"Idol" Worship - Utah County Style

A shameless plug goes out today for my Improvables colleague Bryan Dayley's musical parody American Fork Idol, which is currently playing at the Desert Star Theater in Murray. A couple of friends and I attended a matinee performance of the show earlier today, and we enjoyed ourselves immensely.


"American Fork Idol" is yet another well-written and very funny production by the folks at Desert Star. There are the expected jabs at past and present "American Idol" judges and contestants (for example, there are characters such as the dimwitted Jason Castor Oil and the elderly Taylor Hiccups) as well as the usual jokes about and parodies of Utah culture and customs.

If you've never been to Desert Star, then you are missing out on one of the greatest theatrical experiences to be had in the Salt Lake valley.

The show plays through June 6.