Theatre

Theater roundup: Footpath Theatre Company’s Western Minerals and Their Origins, The Rose Performing Arts Coalition’s Nevermore, ThreePenny Theatre Company’s The Death of Nero

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WESTERN MINERALS AND THEIR ORIGINS: FOOTPATH THEATRE COMPANY IN ASSOCIATION WITH FLYING BOBCAT THEATRICAL LABORATORY AND UTAHPRESENTS  Setting an impressive benchmark for UtahPresents’ Stage Door Series opener, Western Minerals and Their Origins by Footpath Theatre Company in collaboration with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory is among the best chamber theater plays that have emerged over the … Read more

The joys of creating on a usable past: ThreePenny Theatre Company’s forthcoming premiere production adapting Mikhail Kuzmin’s 1929 play The Death of Nero

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During his lifetime, Mikhail Kuzmin produced an extraordinary output, including poetry, novels, critical essays, musical scores, and plays. However, in the mid 1920s, as Stalin tightened his grip on the new Soviet state, Kuzmin became persona non grata in the eyes of the regime and published virtually nothing during the last 10 years of his … Read more

Nevermore: once again, annual Performing Arts Coalition show at The Rose set to raise the bar with comedic riff on Poe’s The Raven

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Only a literary figure with stature such as Edgar Allan Poe has an NFL team honoring his creative legacy. When the Baltimore Ravens won its first Super Bowl in 2001, playing perfect defense and winning by a score of 34-7 against the New York Giants, game announcer Chris Berman proclaimed, “Quoth the Ravens, never score!”  … Read more

A fine finish to artistically gratifying 12th Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival

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The 12th Great Salt Lake Fringe (GSLF) is in the books. Once again, the venue of the Alliance Theater, connected to the Utah Arts Alliance, at Trolley Square, was ideal for this event, along with the MadKing Fellowship Theater at The Gateway and Lightree Studios. This year’s edition with 28 shows was the strongest in … Read more

A very robust first weekend: 12th Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival resumes July 30-Aug. 2 at four Salt Lake City venues

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The first weekend of the Great Salt Lake Fringe (GSLF) finished on a strong note, with sales approaching $20,000, up more than 20% from the same point in 2025. Audience numbers also have increased to 1,500, up 50% from last year’s first weekend. Shows resume for the second weekend, July 30-Aug. 2. Four venues are … Read more

Voodoo Theatre Company’s production of David Ives’ Venus in Fur finds its seductive groove in excellent performances

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Sometimes, great novels make great plays and films. More often than not, novels definitely less than great make far better plays and films. That is certainly the case with Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s 1870 novel, Venus im Pelz (Venus in Fur), an autobiographical treatment which literally put the M—masochism—in S&M. David Ives’ theatrical adaptation, which later … Read more

With its cathartic wisdom of satire, musical parodies; glorious luminscence of its empress of ceremonies, Salt Lake Acting Company’s The Gaslight Zone is rousing summer theatrical fare

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In the cathartic wisdom of its satire and musical parodies, Salt Lake Acting Company’s summer show, The Gaslight Zone encourages its audiences to shed the fears, boldly confront and oppose the current confederacy of narcissistic weak, insecure, incompetent, stupid men and their lily-livered sycophants. Hilariously seductive in all the right places, the 2026 edition, directed … Read more

Great Salt Lake Fringe 2026: 12th edition expands in shows, venues, two weekends covering July 23-August 2

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EDITOR’S NOTE: In addition to the curtain raiser for the 12th edition of the Great Salt Lake Fringe festival, please see this link for more details about other shows on this year’s slate. After its most impressive showing to date in 2025, the Great Salt Lake Fringe (GSLF) returns for its 12th edition with what … Read more

Great Salt Lake Fringe 2026: a preview of the diverse slate of shows

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EDITOR’S NOTE: In addition to this summary of the slate for the 12th edition of the Great Salt Lake Fringe festival, please see this link for the curtain raiser. The following is a summary of shows on the 12th edition slate of the Great Salt Lake Fringe:  Having presented some of the most memorable performances … Read more

Smart acting in a smart rom-com: Meanwhile Park’s world premiere of Matthew Ivan Bennett’s A French Toast makes for a splendid July evening of theater, hospitality

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At one point, in Matthew Ivan Bennett’s A French Toast, Lucy goes into an emotional frenzy. She unwittingly consumed alcohol, which shocks her with fear that she has broken the rules of her Mormon faith and is no longer worthy. Of course, it happened at the reception for her former husband’s gay wedding. At the … Read more