In the spirit of movie reviews, I felt that other "events" could be reviewed as well. We have season tickets to Deseret Star Playhouse. We enjoy the atmosphere and the kids love to go see the shows.
The show we saw Saturday was Desperate Homemakers which is a sequal to the show My Big Fat Utah Wedding that played last year. While we didn't get to see the previous show, there was not a lot of "catching up" to do as with most sequals. This show could have stood by itself instead of being a sequal.
The story line is that the wife of an "empty-nest" couple feels very bored. It starts of as an e-mail to her daughter that she has even gone to Idaho and purchased a lottery ticket. The husband, who comes in and reads over her shoulder becomes very distraught at the realization that his wife is a closet gambler.
While the arguement insues, the state of Idaho calls to inform her that she has won the biggest payoff in Idaho's history. Because of their fortune, they move to the "east side" and meet the variety of neighbors in their new neighborhood. They are now part of the private country club which has had the same president for 5 years because no one will run against her.
As the wife tries to play the societal games commonly sterotypical of money and wealth, the neighborhood goes through the "picking of sides" in the battle between the lottery winner and the social elitist.
This show was very funny. It is very appropriate to view as a family and offers song, dance, mystery and comedy. We enjoyed this show very much and would recommend it to anyone that wishes to see it.
Afterwards, the performers do an olio and this time it was the America Olio involving a variety of songs about America. During this, they do a Desert Star Playhouse rendition of American Idol where the audience helps determine the winner.
If you are into plays at all, I would highly recommend the Desert Star Playhouse for families.
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