Nancy Van Valkenburg

Bryan Dayley is not a groom, he just plays one onstage. Or he will, several nights a week, through Sept. 18.

The Centerville actor is double cast as Dax, the groom, in "My Big Fat Utah Wedding," a Desert Star Playhouse production that opened Thursday night in the Murray comedy theater.

Jesse Pepe plays the Lone Ranger, does a fierce Michael Jackson impersonation, portrays a Utah County husband involved in fraud, kisses both women and men, whips open his robe for actors and audiences, and sings and dances nearly nonstop for close to two hours at a pop.

LINK: About the nudity in 'Hair'

Timothy Letheic Goins has faced plenty of challenging roles in his 16 years as a globe-trotting professional actor.

LINK: Juneteenth Festival Schedule

Juneteenth Festival organizer Betty Sawyer considered canceling the event this year, due to a smaller than ideal budget that lacked the funds to bring in national acts

Attendance at the Ogden venue of the Sundance Film Festival was up in 2010 over the year before.

According to information released Thursday by the Sundance Institute, Ogden's 800-seat venue, Peery's Egyptian Theater, was filled to 57 percent capacity on average during the January festival.

LINK: Foursite Film Festival Schedule

Two local filmmakers will screen their latest works for free for friends, colleagues and the public on Saturday at the Foursite Film Festival.

Just in case he missed any of Shakespeare's plays during his theater studies at Weber State University, actor and freshly minted WSU graduate William Richardson is taking a little summer "schooling" on the Bard's complete works.