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Pioneer Theatre Company’s ‘Our Town’: No Ordinary Show
L-R: Amelia McClain as Emily and Eric Gilde as George. Photo by Alexander Weisman. SALT LAKE CITY — Even though we have spent our lives being involved in theatre, and even though Our Town is the most...
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‘Our Town’ at WSU – Simply Lovely
OGDEN — Last night at the Eccles Theater at Weber State University, I attended a lovely production of Our Town. The “lovely” I use here is in the British sense which connotes not just what is pleasing...
View ArticleA vibrant greeting to HELLO, DOLLY!
MAGNA — I’ve always laughed a little at the lyrics, “My heart is about to burst. My head is about to pop!” They’re expressing great excitement, obviously, but it creates an unpleasant mental image....
View ArticleThe Grand’s OUR TOWN is a thought provoking American classic
SALT LAKE CITY — I had the privilege of attending the Grand Theatre’s production of Our Town on the 75th anniversary of its first performance on Jan 22, 1938, at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, New...
View ArticleBYU reinvents Thornton Wilder’s OUR TOWN
PROVO — I have said for years that some of the most innovative theatre in Utah can be found on the campuses of the state’s universities. Our Town, playing now at Brigham Young University, confirms my...
View ArticleTHE SKIN OF OUR TEETH explores the human family through history and time
SALT LAKE CITY — “We came through the depression by the skin of our teeth, that’s true!—one more tight squeeze like that and where will we be?” launches the starting point for this 1943 Pulitzer Prize...
View ArticleCall on the Orem Hale for HELLO, DOLLY!
OREM — Dolly Levi is back where she belongs: on the Hale Center Theater stage in Orem. One of the last great musicals of the golden age of Broadway, Hello, Dolly! is composer and lyricist Jerry...
View ArticleOverjoyed and overwhelmed and over par at Pioneer’s HELLO, DOLLY!
SALT LAKE CITY — The act one finale of Hello, Dolly! is “Before the Parade Passes By,” an anthem about soldiering forward in life. Like a parade, Pioneer Theatre Company’s Hello, Dolly! is not destined...
View ArticleOUR TOWN opera at UFOMT makes life worth living
LOGAN — The Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre presents the Utah premiere of Our Town, a three-act opera by composer Ned Rorem and librettist J. D. McClatchy adapted from the original 1938 play...
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