(10/17/2013) - There is something very exciting about doing regional work as opposed to being on tour. For one you get to be in one city for extended amount of time and you don't have to live in a hotel. Yes the benefits of a hotel room are awesome. Turn down service, fresh towels, room service. I could go on and on. But for me there is nothing better than actually being in an apt, even when I am on tour I prefer it. I have space for one thing, I am not around other loud hotel guests, I can bring my dog with me (very important), and I actually feel like I am living in the city I am working in as opposed to just being a tourist. In a way it almost feels like home. You have a life, you make friends, you have your daily routine, your favorite coffee shop, and your favorite place to eat and let me tell you, you can't beat my view.
(10/11/2013) - It's the season for tricks and treats, and the SCERA Center for the Arts will have both when Utah's own professional comedy magician Timothy Riggs is back for his popular annual show on Wednesday, October 30 at 7:00 p.m. Scroll down for an eerie sneak peek at the show!
(10/04/2013) - In a season where witches and spells make an annual appearance, SCERA Center for the Arts is adding a little magic of its own with 'The Magical Adventures of Merlin,' a Theatre for Young Audiences production that begins Oct. 14 and continues through Nov. 1. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
(09/16/2013) - Pioneer Theatre Company presents the musical whodunit Something's Afoot, September 20 through October 5, 2013, at Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast below!
(09/09/2013) - Tuacahn Center for the Arts Presents Disney's Mary Poppins at the Tuacahn Amphitheatre May 30 - October 25, 2013. For Tickets call: 435-652-3300 or go to: www.tuacahn.org. BroadwayWorld has a look at Gail Bennett as Mary Poppins in the show below!
(07/29/2013) - Tuacahn Center for the Arts Presents Disney's Mary Poppins at the Tuacahn Amphitheatre May 30 - October 25, 2013. For Tickets call: 435-652-3300 or go to: www.tuacahn.org. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below!
(07/28/2013) - The Tuacahn Center for the Arts us currenyly presenting Disney's MULAN: The Stage Musical, a new 75 minute show and BroadwayWorld.com was there to cover the show. The production is directed by Ryan Norton, with choreography by Veronica Yeager.
(07/14/2013) - Greek Mythology takes on new life in Zion Theatre Company's production of national award winning playwright Mahonri Stewart's play Prometheus Unbound. The play will be performing July 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25, 26, and 27 at 7:30 pm, with 2:30 pm Saturday matinees at the Echo Theatre. The Echo is located at 145 North University Avenue, Provo, UT 84601. Check out a first look at the production below!
(06/07/2013) - So, my first show as a Jersey Boy came and went on Tuesday night and let me tell you what an amazing experience it was. I've performed in many shows, on Broadway and on tour, and this show is like no other. The fact that you are singing these incredible iconic songs is just amazing. Add the precise and awesome choreography by Sergio Trujilo, the perfect direction by Des McAnuff, the incredible book by Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman... I feel so blessed and honored to be performing this show.
(05/22/2013) - Ah, that first day of rehearsal . . . you arrive in a really cute outfit, eager to meet all the other attractive people you'll be in the trenches with for the next few months . . . the Designers make their presentations, showing everyone how beautiful the stage will look and how gorgeous the cast will be in costume. Oh, if only that bliss of knowing that you look good could last. *Sigh.*
(05/16/2013) - When people ask me why I love Salt Lake City as much as I do, I usually reply, 'Amazing outdoor life, a thriving creative community, and great junk food.' Emphasis on the latter. For the record, I am not including in this category all of the amazing home-baked goodies that our very own Mary Driggs brings in on what seems like a weekly basis (and thank goodness for the hiking in the Wasatch Mountains to burn off all those cupcakes!). Only here have I had things like deep-fried scones (!), Hawaiian Haystack, Apple Beer, and Hires Big H. If you grew up in the Midwest, like I did, you probably know Hires Root Beer - it was my favorite pop (Yes, that's what we called it. Laugh away), available at any grocery store. How thrilling to know that their flagship restaurant, an old-fashioned burger joint where everything is made from scratch daily, is right here in Utah!
(05/03/2013) - The Utah Shakespeare Festival held its sixth annual fundraising event at Lawry's The Prime Rib Restaurant in Las Vegas on April 25, and the night was a huge success, raising over $40,000. Check out photos from the fundraiser below!
(05/02/2013) - Hey BroadwayWorld.com! Hello from Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City, where we're deep in rehearsals for Les Miserables. This ever-popular musical is making a comeback - literally - and, no, I don't mean an uptick in ticket sales since the movie was released last December. PTC was the first regional theatre to produce Les Mis, in 2007, where it played for 10 sold-out weeks. So it's no surprise that we're here again, just six years later, bringing this amazing story to life.
(04/25/2013) - Pioneer Theatre Company presents the epic musical LES MISERABLES. Due to popular demand, the production's run has been extended by two weeks. Performances take place May 3 through June 1, 2013. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production shots below.
(04/16/2013) - The tour of the smash hit Broadway revival of West Side Story is coming to Salt Lake City. West Side Story will open at the Capitol Theatre tonight, April 16 and will run through Sunday, April 21. Scroll down for photos of the cast onstage!
(04/10/2013) - Ten years ago, Farewell to Eden premiered at Utah Valley University. The student written show by Mahonri Stewart was a success, selling out its run, prompting enthusiastic reviews, and going on to win second place in the Kennedy Center's American College Theatre Festival's national playwriting award, as well as snagging a KCACTF National Selection Team Fellowship Award. The strong showing the play presented at the Festival prompted one of the judges, Gary Garrison, to say that the play was 'the most intelligently written play I have read [for the festival] in a decade.' For its ten year anniversary, Zion Theatre Company is remounting a production of the play directed by Ronnie Stringfellow on April 15-27. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast below!
(04/09/2013) - The tour of the smash hit Broadway revival of West Side Story is coming to Salt Lake City. West Side Storywill open at the Capitol Theatre on Tuesday, April 16 and will run through Sunday, April 21. Scroll down for photos of the cast onstage!
(02/25/2013) - 'I have lots of black friends', 'What types of foods do you prefer?', 'How many white people does it take to screw in a light bulb?', 'Do you know how to ski?', 'What's the difference between a white woman and a tampon', 'A white man and a black man are sharing a prison cell...', and many others great one liners, jokes, and socially inappropriate commentary can all be found in CLYBOURNE PARK.
(10/28/2012) - Salt Lake Acting Company presents BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, a comedic Wild West rock musical about America's seventh President, the premiere production in SLAC's University Professional Theatre Program. It is now playing through November 4, 2012. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.
(10/18/2012) - Pioneer Theatre Company presents John Steinbeck's OF MICE AND MEN, October 19 - November 3, 2012. Performances are scheduled Mondays - Thursdays, 7:30 pm; Fridays and Saturdays, 8:00 pm; Saturday matinees, 2:00 pm. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.
(09/21/2012) - Pioneer Theatre Company presents In the Heights, the musical that won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical and Best Score, now running through September 29, 2012. BroadwayWorld has another look at more production shots below!
(09/15/2012) - Pioneer Theatre Company presents In the Heights, the musical that won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical and Best Score, September 14 - September 29, 2012. BroadwayWorld has the full production shots below!
(09/08/2012) - Pioneer Theatre Company presents In the Heights, the musical that won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical and Best Score, September 14 - September 29, 2012. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the production photos below.
(08/22/2012) - Zion Theatre Company is producing national award-winning playwright Mahonri Stewart's play about C.S. Lewis's early life at the Castle Theater in Provo from August 24 through September 8, 2012. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!
(07/23/2012) - Veteran director Jerry Elison loves the musical, "Fiddler on the Roof," and when it plays Aug. 3-18 at the SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre, it will mark his fifth time directing the musical theatre masterpiece of a dairy farmer living a humble life in 1905 Tsarist Russia, struggling to preserve his beloved traditions when his five willful daughters have hearts and minds of their own. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!
(07/23/2012) - For more than six years on Broadway and in the popular 2007 film adaptation, Hairspray delighted audiences the world over by transporting them to a candy-colored 1960's Baltimore, where the 50's are out-and change is definitely in the air. Now this throw-back to the classic musicals of yesterday comes to Tuacahn for the very first time, running now through September 4 and September 8 to October 20, 2012 at the Tuacahn Amphitheatre in Ivins, Utah. Get a first look at the production in the photos below.
(07/22/2012) - For more than six years on Broadway and in the popular 2007 film adaptation, Hairspray delighted audiences the world over by transporting them to a candy-colored 1960's Baltimore, where the 50's are out-and change is definitely in the air. Now this throw-back to the classic musicals of yesterday comes to Tuacahn for the very first time, running now through September 4 and September 8 to October 20, 2012 at the Tuacahn Amphitheatre in Ivins, Utah. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!
(07/22/2012) - Take a magical carpet ride to the Southern Utah desert when Tuacahn becomes an Arabian oasis in this new stage adaptation of the beloved Disney film. Tuacahn's production is directed by Scott S. Anderson and choreographed by Deanna Dys. The show runs now through August 31 and September 3-October 19, 2012 at the Tuacahn Amphitheatre in Ivins, Utah. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!
(07/22/2012) - Peter Karrie just finished a sold-out production of 'A Phantom Returns' at the historic Egyptian Theatre in Park City, Utah. He was joined on stage by Rebecca Timmons, Ginger Bess, and 20 students from the Egyptian's YouTheatre group. Check out photos from 'A Phantom Returns' below!
(07/09/2012) - All Shook Up opens tonight at the CenterPoint Legacy Theatre, through Aug 4, 2012, Monday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m. It is directed by Jansen Davis. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production photos below.
(07/09/2012) - Tuacahn's production of Disney's "Aladdin" premiered Monday, June 4, starring Dan Domenech as Aladdin, Haley Carlucci as Princess Jasmine, Edward Juvier as Genie, and Michael G. Hawkins as Jafar. The production runs alternately with Marc Shaiman's "Hairspray" at Tuacahn Amphitheatre, an outdoor performance space nestled in a verdant valley, and surrounded by towering red rock cliffs, until October 19. We have a first look at the production photos below.
(06/22/2012) - Les Misérables, one of the world's most popular shows and Broadway's third longest running musical, will be playing in the Randall L. Jones Theatre from June 23 to October 20. We have a first look at the production shots below.
(06/20/2012) - Peter Karrie will be joined by Rebecca Timmons and select students from the Egyptian Theatre Youtheatre Musical Program for an evening of musical theatre fun on July 19, 2012. Check out the preview photographs of the performance below.
(06/18/2012) - Every year, the Utah Shakespeare Festival works to capture the Bard's characters onstage. Oil Painter Richard Lance Russell does the same thing on canvas. This year, a solo exhibit of his paintings will be featured at the Festival. The paintings, depicting powerful scenes and memorable characters from Shakespeare's plays, will hang in the Randall L. Jones Theatre Gallery throughout the season, from June to October. An opening reception will be held on June 28th from 5:30-7:00 pm and Russell will be signing his work on June 29th from 12:45-1:45. Both events will be held in the Randall L. Jones Theatre. Russell's work can also be seen at his website: richardrussellart.com.
(06/11/2012) - Les Misérables, one of the world's most popular shows and Broadway's third longest running musical, will be playing in the Randall L. Jones Theatre from June 23 to October 20. We have a first look at the production shots below!
(05/28/2012) - Director Jeremy Showgren is borrowing heavily from steampunk, a recent fashion and entertainment movement that takes futuristic elements and places them in the past. He takes Dorothy's dream, where the magic of Oz unfolds, and provides glimpses of the future.
