Utah’s performing arts, early on in the new season, has been pretty remarkable. Granted, I’ve had the privilege so far only of seeing two musicals. However, while on opposite ends of the spectrum – the first being a family-friendly, heartwarming comedy and the other a mishmash of wounded hearts and dysfunctional...
read moreAuthor Patricia Marie Budd In the 2011 semi-biographical Hell Hounds of High School, Canadian author Patricia Marie Budd develops an environment personal to her own experiences as a 19-year veteran Catholic high school English teacher. Written perceivably for young adults, parents and teachers, Hell Hounds is, at best, an...
read moreBroadway in Utah’s 2011-12 season opener is, which usually I don’t divulge in the first line of a review, a heart-warming, thrilling, magical extravaganza for children and adults alike. The sanguine, esoteric nanny that any child would adore and any parent would admire, Disney’s Mary Poppins, pops with style and...
read moreYou Should Meet My Son! For a virtual entourage of newbies in the film industry, Keith Hartman’s full-length directorial debut is not half bad. You Should Meet My Son! is a southern-style comedy (the nerve-tingling shrill voices and all) that dives into the depths of motherly love in the Deep South, specifically Birmingham,...
read moreWhile most opera companies go dark through the summer months, Logan comes alive with the sound of music. Cue Julie Andrews. Back for its 19th season, and with a tweak in its name, the Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre is in full swing at the magnificent Ellen Eccles Theatre in Logan. Founding general director Michael Ballam...
read moreThanks to the plethora of sometimes inane (OK, mostly) markers added to Utah’s culture and politics over the last year, playwrights Allen Nevins and Nancy Borgenicht have scribed a truly delightful Saturday’s Voyeur. And thanks in large part to the brilliance of the entire cast, and direction by Cynthia Fleming, Voyeur 2011...
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