POSTED // Apr 17,2012 - Sometimes a show is more than just good; it’s downright fun. Wasatch Theatre Company’s production of the classic treatise on botany, dentistry and the American Dream—Little Shop of Horrors—dares you not to leave humming and grinning.

POSTED // Apr 17,2012 - Don’t be fooled by the deceptively dry title of Salt Lake Acting Company’s latest production. Yes, it may sound like an academic snoozefest. But it’s actually a rollicking comic farce.

POSTED // Mar 26,2012 - To unlock the mysteries of color, Isaac Newton, then 22, took a stiletto knife and pressed the flat side firmly against his pupil as he stared at the sun.

POSTED // Feb 28,2012 - The problem with Pioneer Theatre Company’s production of Emma—adapted from the Jane Austen novel by Jon Jory—is not with the cast ...

POSTED // Feb 28,2012 - In staging the U.S. premiere of Zorro: The Musical, Hale Centre Theatre has accomplished the closest thing to putting a Hollywood summer blockbuster onto a theater stage.

POSTED // Feb 28,2012 - For years, I’ve been arguing that director Lane Richins’ proper place is in the heart of Salt Lake City’s theater district.

POSTED // Jan 16,2012 - For many comedians, launching a “one-man show” might just seem like a euphemism for “comedian reaching for credibility” ...

POSTED // Nov 8,2011 - Elaine Jarvik and Kate Jarvik Birch describe their new play as “our own personal fantasy.” So perhaps it’s best if we treat the play as entirely fictional

POSTED // Nov 8,2011 - It’s considered a tragedy for parents to outlive their children. But is that any comfort for a care-giving child on the verge of outliving her parents?

POSTED // Nov 8,2011 - Pinnacle Acting Company’s new production of Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys is a study in nostalgia as much as it is an exploration of comedy.