah Shakespeare Festival was especially good this year. In my UTBA reviews, I sang the praises of the actors, directors, designers, and the other hard working artists that have come to define the high quality of the Festival’s productions. For almost two [...]
SALT LAKE CITY — I’m not much of a country music fan, but even I know the name “Patsy Cline.” Cline’s name is synonymous with a smooth silky voice that excelled at the country blues or a swingin’ country dance song. Before her tragic death in a plane crash at age 30, Cline recorded multiple [...]
MURRAY — In addition to Hercules being one of my all time favorite Disney movies, I am fascinated by Greek myth. So although the “parody” thing isn’t one of my most favorite means of theatre, I was looking forward to seeing the Desert Star’s current feature Hunk-cules. From the moment we stepped in, we were [...]
PAYSON — I have several friends in the cast and crew of Payson Community Theater’s production of Jekyll and Hyde, so I quickly requested the opportunity to review the show. I want to say I loved the show. Alas, I can’t say that. However, I can say I liked it, and the things I liked, I [...]
CEDAR CITY — There are many reasons to see live theatre. You may be attend a play to see a friend or family member perform on stage. Or you may attend a production because a group is producing one of your favorite plays. Perhaps you’re merely looking for a nice evening of entertainment, or you [...]
OREM — Everybody loves to share their favorite music with their family and friends. It may be while on a long drive, during a holiday weekend, or just as part of an informal get-together. Whatever the situation, it’s always a lot of fun to share a song, a band, or an album with a friend [...]
HERRIMAN — If Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat were a constellation, I’d know every star; if it were a cornfield, I’d know every row and husk. I’ve seen it performed half a dozen times, watched and re-watched the movie, sung to the CD about a thousand times… so it was impossible for me to go [...]