BROADWAY ON THE SIDE STUDIO

by Tyler Hinton - January 21, 2025

LITTLE WOMEN on Hale Centre Theatre’s Jewel Box Stage is a lovingly crafted rendition of a delightful musical that will warm your heart. It is one of the most movingly heartfelt musicals in the Broadway canon, so take a chance on this production, whether you’ve never seen the show or it’s one you ca...

by Tyler Hinton - January 11, 2025

Pioneer Theatre Company’s co-production of DIAL M FOR MURDER with Arizona Theatre Company is a carefully plotted, suspensefully executed thriller that keeps the audience’s minds in motion....

by Tyler Hinton - January 06, 2025

RAGTIME rides on the wheels of a dream of founders, artists, and donors as it opens the brand-new home of the former Hale Center Theater Orem. The magnificent musical is the inaugural production in the Smith Grand Theater at the beautifully designed, spacious yet intimate Ruth and Nathan Hale Theate...

by Tyler Hinton - December 28, 2024

The national tour of SHREK THE MUSICAL, currently playing at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City as part of the Live! at the Eccles series, is a reimagined telling of the saucy but ultimately moving story with a remarkable contemporary score....

by Tyler Hinton - December 19, 2024

DEREK HOUGH: DANCE FOR THE HOLIDAYS, touring at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City, is mesmerizingly, upliftingly joyful and even spiritual, encapsulating everything wonderful about the holidays....

by Tyler Hinton - December 14, 2024

A CHRISTMAS CAROL closes the final chapter at Hale Center Theater Orem with an emotional last note. In January, the theatre will open its new home at the Ruth and Nathan Hale Theater (The Ruth) on the dōTERRA campus in Pleasant Grove. It’s a bittersweet feeling to leave behind the intimate space in ...

by Tyler Hinton - December 11, 2024

The national tour of Best Musical Tony winner KIMBERLY AKIMBO, currently playing at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City, is darkly funny and lightly sad, anchored by three-time Tony nominee Carolee Carmello’s astounding interpretation of the title role. What a treat for Utah audiences to experience...

by Tyler Hinton - December 10, 2024

Pioneer Theatre Company’s professional production of SOUVENIR, playing in the new Meldrum Theatre at the Einar Nielsen Fieldhouse, is a gentle comedy that lifts spirits and is filled with diverting music....

by Tyler Hinton - November 18, 2024

This team has somehow brought back not only the spectacle of the original Broadway production but also its soul. The audience is completely enraptured by both sincere storytelling and production value that is beyond compare, including scenic design that needs to be seen to be believed, swoonworthy p...

by Tyler Hinton - November 06, 2024

The national tour of PETER PAN, currently playing at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City, is a refreshingly refreshed iteration of a beloved musical that can sometimes feel a bit stodgy in its original form.  Set in modern America with a male teenager playing the title role and more agency for the ...