PTC’S PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE is a champion
SALT LAKE CITY – A musical about school children participating in a county-wide spelling bee?. When I first heard of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee back in 2005, I was unimpressed. It...
View ArticleA superbly acted OUTSIDE MULLINGAR at Pioneer Theatre Company
SALT LAKE CITY — Early in Outside Mullingar, the elderly Irish farmer Tony Reilly complains that his son, Anthony, “draws no strength from the land.” Yet, by the conclusion of this lyrical, understated...
View ArticleWOMEN IN JEOPARDY! is a pleasant comedy, but only half a play
SALT LAKE CITY — A trio of women are having their regular girl’s night interrupted by the introduction of one member’s new “lover.” Jackson is his name, and, even though he oozes creepiness, the bubbly...
View ArticlePioneer Theatre’s CURIOUS INCIDENT should be curiouser
SALT LAKE CITY — People frequently refer to Asperger’s or autism when discussing fifteen-year-old Christopher Boone, the protagonist of Mark Haddon’s 2003 novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the...
View ArticlePioneer Theatre provides a powerful trip to OSLO
SALT LAKE CITY — The opener for Pioneer Theatre Company’s season is the award winning 2017 Broadway Play, Oslo, by J. T. Rogers, which is based on the true story of the secret negotiations that lead to...
View ArticleA rare, authentic ONCE ON THIS ISLAND at Pioneer Theatre
SALT LAKE CITY — The national tour of the recent, Tony-winning Broadway revival of Once on This Island, by Stephen Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (book and lyrics), will not be making a stop in Salt...
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