31 August 2010
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, [...]
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27 August 2010
MURRAY – The Amphitheatre at Murray Park is bright little bit of wilderness in the Salt Lake urban sprawl. What a delight it was to attend their production of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
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25 August 2010
SALT LAKE CITY – The Lion King is playing at the Capitol Theatre. Director Julie Taymor has brought depth and sincerity in her stage adaptation of the simple yet enjoyable animated film. The amazing visuals, puppetry and music will coax the most fastidious patron to love the show.
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24 August 2010
OREM — When I told people I was going to the Hale Center Theater Orem to watch The Girl, The Grouch and The Goat, people said, “The Grouchy Girl and the Goat?” or something like, “The Grouch and the Who? Never heard of it. Is that a new Sesame Street Musical?”
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23 August 2010
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.
21 August 2010
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 [...]
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20 August 2010
PAYSON — Payson Community Theater has been called, “the best kept secret in Utah theater”; and for just cause. Playing to sold out audiences for their recent productions of Cats, Beauty and the Beast and last year’s production of The Wizard of Oz, plan on coming early to get a seat to this year’s show, [...]
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18 August 2010
WEST VALLEY CITY — I always find myself wary when attending “classical” shows. You know the ones: The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Hello Dolly!, Carousel, etc.. They come with a dangerous amount of potential to be a stale, slow show with always-too-long songs. I’m happy to report that the Hale Centre Theatre’s rendition of [...]
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18 August 2010
PARK CITY — Walk the red carpet, and join The Egyptian Theatre Company for The Awesome 80′s Prom. This improv-driven show takes us all back to 1989, where we can experience prom in all its glory. During the course of the evening, each character makes their entrance, the candidates for King and Queen are announced, [...]
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16 August 2010
SALT LAKE CITY — Larry Kramer’s 1985 AIDS play The Normal Heart is sadly relevant and was a fitting joint venture for Plan B Theatre Company and the Utah AIDS Foundation. The two organizations came together to celebrate their anniversaries, the 20th for Plan B and 25th for the UAF. Sponsored by Julie Brizzee and Jane [...]
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