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cache Magazine ‘PETER PAN’ TAKES FLIGHT AT THE UTAH THEATRE

THE HERALD JOURNAL

JULY 8-14, 2016

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July 8-14, 2016

COVER 6 Utah Festival Opera brings ‘Peter Pan’ to the Utah Theatre stage

THE ARTS 3 Noon concerts continue

at the Logan Tabernacle with singer Erick Hubbard

3 Lyric Repertory opens

final show of the season, ‘Can’t Take It With You’

4 Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre underway at Ellen Eccles Theatre 4 Tickets on sale now

for Utah Festival Opera’s annual fundraising gala

5 Country music star

Kellie Pickler to perform at Cherry Peak Resort

MOVIES 9 Two stars: ‘The Secret

Life of Pets’ follows very familiar ‘Toy Story’ formula

COLUMN 10 Columinist Dennis

Hinkamp makes some Olympic-sized predictions

CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week in Cache Valley

Quilts from the 2016 International Art Quilt Invitational Exhibition will be on display at the Brigham City Museum through Aug. 31. On the cover: The Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre is currently presenting “Peter Pan” at the Utah Theatre. (John Zsiray/Herald Journal)

FROM THE EDITOR I have to admit that I don’t have a lot of experience when it comes to the world of quilting.

Most of what I know comes from my mother, who, for some reason, was allowed to set up a quilting frame for several weeks at a time in the middle of the living room. Basically the exact same area where I was chastized if I left a random G.I. Joe or a Tonka truck for more than a couple of

hours lest the home teachers make a surprise visit to our home. But then, I have to admit, that quilting frame did make for an awesome, ready-made fort, so those were good times for me, as well.

That said, I received a friendly reminder this week from Mary Alice Hobbs that the 2016 International Art Quilt Invitational Exhibition is still on display at the Brigham City Museum.

Due to limited space and so many ongoing summer events, I haven’t been able to publish any of the press releases or photographs that Hobbs has sent me publicizing the quilt exhibit. But since the show will continue through Aug. 31,

I wanted to be able to make sure and get it into this issue of Cache Magazine ... even if it meant squeezing it into my editor’s column.

So, if you’re passing through the Brigham area, it might just be worth the trip to the museum at 24 N. 300 West to check out the 70 quilts on display, including some from Norway, Israel, Egypt, China, Germany and Japan.

Visit brighamcitymuseum.org for more information. And hopefully, there’s a giant quilting frame out front for the kids to play under.

— Jeff Hunter

‘Can’t Take It’ now on stage in downtown Logan

Caine College of the Arts

Jeunée Roberts as Rheba, Brendan Allen as Boris Kolenkhov and Patrick Williams (seated) as grandpa Martin Vanderhof share the stage in “You Can’t Take it With You.”

The last show in repertory at the Utah State University Caine Lyric Theatre for summer 2016, “You Can’t Take it With You,” is now open. The production is presented by USU’s Lyric Repertory Company and is directed by Lyric Rep alum Chris Klinger.

“I’m very excited to be back this summer,” Klinger said. “I would come back for anything with this company. It’s a great place to work. The Caine Lyric Theatre is inviting and always has a family atmosphere.”

Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’s Pulitzer Prizewinning play takes place in the New York City home of the Vanderhof-Sycamore-Carmichael clan.

“This is my first experience with this show,” Klinger said.

“It’s been great because there are certain actors who have done the show before and some are even reprising their roles. I stay open to the previous ideas and they tend to

bring great knowledge.”

Klinger says that you get close with your cast quickly in a comedy like this one that has such an ensemble, familial feel.

In the story, Grandpa Vanderhof, an eccentric old man, is the patriarch of the family and the grandfather to Alice Sycamore, who falls in love with her boss, Tony Kirby. The Kirby family owns a firm on Wall Street headed by Anthony Kirby senior. The contrast between the Vanderhoff and Kirby families is at the center of the play. Vanderhof family members don’t care much for money, and would rather have fun and make memories.

When Tony Kirby proposes to Alice, the families eventually meet for dinner but, unfortunately, Tony and the rest of the Kirbys show up a day before the scheduled visit. That leads to a comedic clash of classes and lifestyles.

“The story is so relevant to

this day,” Klinger said. “The main theme of what’s most important in life — money and security or love and happiness — will always be a universal question. People will see a bit of their own family in these characters throughout the show. You’ll laugh, you’ll connect, and overall you’ll leave talking about your favorite moments and favorite characters in the show.”

The “You Can’t Take it With You” cast includes Patrick Williams (Martin Vanderhof), Leslie Brott (Penelope Sycamore), Corey Ewan (Paul Sycamore), Katie Francis (Alice Sycamore), Clarissa Boston (Essie Carmichael), Michael Francis (Ed Carmichael), Jeunée Roberts (Rheba), Anthony Othello Pratt Jr. (Donald), Max Falls (Tony Kirby), Colleen Baum (Miriam Kirby), Jim Dale (Anthony See LYRIC on Page 11

Summer concert series continues at Tabernacle The Music at the Tabernacle Summer Concert Series continues at the Logan Tabernacle this week. Admission is free, and all concerts begin at noon, except for the Salt Lake City Letter Carriers Band, which will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Visit logantabernacle.blogspot.com for more information.

Friday, July 8 Erick Hubbard: This local violinist started at age 4 and began her piano studies at age 6. Hubbard performed as a soloist with the Utah Symphony on the Salute To Youth concert this past September, and she was a winner of the Utah Symphony Youth Guild competition

seven times, including both piano and violin. Hubbard was a finalist at the 2013 Stradivarius state violin competition.

Saturday, July 9 The Salt Lake City Letter Carriers Band: This concert, which will begin at 7 p.m., will feature the popular band that performs a variety of music, from fun, toe-tapping music such as “Hound Dog Rag” to woodwind polka, marches, show tunes, pop songs and even a little New Orleans jazz.

Monday, July 11 Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre: Singers and instrumentalists will perform their favorite music in addition to previewing the upcoming UFOMT

season which includes “Ragtime,” “Porgy and Bess,” “Show Boat,” “Puccini’s Trilogy” and “Peter Pan.” For more information, visit utahfestival.org.

Tuesday, July 12 Lorisa Pulotu: This local vocalist began piano lessons at 10 and joined the school elementary choir, but it would still be several decades before she would realize her musical abilities. When her daughter, Elora, was 7, Lorisa taught her to play piano and soon learned that her daughter was gifted musician. Elora and other mentors inspired Lorisa to study the art of music, singing and performing. Over a period of five years she began to train

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Wednesday, July 13 Vocalist Michelle Broadbent: A doctoral student at ASU and graduate of Utah State University and BYU, Broadbent thrill you with her gorgeous high notes and down-to-earth delivery.

Thursday, July 14 Sassafras Folk & String Band: This group offers crowd-pleasing entertainment with tight vocal harmonies and lively instrumentation. This talented, allgirl string band specializes in folk music and an exciting mix of celtic, bluegrass and blues.

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all mixed up Annual UFOMT Gala set for Saturday night Tickets for the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre’s annual Gala Fundraising Celebration followed by an optional premiere performance of “Ragtime” are on sale now.

The evening includes dinner and entertainment by Utah Festival principal artists

and will be held Saturday, July 9, in the Grand Ballroom of the Riverwoods Conference Center.

The evening will focus on “the music of something beginning,” a theme woven through the production of “Ragtime.” The 13-time Tonynominated hit debuts at the

dawn of a new century where everything is changing and anything is possible.

“The music is lively, springy. Your toes will be tap to marches, cakewalks, gospel and ragtime,” says Lila Geddes, development director.

“It will be an unforgettable evening,” she added.

Proceeds will directly support Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre’s summer festival, programming in the newly renovated Utah Theatre, year-round education programs for children and the Utah High School Musical Theatre Awards.

Seating is limited and

formal or business attire is suggested. Guests receive a 15 percent discount on that evening’s performance when gala and “Ragtime” tickets are purchased together. The gala dinner is $75 ($45 is tax deductible) and the dinner and See GALA on Page 9

Festival underway at Eccles Theatre Productions and events get started in downtown Logan Tickets are on sale now for Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre’s 24th season.

Utah Festival has assembled its largest group of musicians, performers and crew members in its history. They will come from renowned stages across the nation, including Broadway and the Met, to the historic Ellen Eccles Theatre and the Utah Theatre in Logan to present 13 major productions and concerts and 139 events from July 6 to Aug. 6.

The 2016 season includes five Mainstage Productions in repertory.

“Peter Pan” will soar across the stage of the newly renovated Utah Theatre starting June 24. It will be followed during the official season by “Show Boat,” the 1927 classic that defined the “new” form of the American musical; “Porgy and Bess,” the greatest of American operas; the Tony Award-winning “Ragtime”; and Puccini’s final completed work “Il Trittico” in its Utah premiere all held in the Ellen Eccles Theatre.

The productions will be presented in repertory with

full orchestra, and the Festival bursts with concerts, lectures, interactive classes, backstage tours and more.

Concerts include The Pianists, the International Opera Semifinals and Finals, Tribute to Cole Porter, a Chamber Music series, Pioneers and Patriots featuring the return of John Philip Sousa and J.S. Bach’s monumental “Mass in B Minor” conducted by Dr. Craig Jessop and featuring the American Festival Chorus, special soloists and the Utah Festival Orchestra.

Tickets are on sale for backstage tours, breakfast with the stars, literary seminars and Academy classes where interactive courses will be taught by industry experts.

The affordable classes range from topics like Houdini to painting with artist Kent Wallis, to backstage magic, history and more.

Performance tickets are available online at utahfestival.org, by calling 750-0300 or in person at the box office located in the Dansante Building at 59 S. 100 West. Academy tickets are not available online. Ticket prices vary by

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“Porgy and Bess” is one of five productions being presented by the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre this summer in downtown Logan.

performance, and discounts are available for season ticket purchases and groups. Students of all ages receive a 25 percent discount with ID. “Peter Pan” Plays at 7:30 p.m. July 1, 20

and 26 and Aug. 4, and at 1:30 p.m. July 2 and 14 in the Utah Theatre. Tickets are $13 to $77.

Accompanying Academy lectures given by industry experts are: Finding Neverland at Utah Festival, July 1;

Smee’s Guide to Swashbuckling, July 20; and Peter Pan Flying Through the Ages, July 26. Times vary. Tickets are $10.

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The Lyric Repertory Company’s ongoing production of “You Can’t Take It With You” is a psalm to the joys of eccentricity. Let us pray!

This Pulitzer Prize-winning screwball comedy focuses on the Sycamore clan, an extended family of non-conformists and fellow-travelers who have dropped waaaaaaay out of

mainstream American society circa the 1930s. Their bizarre lifestyles spell trouble when all-too-normal daughter Alice brings home her deep-pockets boyfriend and his uptight parents.

You might think that the play’s whimsical “gather ye rosebuds …” message would have struck a sour note in the midst of the Great Depression. That theme is, moreover, about as sensible as “feeling

the Bern” nowadays. Who cares? “You Can’t Take It With You” has been celebrated by American stage performers and their audiences as a genial jaunt into pure escapism for 80 years.

As is often the case with ensemble shows staged by the Lyric company, the entire cast of “You Can’t Take It With You” is uniformly superb.

While the pace of this show isn’t as brisk as that of some

madcap comedies, director Chris Klinger nevertheless manages to ensure that there’s seldom a dull moment.

Longtime local favorite Patrick Williams is back as Grandpa Vanderhof, delivering a heartwarming performance as the resident philosopher and good-natured ringmaster of the Sycamore circus.

As Alice, Lyric veteran Katie Francis finally has a

Pickler looking to Peak Country star to perform Saturday at local resort The Summer Concert Series continues at Cherry Peak Resort in Richmond with a performance by country music star Kellie Pickler at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 9.

Tickets are $18 and $38 for general admission, and $75 for the VIP section.

For more information and/or to purchase tickets, visit skicherrypeak. us.

There are many ways to describe Kellie Pickler, with spunky, beautiful, talented and charismatic just scratching the surface. But there is one word that ties them all together and brings them to life. Kellie Pickler is real. Few people speak or sing so transparently from their hearts.

Few can bridge life and art, story and song, so vibrantly and compellingly.

“My life is a country song,” she has said on occasion, and no one

role she can sink her teeth into this season. Her performance beautifully captures the angst of a young woman torn between genuine love for Alice’s oddball relatives and justifiable exasperation when their zany behavior threatens her future.

Leslie Brott is wonderfully sympathetic as Alice’s dotty mother, the kind of cockeyed See TAKE on Page 10

COMING UP

Pioneers and ice cream

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of pioneers in Northern Utah/Idaho, Little Bloomsbury Foundation calls for submission of pioneer art of all mediums, shapes and forms by established and budding artists.

It pays tribute to early settlers of all ages, origins, beliefs, ethnicities and occupations. Artwork is selected on a competitive basis for show at the Little Bloomsbury Ice Cream Summer Festival on the theme of “Lengthen Your Stride” from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 21 to Saturday, July 23, at 181 N. 200 East.

There is no fee for art submission or display. Submission by 12 p.m. noon, Monday, July 11 will be given priority consideration. Email high-quality images with the title, age (if under 18), and full name of the artist, medium(s), year and physical dimensions of artwork to littlebloomsbury@aol. com.

Visit littleblooomsbury.org or call or text Brenda Sun at (435) 994-9904 for more information.

Cache Idol auditions

The Cache County Clerk’s office will host auditions for the 2016 Cache County Fair Idol Competition from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, July 18, at the Cache County Administration Building.

All those who will be chosen as contestants will perform at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11, at the Cache Idol Competition held at the Cache County Photo courtesy of Essential Broadcast Media Fair and Rodeo. Four winners will be announced Country music vocalist Kellie Pickler will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 9, at Cherry Peak that same evening. The Cache Idol Winners will Ski Resort in Richmond. perform at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12. These winners will then move on to perform at the Utah State Fair viewers’ hearts as a con- which will be held on Friday, Sept. 16.

Carolina, with the words who knows her or has watched her career evolve of Tammy Wynette, Patsy testant on the fifth season Cache County residents 16 and older are of “American Idol.”

Cline, Loretta Lynn and would argue in the least. encouraged to apply and audition. Cash awards In 2006, she signed Dolly Parton shaping Pickler grew up will be given to contestants who come in first with 19 Recordings/BNA through fourth place. Applications and more her musical footing. At immersed in country the age of 19, she gained music in the small town information are available at: cachecounty.org/fair/ See PEAK on Page 8 events. fame and won television of Albemarle, North

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By Charlie Schill Cache theater critic

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Lyric Rep delivers ‘Can’t Take It With You’

Directed by Cache Va native Vanessa Ball the Utah Festival Op & Musical Theatre’s duction of “Peter P stars Adam T. Biner Peter, Michael Bal as Captain Hook, K Ricks as Wendy, Po Harris as Michael, Ste Espinosa as Sm Jessica Lewis as T Lily, Kevin Nakatani Mr. Darling and Sa Nicole Ruddy as M Darling.

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It’s been a long time since the Utah Theatre has been the location of a live performance — a very long time.

“Eighty-two years it’s been, since any live performance took place on that spot,” said Michael Ballam, director of the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre, which owns the newly renovated venue. “And my grandfather was in it. Eighty-two years ago, that’s a long time to be asleep. I’m sure she’s happy. She’s been awakened.”

And the production Ballam envisioned bringing to the historic theater has been a big part of that awakening. This year’s festival opened with “Peter Pan,” a musical based on the play by Sir J.M. Barrie, on June 24 and will continue on select dates

through Aug. 4.

“From the moment Larry and Gail Miller bought the Utah for us and I had the vision that it could become a live theater, which it was not at that point, ‘Peter Pan’ was always the show I thought we should open with,” Ballam said. “And so the technology that was put into this theater was so that we could do this.”

But this production starts with its performers, particularly Adam T. Biner, who plays Peter Pan, and Ballam, who plays Pan’s arch enemy, Captain Hook.

Biner, a 28-year-old from New Jersey, has both the physical and mental attributes necessary to play the part. The former college runner also has a degree in psychology, and he puts both disciplines

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to work in the production.

“It’s part of the job,” Biner said. “Especially the roles that I end up doing in my career require a lot of physical stamina across the spectrum, no matter what it is, either psychological or physical, especially Peter Pan.” “Especially Peter Pan,” Ballam added. “You can’t believe what he does on the stage.”

“It’s like a marathon,” Biner continued. “It’s just a lot of constant moving and being able to especially come out here and do the rep that is required in the caliber that it’s done here to do this many shows.

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It’s just continuously ‘go.’”

For Biner, who has been performing professionally for the past 7 years and is also appearing in the UFOMT’s production of “Ragtime,” it’s the first time playing Peter Pan, but he had a lot of reasons to embrace the challenge.

“I’m getting a little older than I used to be, so the physicality of playing a much younger person in the way that I would do it is coming to its end,” Biner said. “I realized then very fast that it was like now or never to be able to flip around and fly and physically do this role, and of course said yes.

It’s not every day that you get asked to play Peter Pan, which is something every young boy is like, ‘Yeah! Peter Pan!’ And so when I got out here, just preparing for the role was one of the more challenging things I’ve had to do in the past 5 years of my life. ... This was a journey and discovery of what I can do and how to perform something to the caliber that I want it to be and what they want it to be, all while taking in a brand new theater and knowing what those capabilities are. So it was challenging, fun, nerve-wracking, and an overall joy.”

Key to the production is the flying, and that’s where the Utah Theatre’s new technology comes in. In addition to an orchestra pit, the theater is equipped with a sophisticated fly system. But

despite being able to escape gravity during every performance, Biner is quick to say that the harness that enables him to fly around the theater is far from being all fun and games.

“It hurts,” Biner said. “I’ve never had to do something like this before in my life, and I didn’t know what to expect. ... Was it worse than what I expected? Yes! The role was originated for a female, so we did a little key alterations. It’s still very, very high; you can’t really change too much of it, so we did a little key alterations for a man.

But it requires a lot of air, and the physicality of the role requires a lot of air, which is something that the harness does not allow you to do.

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Peak Continued from Page 4 Records and released her debut album, Small Town Girl, which has sold more than 900,000 copies worldwide and produced three hit singles: “Red High Heels,” “I Wonder” and “Things That Never Cross a Man’s Mind.” She followed that in 2008 with her self-titled sophomore record, featuring the hit songs “Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful,” “Best Days of Your Life” (co-written with Taylor Swift and her first Top 10), and “Didn’t You Know How Much I Loved You.” Having established herself as not only a powerful vocalist but also a songwriter, Pickler released her third studio album, “100 Proof,” in 2011 to huge

That or require England to take it on again as restitution for destabilizing the world economy and the European Union.

And no, there will be no referendum(b).

The end of the Cold War ruined everything.

Any Olympics without a Russia/America patriotic smackdown just marks the end of pyrrhic victories. The real reason the Russian track team is banned from the 2016 Olympics is that if zikalike when you try to get the tech guy at work to get virus-carrying mosquitoes sucked their blood, the viruses off your hard the mosquitoes would drive when your cousin become three times as Louis can do it quicker big, twice as fast and be in exchange for a box of bent on expanding their pepperoni Hot Pockets.

We need to consider giv- territory.

I know that nothing bids to places like ing ends well or else it South Dakota that have time and unemployed oil wouldn’t end, but maybe it is time to move on. One workers on their hands.

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critical acclaim. The album was named the No. 1 Country Album of The Year by Rolling Stone and was listed on “Best of 2012” lists by Washington Post, Rhapsody and more.

In 2013, Pickler released her fourth album, “The Woman I Am.” She co-wrote three songs on the critically acclaimed album, including the title cut.

An avid supporter of the U.S. military, Pickler has completed eight USO tours, most recently in Dec. 2014. During the 2015 CMA Music Festival, she was presented with the Operation Troop Aid Chris Kyle Patriot Award for the acknowledgement of her unwavering and impassioned support and contributions to the United States Armed Forces and their families.

For more information, visit kelliepickler.com.

of the signs of the fivering end is the announcement that “more than two professional golfers are dropping out of the competition in fear of zika.” Lost in this report is … when and how did golf become an Olympic sport!? I know that synchronized swimming and diving have lowered the bar, but I think many long desiccated Greeks will be rising from the grave in protest.

On a positive note; at least “veteran” is being pushed back to 30 years old in swimming, 20 for gymnastics and 40 for track and field. We now have some fully formed human beings competing.

You can thank advertising, marketing the relaxation of the definition of “amateur.”

In honor of the late David Bowie, let’s move on to Olympic “Fashion.”

The thing I most loved about the core Olympic sports was their simplicity; no pads, helmets sticks or bouncy things for the most part. No, I’m not calling for the return to the original Greek naked games. We already have women’s’ beach volleyball to fulfill the publics’ prurient interest.

What I don’t understand is basic ergonomic efficiency.

I’ve noticed that swimmers are wearing more, and runners are wearing less … but more bling.

One would think that especially the sprinters would do anything including taping back their ears to be more aerodynamic, but fashion

trends seem to include lots of jewelry and big hair for both men and women. The governing swimming authorities had to actually tell swimmers to go back to wearing less since the full body suits were smashing the world records.

Now nothing is allowed below the knees for men and women and nothing above the waist for men.

It sounds like some kinky night club dress code.

To top it off, the new Olympic mascots are?

Vimicius and Tom ... again some food poisoning-induced nightmare that can somehow be transformed to a marketable plush toy.

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Dennis Hinkamp did not even mention “flesh eating bacteria.”

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I don’t know mojitos from mosquitoes when it comes to running an Olympics, but Rio is shaping up to be the worst Olympics since the last Olympics. Can’t we just appoint Mitt Romney permanent world Olympics czar and get this thing under control? The spinoff benefit is that it would keep him out of American politics and open the door to more deserving Mormons/ Huntsmans.

No city since ancient Athens seems to be able to get the facilities ready in time and on budget. This is probably because we always give the bid to a city that is already too busy. It’s

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Gala Continued from Page 4 ticket to the premiere of “Ragtime” is $128.70.

Tickets can be purchased at the Utah Festival Box Office in the Dansante Building, 59 S. 100 West, or by calling 750-0300.

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Snowball, voiced by Kevin Hart, appears in a scene from “The Secret Lives of Pets.”

★★ ‘The Secret Life of Pets’ Director // Chris Renaud , Yarrow Cheney Starring // Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Lake Bell, Jenny Slate, Bobby Moynihan, Ellie Kemper, Albert Brooks, Dana Carvey Rated // PG for action and some rude humor

is overrun with forgettable characters, never harnesses even the slightest hint of “Toy Story”-esque emotion.

The whole relationship between Max and Duke never approaches genuine feeling. Instead atre’s 2016 season runs from July 6-Aug. 6 and includes 139 events with repertory performances of “Peter Pan,” “Show Boat,” “Porgy and Bess,” “Ragtime” and Puccini’s “Trilogy,” as well as concerts, dozens of Academy classes, backstage tours, breakfast with the stars and other special events and activities. Log on to utahfestival.org for more information.

it relies on predictable dramatic beats to keep it going. Even then the conflict between the two Action!

never feels all that terribly important to begin with. Subsequently, this provides for less than satisfying conflict resolution.

At one point during their misadventures, Max and Duke meet a homicidal bunny who fantasizes about a world in which pets kill their owners.

The bunny, who is ironically given the cute name of Snowball (Kevin Hart),

leads a band of unwanted pets on a crusade against humankind.

Snowball curiously looks exactly like the bunny from Pixar’s short film “Presto.” Another coincidence, I’m sure.

The problem with Snowball, though, is that he isn’t given any nuance to make him interesting.

It’s simply supposed to be funny that he’s cute and fluffy and also wants to kill everyone. Kind of like that old visual gag where the biggest, scariest guy in the gang is named Tiny. Ha ha, right?

Perhaps the most disappointing thing about “The Secret Life of Pets” is that it attempts to tell a straightforward story.

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It would’ve almost been better off continuing on the same route the movie’s marketing took and strung together various vignettes of jokes about pets at home alone. Like a modernized version of Aardman Animation’s “Creature Comforts” series. At least then the filmmakers wouldn’t feel tied down to a recognizable story structure.

Every one of the funny pet-homealone asides we do get to see have already been played ad nauseam on the trailers. None of them are new and witty, so instantly the movie’s best jokes are old.

Like “Minions,” “The Secret Life of Pets” thinks it can coast by on superficiality. This might be something that passes by the younger crowd — although to be fair many of the kids in my screening appeared bored and restless — but it’ll likely bum out other viewers.

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It’s entirely possible – likely even – that the brains behind the “Despicable Me” franchise didn’t set out to create a “Toy Story” clone, but that’s essentially what happened with “The Secret Life of Pets.” It’s not only the premise (what do animals do when people aren’t around?) that mirrors the secret sentient toy idea, but it’s the entire structure of the plot. “The Secret Life of Pets” is virtually the Woody and Buzz tale in dog form.

Max (Louis C.K.) is a happy dog. He reveres his owner Katie (Ellie Kemper). They get along great. They do everything together.

Then, one day it all changes. Max’s idyllic life is upended by a new house guest. Katie brings home a rescue from the pound. A large hairy dog named Duke (Eric Stonestreet).

Max feels threatened

by Katie’s new pet, becomes jealous … and stop me if you’ve heard this before.

A remix of the same basic plot for “Toy Story” wouldn’t be that big of a deal if “The Secret Life of Pets” had anything new to add.

Sadly, this movie, which

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Pan Continued from Page 7 So, it’s a lot of vocal alterations on my end, trying to keep it healthy while sounding joyous and youthful, and sing high, all while flipping and running and flying around the stage. The harness has become my best friend. I rehearse with it; I sleep with it — no — but it’s with me from the moment I step into the theater for ‘Peter Pan’ ‘til the end of the show when I get out of costume.”

And when Biner is up there, he’s not doing it all on his own.

“A lot of the kids are always asking how do I fly,” Biner said.

“I say, with a lot of pixie dust and help. It takes an entire team backstage also to make me fly. It’s a lot of knowing how to position your body when you take off, knowing what to do in the air if you start to turn the wrong way. You like to think you have as much control as possible, but you really don’t. And so it’s a lot of trusting and knowing that you trust your body ... while singing all at the same time ... and smiling ... and never forgetting to smile.

“The crew that it takes to run this show is more than the actual number of people who are in the cast, which is, it’s a small army,” Biner continued.

“It’s somewhere in the 20s. The size of the production requires it; it can’t be done without it. You

to just see nice entertainment up there but see magic happening. And my hope is that we’ve planted some seeds with children who will catch the magic of what theater can be, whether they choose to do that as a lifetime, as I have, or whether they just come to know how magic live theater is. To see Peter flying in front of your eyes, and it’s not animated, is really thrilling.”

No less important to the production is Ballam’s portrayal of Hook. He had John Zsiray/Herald Journal his own idea of how he Michael Ballam, performing as Captain Hook, is carried by wanted the classic villain to come across on stage. members of his pirate crew.

“When we determined to let the children come have four separate flies, entire crew to also move and greet the cast, I though ways to fly people — five everything, and they all I probably shouldn’t happen at the same time. separate flies with a specome in there, because cial one at the end, which And audiences would the children would all be requires a whole other set be equally as amazed at frightened of me,” Ballam what goes on backstage of obstacles to fly, and an said. “And instead they as they would what goes come and throw their arms on in front of their eyes.

It’s quite impressive what around me, which says I goes on back there during have made him, as I hoped to, lovable and scary, but the show.” more lovable than scary.”

But despite the physi But this production of cal challenges to the performer and the expense of “Peter Pan” is about more than just great fun and building the fly system, thrilling adventure. Biner the effort that goes into noted that the show carmaking Peter Pan fly is ries powerful themes that worth it, Ballam said. resonate with audiences, “There’s only three especially children. places in Cache County “There are some deepthat have a fly system seated issues there, which and an orchestra pit at kids understand but don’t the same time,” Ballam said. “And so this needed know how to express, with to be the show to start it, loss and growing up and because it’s so magic. The parents and that longing people, I wanted them not to always stay young and

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Take Continued from Page 5 optimist who would see only a silver lining in an approaching tornado.

Jeunée Roberts and Anthony Othello Pratt Jr. are wryly amusing as household servants sniping from the sidelines of the family. Pratt’s bewildered comment that “White people sure can get themselves into trouble” brings down the house.

Other cast standouts in brief but

naive and have a dream and never let go of that dream, or if that dream changes, follow that dream,” Biner said.

And the production also turns one of the story’s most controversial elements, the often stereotypical portrayal of Tiger Lily and her tribe, into a message of empowerment and an example for young girls.

“We have taken a different road on that,” Ballam said. “They’re not called Indians; they’re called warriors.”

“It’s a tribe of women,” Biner added, “which especially for our young audiences is, I think, welcomed and empowering. It’s not every day that little girls growing up, especially in today’s society, get to see women who are powerful and women who are strong.”

And in the production’s first two performances, the message has been well received so far.

“They’re whimsical and wonderful, the warriors and Tiger Lily,” Ballam said. “And a lot of the children leave, and I’ve only heard girls so far say, ‘I want to be Tiger Lily when I grow up!’ She’s endearing.”

The next performance of “Peter Pan” is scheduled for Tuesday, July 12.

For more information, visit utahfestival.org.

unforgettable roles include Lee Daily as a frustrated fireworks guru, Shannon Leigh Peters as a mostly comatose thespian and Kelly McGaw as an oddly cheerful Russian refugee.

Additional evening performances of “You Can’t Take It With You” are slated at the Caine Lyric Theatre on July 15, 23, 27 and Aug. 4. A matinee will be offered on July 30.

——— Editor’s Note: Charlie Schill is a former city editor of The Herald Journal. He has directed and performed with theater groups in the United States and overseas. daily newspapers in Tokyo.

The Sky High Players are presenting “Wild West Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet, the Musical Comedy” at 5 p.m. Friday, July 8, and Saturday, July 9, in the Sky View High School Auditorium. The cost is $2. Seating is very limited in an intimate theater setting, so it is advised to come early. The show lasts about an hour. Written by local playwright, David Sidwell, and composed with lively songs by local musicians Marianne Sidwell and Rebecca Hainsworth, the production uses Romeo and Juliet as a springboard to a creative and fun use of language and action that

Infinite Signal will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, July 8, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $6.

SATURDAY The Cache Valley Gardeners’ Market will be held all day long Saturday, July 9, on the grounds of the Historic Cache County Courthouse at 199 N. Main St. In addition to craft, food and produce vendors, music will be provided by Todd Milovich during the annual Sidewalk Sale. Visit gardenersmarket.org for more information.

The 25th Street Community and Farmer’s Market will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 9, at the North Logan Library, 475 E. 2700 North. Fresh garden produce and quality handcrafted items will be for sale.

Visit northloganmarket.com for more information.

The Varials will perform along with the Cries Of The Captive at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 9, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $7.

The Justice Ferguson Trio will perform from 1 to 3 p.m. Sat-

Eccles Continued from Page 4 “Il Trittico (The Trilogy)” Plays at 7:30 p.m. July 6, 15, 21 and 28, and at 1 p.m. July 30 and Aug. 5 in the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Tickets are $13 to $77.

Accompanying Academy lectures given by industry experts are: The Art of Opera, July 6; The Evolution of Puccini, July 21; Il Trittico: Puccini Fully Explored, July 30; and Puccini: His Life and Love, Aug. 2. Times vary. Tickets are $10.

“Porgy and Bess” Plays at 7:30 p.m. July 7 and 29,

urday, July 9, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave. The ninth annual Street Dance will be held from 7 to 10 p.m.

Saturday, July 9, at the corner of Church Street and Federal Avenue. Entertainment will be provided by Regal Beagle with the Blazin’ Aces, and a silent auction will benefit Four Paws Rescue.

SUNDAY Words From Aztecs will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $7.

Dianne Hardy will perform from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave.

MONDAY The Logan Library Monday Movie will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, July 11, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s movie is “Kung Fu Panda 3,” which is rated PG. Popcorn and admission is free.

Logan City Poet Laureate Star Coulbrooke and wildland resources professor Mike Kuhns will lead a walk around campus to look at trees, read tree poems and learn about tree biology, including tree problems and solutions at 7 p.m. Monday, July 11,

and at 1 p.m. July 15, 20, 22 and Aug 4 and 6 in the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Tickets are $13 to $77.

Accompanying Academy lectures given by industry experts are: Gershwin’s Music in the American Songbook, July 7; Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess, July 19; Gershwin, Porgy & Race in America, July 25; and African American Experience in the Deep South, July 28. Times vary. Tickets are $10.

“Show Boat” Plays at 7:30 p.m. July 8, 13, 16 and Aug. 5, and at 1 p.m. July 21, 23 and 29 in the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Tickets are $13 to $77.

Accompanying Academy lectures given by industry experts

beginning on the west side of Old Main on the campus of Utah State University.

The North Logan Library Monday Movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 11. This week’s movie is “Eddie the Eagle,” which is rated PG-13.

Popcorn and admission is free.

TUESDAY Please come join us for our Nighttime Food $ense class at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, in the Cache County Administration Building multi-purpose room, 179 N. Main St. As the weather warms up, now is the perfect time to brush up on your grilling skills. Join us for this class to learn fun and healthy recipes to make at your next backyard BBQ. Call 752-6263 to reserve a spot.

Smithfield Seniors will meet at noon Tuesday, July 12, at the Smithfield Senior Citizen Center at 375 Canyon Road, Smithfield for a meal of breakfast for lunch.

Our activity will be a summer sing along. If you haven’t signed up for the meal, please call Rachael Bott at 764-1303 so we prepare enough food.

WEDNESDAY Ladies, whether you’re considering pursuing higher education,

are: The History of Black America July 9, The Show That Changed America July 13 and African American Experience in the Deep South July 28. Times vary. Tickets are $10.

“Ragtime” Plays at 7:30 p.m. July 9, 14, 22, 30 and Aug. 3 and 6, and at 1 p.m. July 16 and 28 in the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Tickets are $13 to $77.

Accompanying Academy lectures given by industry experts are: The History of Black America, July 9; Ragtime, Just in Time!, July 14; The Music of Something Beginning, July 16; and Houdini: American Celebrity, July 19.

Times vary. Tickets are $10.

or saving up for a young ones college, come to our financial planning workshop from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 13, in Room 336 of the Taggart Student Center at USU. There is also an evening program from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Family Life Center (493 N. 700 East).

Programs are free and registration is not required so bring your questions and a friend. For more information, please call 890-7498.

Cruz Night will begin at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 13, at McDonald’s (810 N. Main St.) and continue every Wednesday night through October. For more information, call 799-7149.

Ever get sick of drinking water?

How about dumping it all over someone? Come to the H2O battle at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 13, at the North Logan Library.

Be prepared to get drenched.

THURSDAY All are invited to the opening of USU ARTsySTEM’s Logan River Public Art Installation from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, July 14, at the Logan River Trail’s pedestrian bridge near 1500 South at U.S. Hwy. 91. The event features art and river science activities.

Admission is free. For information, contact Mark Lee Koven at mark. lee.koven@usu.edu.

Lyric Continued from Page 3 Kirby), W. Lee Daily (Mr. De Pinna), Brendan Allen (Boris Kolenkhov), Shannon Leigh Peters (Gay Wellington), Kelly McGaw (Grand Duchess Olga Katrina), Sean Peters (Wilbur C. Hendersen) and Kenny Bordieri, Christóbal Perez and Parker Burningham (G-Men).

Leslie Brott and Colleen Baum appear through the courtesy of the Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

“You Can’t Take it With You” runs on select dates through Aug. 4. For tickets, call 797-8022, or visit lyricrep.org or the Caine Lyric Theatre Box Office at 28 W. Center St. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and one hour prior to curtain on show nights.

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The 44th annual Summer Sidewalk Sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 7, Friday, July 8, and Saturday, July 9. Once every year, Main Street in Logan’s downtown is transformed into a bargainshopping extravaganza. This free event open to the public offers more than 60 shopping and eating establishments and plenty of free parking. And enjoy the added excitement again this year at the Cache Gran Fondo Finish Line Expo from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday along 100 North Main.

There will also be live music from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Visit logandowntown.blogspot.com for more information.

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45. Port city of Denmark 46. “A Fish Called Wanda” Oscar-winner 48. Demonic 50. Big bird of stories 52. Shout 53. Song by crooner Tom 57. Chinese communist leader 58. Hooting experts 60. Kane’s last word 61. Kisser 63. Begone 64. Good ____, Madam (old term) 65. Wright wing 66. Freelancer’s enclosure 67. Masseur’s workplace, maybe 70. Repute 72. Exclamation of affirmation 75. Solution from leaching 77. Get hot again 79. Big blast maker 80. Nucleic acid 82. Clock standard (abbr.)

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88. Golden 91. Sound used to get someones’s attention 92. Homeboy 95. Important diary in a film 98. Neighborhood 100. Resinlike substance 101. Small hill summit 102. Rebels 105. Jamaican music 107. Freeway distractions 110. Insurance fraud investigation subject 112. Greek “F” 113. Holding 114. Business org.

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7. Golden rule preposition 8. A degree 9. John Wesley’s denom.

10. In layaway 11. Type of street 12. Old sovereignty, in India 13. Dry Spanish libation 14. Word blindness 15. French flower

16. Go after, in a way 17. Dash lengths 19. Back 22. Cry out 23. Word with photo and special 30. Capital of Ukraine 32. Titanic problem 34. Dull 35. “Pardon me” 36. Hawaii tourist dance 37. Site of annual Nobel Peace prize ceremony 39. A lot, in London 41. Tart 42. Days preceding 43. Ceremony 45. Worker with tables 47. Discouraging words 49. Diamond’s site 51. Electrical resistance units 54. “Able was I ___...”

55. __ and void 56. Sans purpose 58. Frequent comedy costar with Ben 59. Covet 62. Horse command 63. It’s often left hanging 64. Confer dignity upon 67. Red and Black 68. Role 69. Downed 71. Somewhat twisted 73. “By jove!”

74. Like a stuffed shirt 76. Bars in law 78. Aromatic herb 81. Vibe 83. Difficult travel 85. Quill 89. 11,000-foot Italian peak 90. Not fully shut 91. The Beatles’ ‘’___ Love You’’ 92. Medic or normal?

93. Mars’ counterpart 94. Supports 96. World flying association, abbr.

97. Sea eagles 99. Basis of some divisions 103. Rodin sculpture,

with The 104. Open 106. Dreaded hun 108. Compelled 109. Adroitly 111. Community word 114. New England catch 116. Lose ground 118. Scintilla 120. Solely 122. Trojan War hero 123. Millstone 124. Legal matter 126. Pain in the neck, perhaps 127. CBS logo 128. ___ de guerre 129. Nickname 130. Blood classification system 131. Neighbor of Wash.

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