Curtain closing on 4 productions
By Ivan M. Lincoln
Deseret News, 3 August 2007
Summary:
Bumbleberry Theatre:
- owned by the same family that operates the adjacent restaurant and motel
- before it became the Bumbleberry, it featured locally produced melodramas
- theater is for sale
Rhett Thomas Productions:
- Rhett Thomas Productions is closing its shows at Bumbleberry Theatre and Zion Canyon Theatre
- final performance of “I Fall to Pieces” on Monday
- "Twist the Night Away," "It's Showtime!" close August 11
- attendance has been fiarly good, 70 to 80 people per night
- Thomas is moving his family to Nashville, Tenn. to pursue other options
- operating a theater is expensive and Bumbleberry is not a nonprofit or subsidized
Zion Canyon Theatre:
- Rhett Thomas Productions produced musical revues in the Zion Canyon Theatre