Finding identity in YELLOW FACE
SALT LAKE CITY — The struggle with identity is one most people face at some point in their lifetime. Throw in race, ethnicity, and the media, and the struggle becomes even more complicated. These are...
View ArticleA surprisingly touching TARZAN in Spanish Fork
SPANISH FORK — The biggest surprise of Spanish Fork Community Theater’s production of Tarzan is not the dancing apes or the characters swinging across the stage. Rather, it is the fact that Tarzan is...
View ArticleAIDA in Centerville is elaborate & lively
CENTERVILLE — The production of Aida at Centerpoint Legacy Theatre in Centerville is a refreshing delight, with plenty of heart and enough surprises to keep me on the edge of my seat. Aida is a show...
View ArticleTARZAN is swingin’ fun at Tuacahn
IVINS – After the successful regional premiere of Tarzan in 2010, the exciting Disney musical is back by popular demand at Tuacahn Amphitheater. This year’s one of a kind encore production, directed by...
View ArticleExplore TARZAN this summer at Hale Center Theater Orem
OREM — Stories about children growing up and leaving home to become adults will always have a place in family-centered Utah County. Maybe that is why Tarzan, which features two grown children each...
View ArticleSwing into summer with SCERA’s TARZAN
OREM — Although most people do not think of it as a challenging show, Tarzan is a tough show for amateur companies to mount because of its unusual plot structure, costuming demands, and physical acting...
View ArticleStory, music of TARZAN “will be in your heart”
HURRICANE — Hurricane Theatrical’s production of Tarzan, adapted from Edgar Rice Burroughs‘s classic story with David Henry Hwang‘s script, brings together the “two worlds” of talent and enthusiasm and...
View ArticleTuacahn comes out swinging with TARZAN
IVINS — Based on the 1999 animated film, Tuacahn’s production of Tarzan is this summer’s must-see show. Finding my seat in the outdoor amphitheatre, I was excited to see the elaborate jungle styled...
View ArticleIt’s “Written in the Stars” that Elton John’s AIDA is beautiful at UFOMT
LOGAN — This year, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre gives audiences the rare opportunity to see two versions of the love story Aida: Verdi’s 1871 opera Aida and the 2000 stage musical. On...
View ArticleEscape to Egypt with Ogden Musical Theatre’s Aida
Ogden-In 1924, Peery’s Egyptian Theater opened in downtown Ogden as a classic movie house patterned after other famous movie houses of the time, including the most famous one in Hollywood. A major...
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