PROVO — Do you remember that painting of Salvador Dali with the melting clocks?  What about Rene Magritte’s Son of Man with the green apple in front of the man’s face?  Take that surrealism and mix with it live music, modern dance, and perhaps the greatest piece of twentieth century Spanish theatre and you’re starting to get an idea of the BYU Department of Theatre and Media Arts’ most recent production of Blood Wedding.

PLEASANT GROVE — Bigger isn’t always better as the Pleasant Grove Players proved with their performance of Nunsense. Though part of a community theater, the show earned its place among the stars.

OREM – When you go to a play or a movie where there are only adults present in the audience, the simple humor or puns are often overlooked as each patron seems to be searching only for the wow factor. Attending If You Give A Mouse A Cookie at the SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem made me realize how much fun attending an event with a room full of children is.

SALT LAKE CITY — Wallace will host its world-premiere tonight at Plan B Theatre Company. The play interweaves two one-act plays about two, distinct individuals. Both were named Wallace. Both were writers. Both had some sort of connection to Salt Lake City. The result is a simple and beautiful contemplation on individuals, relationships, and home.

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SALT LAKE CITY — When you have the opportunity to venture a little ways off the beaten path of professional theater in Utah I hope you take it.  Most of the big names in Utah theater right now started out as a small company just trying to meet their expenses with no hopes of paying themselves or the artists involved.  When you do stumble into an old movie theatre, civic center, or warehouse and discover Utah theater at the grassroots level I guarantee you’re going to find a little unexpected magic.

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.