Cheese at Caputo's

Meet specialty-foods manager Matt Caputo

POSTED // Jan 9,2012 - Matt Caputo, manager of the specialty-foods-market side of Tony Caputo’s Market & Deli, was “born and bred into the specialty-foods industry.”

Stoneground

Quality eats, and not just pizza

POSTED // Dec 6,2011 - When it opened a little more than a decade ago, Stoneground was a revelation to me.

The Sunshine Boys

Pinnacle's quippy old men

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.

Duck Hunt

The search for duck commences

POSTED // Oct 25,2011 - I texted a good friend of mine, a professional chef who actually cooks at home: “Do you know where to get duck legs retail?”

Plan-B Theatre Company: SLAM

Saturday May 7 @ Rose Wagner Center

POSTED // May 5,2011 - Plan-B’s SLAM is a great concept, now in its eighth year. Five playwrights meet 23 hours prior to curtain and receive a big envelope with a list of actors and a set of parameters. They write all...

Review: Pinnacle Acting Company's Proof

POSTED // May 5,2011 - Proof is about math—but don’t let that scare you. Though there is much talk of mathematics, there is no actual math knowledge required of the audience. It’s really about family ...

Pioneer Theatre Company: The Diary of Anne Frank

Through April 2 @ Pioneer Memorial Theatre

POSTED // Mar 31,2011 - You probably know the story of The Diary of Anne Frank. I had somehow made it this far in life without ever seeing the play...

U of U Youth Theatre: The Boxcar Children

Thursday March 24-Saturday March 26 @ Kingsbury Hall

A Slight Discomfort

Thursday March 10 @ Jewish Community Center

POSTED // Mar 10,2011 - It may be about prostate cancer, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t hilarious. I mean, just think of the tasteless joke opportunities.

Pioneer Theatre Company: In

Through March 5 @ Pioneer Memorial Theatre

POSTED // Feb 24,2011 - This week, Pioneer Theatre Company brings us In, a world-premiere production by Bess Wohl, author of 2010’s Touch(ed).