SALT LAKE CITY — Hadestown is back as part of this season’s Broadway at the Eccles series, and there is a reason this show has won eight Tony Awards. Hadestown is spellbinding and is more relevant today than when it first opened on Broadway in 2019. With music, lyrics and book by Anaïs Mitchell, Hadestown […]

SALT LAKE CITY — Having been involved heavily in the theatre community in Utah for 15 years now, I love I can still be genuinely surprised by the things that I discover. Nothing was more surprising than learning about Meanwhile Park and the Meanwhile Park Playwright Prize award. I had the chance to sit down […]

OGDEN — The Prom, a musical with music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin, and a book by Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin debuted on Broadway in 2018 and has made its way to the Ziegfeld Theater stage. In a production directed by Caleb Parry, the show follows Emma (Ellie Swapp) who wants to […]

SALT LAKE CITY —  For three decades, student audiences rattled the rafters of the Einar Nielsen Fieldhouse cheering on their basketball team. In 1944, Utah won the basketball national title behind Utah native Wat Misaka, the first non-white player in what would become the NBA. In 1959, the fieldhouse was home to what the U’s […]

SANDY — It was a night of spectacle and awe on the Young Living Centre Stage at Hale Center Theatre‘s production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame Wednesday evening. Overall, it was an impressive production that felt true to Hale’s reputation for large musical numbers, strong casting, and spectacle-driven storytelling that leaves a lasting impression. This […]