This season of Broadway at the Eccles includes Cirque du Soleil's 'Twas the Night Before... This production creatively interprets Clement Clarke Moore's poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("'Twas the night before Christmas") --- weaving together lines from the poem, new arrangements of familiar Christmas songs, glittering sets and costumes, and amazing acrobatic and aerial... Continue Reading →
In my 2024 review of the film Young Woman and the Sea, I led with the idea that women of my generation and younger enjoy rights, opportunities, and a relative ease of life that were unavailable to women who came before us. We owe a debt of gratitude to the generations of women who worked... Continue Reading →
Broadway at the Eccles kicked off its 2025-2026 season this week with Some Like It Hot, a stage adaptation of the 1959 movie starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Marilyn Monroe. I attended Thursday night's performance with my friend Phaedra, I was able to meet her friends Wendy and Jared, and we all really enjoyed... Continue Reading →
My friends Greg and Kyle invited me to join them and our mutual friend Francesca to see & Juliet at the Eccles Theater for the production's final matinee. We found it to be a clever, energetic, and entertaining musical that explores themes of identity, acceptance, and self determination. & Juliet is a "jukebox musical" that... Continue Reading →
I need to begin this review with a confession. I had never seen Les Misérables prior to Wednesday night. Gasp!! I realize that is a surprising admission from an avid lover of the arts. To make matters worse, I studied French in junior high and high school, and I minored in French in college. I... Continue Reading →
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