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 →
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 have a second performing arts confession to make. (You can read about my first confession here.) Despite its immense popularity over the past 20 years, I had never seen a stage production of Wicked until two weeks ago. Seeing and enjoying the movie version that was released in November of 2024 motivated me to... 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 →
Summertime offers an excellent opportunity to attend concerts and music festivals that fall outside the regular programming of local performing arts companies. My friends Ruth and Jolene asked if I would like to join them in attending Il Divo's concert at Eccles Theater last Thursday evening. I jumped at the chance to do so because... Continue Reading →
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