“CYMBELINE” by William Shakespeare Presented by The New World Shakespeare Company

I will stipulate that mental illness is a problem, one that is too often unrecognized. Certainly Cloten’s mental illness in … Continue reading

Wasatch Theatre Company – The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center

Stephen Adly Guirgis’ “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot” takes place in a present day courtroom in a corner of … Continue reading

New World Shakespeare Company’s Love’s Labour’s Lost at the Leonardo

Shakespeare can be difficult to follow and somewhat inaccessible for many.  Mainly for the language barrier; the difference between Middle … Continue reading

The Zig’s “The Light in the Piazza” Shines

I saw The Light in the Piazza for the first (and only) time when I was probably fifteen or sixteen at the Ahmanson in downtown … Continue reading

Backstage Review: Bonnie & Clyde at Lehi Arts Center

The story of fugitives Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow is one that almost everyone is at least somewhat familiar. The … Continue reading

Backstage Review: Complete your Sondheim Collection with “Road Show” from Wasatch Theatre Company

Road Show Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by John Weidman Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick Directed by Rick Rea … Continue reading

Backstage Review: New World Shakespeare Company’s “Macbeth”

Forget Freddie and Jason, Macbeth is history’s scariest killer, and he’s back in Salt Lake just in time for Halloween. After … Continue reading

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