Shawn Mortensen

It's challenging to create a holiday story that earns iconic status and is seen year after year. Among others, that short list includes a?oeIt's a Wonderful Life,a?? a?oeChristmas Carol,a?? Miracle on 34th Street,a?? a?oeA Christmas Storya??a?"and a?oeElf.a??

The best-known version of the classic fairy tale a?oeBeauty and the Beasta?? may have been written by 18th century French author Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, but Disney infused the a?oetale as old as timea?? with new life and wild popularity in 1991 and created a Golden Globe-winning best motion picture award.

Director Shawn Mortensen believes there is a reason why the line at Disneyland's Peter Pan attraction is typically an hour or more long.

Director Kathryn Little is determined to infuse SCERA Center for the Arts with all the charm that defines the musical based on the animated Disney film, "The Little Mermaid" as well as Hans Christian Anderson's original love story.

The latest musical collaboration between local playwrights Chase Ramsey and David Paul Smith offers a twist on the children's tale of a tortoise and a hare as SCERA presents the world premiere 50-minute musical on Feb. 4,8,11,15,18 and 22 @ 7:00pm at SCERA Center for the Arts.

The horrible Herdmans are arguably the worst children in the world, but these six delinquent outsiders who create mayhem when they try out for their community's annual Christmas pageant also create a classic story that has charmed audiences for more than four decades.

It's 1958 and the teenager world of Sweet Apple, Ohio, is excited when they learn rock and roll superstar Conrad Birdie is coming to their small Midwest town to record a song and kiss one lucky girl before heading off to the Army.

It's 1958 and the teenager world of Sweet Apple, Ohio, is excited when they learn rock and roll superstar Conrad Birdie is coming to their small Midwest town to record a song and kiss one lucky girl before heading off to the Army.

The cast has come up with a hashtag #DivasWhoBelieva, and the divine divas of SCERA's "Sister Act: The Musical" are prepared to dazzle. The premise: It's the 1970s and exuberant disco diva Deloris Van Cartier wants a recording contract. Little does she know that soon she will be singing praises to heaven instead as she hides in a convent while eluding a gangster boyfriend.

When Margaret Brown managed to scramble onto one of the few lifeboats available when the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in 1912, the Denver, Colo., socialite became the stuff of myth and legends. She grabbed an oar and argued vehemently that they turn the boat around and look for survivors. Later, as a philanthropist, Brown spent many years helping families whose relatives had been on the doomed voyage.

For millions of people, the holidays are not complete without a viewing of the film classic Miracle on 34th Street. And as a bonus, Utah Valley can see it live on stage when SCERA Center for the Arts mounts a musical adaptation of the famous story Dec. 1-16.

For millions of people, the holidays are not complete without a viewing of the film classic Miracle on 34th Street. And as a bonus, Utah Valley can see it live on stage when SCERA Center for the Arts mounts a musical adaptation of the famous story Dec. 1-16.

Musical numbers and cast members that earned five-star ratings and standing-room-only audiences at the 2017 Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland this summer will receive an encore performance at SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem November 15-18.

Musical numbers and cast members that earned five-star ratings and standing-room-only audiences at the 2017 Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland this summer will receive an encore performance at SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem November 15-18.

The music of Stephen Schwartz, composer for such Broadway classics as Wicked, Pippin and Godspell, is one of the reasons director DeLayne Bluth Dayton is especially excited to bring Captain Louie to the SCERA Center for the Arts Oct. 16-Nov. 3.

Director Chase Ramsey saw the movie "Noises Off" as a kid and thought it offered a brilliant master class on farce and pacing.  He loved it, and was "obsessed" with the comedic talents of Carol Burnett, John Ritter and Michael Caine.

When the Broadway stage introduced an exuberant rendition of the song "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" during the opening moments of "Oklahoma!," audiences saw a new form of musical theater unfolding. As the first musical to fully integrate songs and dances into a well-made story, it forever changed the structure of musical theater.

Director Jerry Elison is positively giddy when he describes the upcoming January production of 'A Year With Frog and Toad' at the SCERA Center for the Arts. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the stars in costume below!

Director Jerry Elison is positively giddy when he describes the upcoming January production of 'A Year With Frog and Toad' at the SCERA Center for the Arts. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the stars in costume below!

Even though Robinne Booth had never seen "The Happy Elf" before SCERA Center for the Arts asked her to direct the musical, she knew that with a musical score by Harry Connick, Jr., it was bound to be good.