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What’s Playing in Utah – August 2026

ByMark Brown

July 30, 2026 #American Crossroads Theatre, #Broadway at the Eccles, #centerpoint legacy theatre, #Courage Theatre, #desert star playhouse, #Draper Arts Council, #draper historic theatre, #Good Company Theatre, #hale centre theatre, #Heritage Theatre, #Hopebox Theatre, #Hurricane Theatrical, #murray city cultural arts, #off broadway theatre, #Ogden Musical Theatre, #Parker Theatre, #payson community theater, #Peery’s Egyptian Theater, #pickleville playhouse, #riverton arts council, #roosevelt arts alliance, #Salem Community Theater, #Salt Lake Acting Company, #Sandy Arts guild, #SCERA Center for the Performing Arts, #springville playhouse, #St. George Musical Theater, #Terrace Plaza Playhouse, #The Empress Theatre, #The Hive Collaborative, #The Ruth, #The Ruth and Nathan Hale Theatre, #The Ruth Theatre, #The Stage Door, #Timpanogos Valley Theater, #Tuacahn Center for the Arts, #utah shakespeare festival, #West Valley Arts, #ziegfeld arts academy, #Ziegfeld Theater
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What a summer of entertainment! Along the Wasatch Front, you can see shows like Tarzan at CenterPoint, Newsies at West Valley Arts, Our Town at The Hale Centre Theatre, or The Scarlet Pimpernel at The Ruth. Head south to Tuacahn to see Les Misérables, Grease, or Finding Nemo. Cedar City’s Shakespeare Festival has so many wonderful options. There’s no shortage of stories waiting to be told. With new works, revivals, and crowd-pleasers all sharing the calendar, it’s shaping up to be a season where Utah audiences—and UTAJ reviewers—will have plenty to talk about.

JUMP TO:  Northern Utah     Salt Lake County     Utah County    Uinta Basin     Southern Utah    Youth Productions

Please click on the “more info” links for exact dates, locations, and show tickets.

Northern Utah

NOW PLAYING…

  • Ballad of Butch and Sundance (runs until 9/7) — Pickleville Playhouse (Garden City) — more info
  • Cinderella (runs until 8/1) — Old Barn Community Theater (Garland) — more info     UTAJ Review
  • Come From Away (runs until 7/31) — Lyric Repertory Company (Logan) — more info     UTAJ Review
  • Disney’s Tarzan (runs until 8/15) — CenterPoint Legacy Theatre (Centerville) — more info
  • Forever Plaid (runs until 8/1) — Lyric Repertory Company (Logan) — more info     UTAJ Review
  • Freaky Friday the Musical (runs until  8/1) — Beverly Terrace Plaza Playhouse (Washington Terrace) — more info
  • Frozen (runs until 8/1) — The Tri-Theater Alliance/Cache Arts/Four Seasons Theatre (Logan) — more info
  • Gutenberg! The Musical! (runs until 7/30) — Lyric Repertory Company (Logan) — more info     UTAJ Review
  • Hairspray (runs until 8/15) — Peery’s Egyptian/Ogden Musical Theatre (Ogden) — more info
  • Hamlet’s Son (runs 7/31 – 8/29) — The Off Broadway Theatre (Layton) — more info
  • Next to Normal (runs 7/31 – 8/10) — Curtains & Cuisine/Lionheart Hall  (Logan) — more info
  • Once (runs until 8/18) — CenterPoint Legacy Theatre (Centerville) — more info
  • The Outsider (runs until 8/1) — Lyric Repertory Company (Logan) — more info     UTAJ Review
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (runs until 8/14) — Pickleville Playhouse (Garden City) — more info
  • Waiting for Godot (runs 7/30 – 8/16) — Good Company (Ogden) — more info

COMING SOON…

  • Twelfth Night (runs 8/4 – 8/6) — Shakespeare in the Park (Washington Terrace) — more info
  • Anything Goes (runs 8/7 – 9/5) — Hopebox (Kaysville) — more info
  • Curtains (runs 8/21 – 9/12) — Heritage Theatre Utah (Perry) — more info
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (runs 8/21 – 9/29) — Terrace Plaza Playhouse (Washington Terrace) — more info
  • Avenue Q (runs 8/28 – 9/12) — The Ziegfeld Theater (Ogden) — more info

Salt Lake County

NOW PLAYING…

  • The Big Bang Theory: The Nerds are Back! (runs until 8/22) — Desert Star Playhouse (Murray) — more info
  • Cyrano De Bergerac (runs 8/1 – 8/29) — Parker Theatre (South Salt Lake) — more info
  • Freaky Friday (runs 7/31 – 8/10) — Riverton Arts Council  (Riverton) — more info
  • Frozen (runs 7/31 – 8/15) — Sandy Arts Guild  (Sandy) — more info
  • The Gaslight Zone (runs until 8/16) — Salt Lake Acting Company (Salt Lake City) — more info     UTAJ Review
  • The Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival (runs until 8/2) — Utah Arts Alliance Theater & Trolley Square  (Salt Lake City) — more info
  • Harmony (runs until 8/1) — Hale Centre Theatre (Sandy) — more info     UTAJ Review
  • High School Musical (runs until 8/1) — Draper Historic Theatre  (Draper) — more info
  • The Lightning Thief (runs 7/30 – 8/3) — Bluffdale Arts  (Bluffdale) — more info
  • The Lightning Thief (runs until 8/8) — The Empress Theatre  (Magna) — more info
  • Our Town (runs until 10/19) — Hale Centre Theatre (Sandy) — more info     UTAJ Review
  • Romeo & Juliet (runs until 8/1) — Milcreek Community Theater (Milcreek) — more info

COMING SOON…

  • Cyrano be Bergerac (runs 8/1 – 8/29) — Parker Theatre (South Salt Lake) — more info
  • Joseph and the Amzing Technicolor Dreamcoat (runs 8/3 – 10/24) — Hale Centre Theatre (Sandy) — more info
  • Pirates of Penzance (runs 8/7 – 8/15) — Murray City (Murray) — more info
  • Newsies (runs 8/8 – 8/29) — West Valley Arts (West Valley) — more info
  • Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty (runs 8/17 – 11/14) — Hale Centre Theatre (Sandy) — more info
  • West Side Story (runs 8/21 – 9/12) — Draper Historic Theatre (Draper) — more info
  • Water for Elephants (runs 8/25 – 8/30) — Broadway at the Eccles (Salt Lake City) — more info
  • Scooby-Doo: Even Stranger Things (runs 8/27 – 11/7) — Desert Star Playhouse (Murray) — more info
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (runs 8/28 – 9/12) — The Empress Theatre (Magna) — more info

Utah County

NOW PLAYING…

  • Guys & Dolls (runs 7/31 – 8/18) — SCERA (Orem) — more info
  • Meet Me in St. Louis (runs 7/30 – 8/8) — Salem Community Theater (Salem) — more info
  • Newsies (runs until 8/1) — Fields & Co (Springville) — more info
  • The Scarlet Pimpernel (runs until 8/22) — The Ruth (Pleasant Grove) — more info     UTAJ Review
  • Ride the Cyclone (runs until 7/31) — The Hive Collaborative (Provo) — more info

COMING SOON…

  • Hamlet (runs 8/13 – 8/17) — The Hive Collaborative (Provo) — more info
  • Pride & Prejudice (runs 8/17 – 11/7) — The Ruth (Pleasant Grove) — more info
  • Nunsense (runs 8/21 – 9/5) — Springville Playhouse (Springville) — more info
  • Frozen (runs 8/27 – 9/7) — Payson Community Theater (Payson) — more info
  • Gravesleeper (runs 8/13 – 8/17) — The Hive Collaborative (Provo) — more info

Uinta Basin

NOW PLAYING…

  • The Prince of Egypt (runs until 8/1) — Outlaw Trail Theater (Vernal) — more info

COMING SOON…

  • Come From Away (runs 8/13 – 8/14)  — Roosevelt Arts Alliance (Roosevelt) — more info

Southern Utah

NOW PLAYING…

  • Best of Broadway – Stars, Stripes, and Showtunes (runs until 8/1) — St. George Musical Theater (St. George) — more info
  • The Book Club Play (runs until 10/3) — Utah Shakespeare Festival (Cedar City) — more info     UTAJ Review
  • Chicago (runs until 8/8) — American Crossroads Theatre (Cedar City) — more info     UTAJ Review
  • Come From Away (runs until 8/7) — American Crossroads Theatre (Cedar City) — more info     UTAJ Review
  • Cottage (runs 7/30 – 8/15) — The Stage Door (St. George) — more info
  • Disney & PIXAR’S Finding Nemo (runs until 10/24) — Tuacahn Amphitheatre and Center for the Arts (Ivins) — more info     UTAJ Review
  • Frozen (runs 7/31 – 9/12) — Hurricane Theatrical (Hurricane) — more info
  • Frozen (runs 7/30 – 8/5) — Sevier County Community Theatre Association (Richfield) — more info
  • Grease (runs until 10/22) — Tuacahn Amphitheatre and Center for the Arts (Ivins) — more info      UTAJ Review
  • Hamlet (runs until 9/4) — Utah Shakespeare Festival (Cedar City) — more info    UTAJ Review
  • Les Misérables (runs until 10/23) — Tuacahn Amphitheatre and Center for the Arts (Ivins) — more info     UTAJ Review
  • Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (runs until 10/3) — Utah Shakespeare Festival (Cedar City) — more info
  • Mister Lincoln (runs until 8/6) — American Crossroads Theatre (Cedar City) — more info
  • Music Man (runs until 8/8) — American Crossroads Theatre (Cedar City) — more info     UTAJ Review
  • See How They Run (runs until 9/4) — Utah Shakespeare Festival (Cedar City) — more info     UTAJ Review
  • She Loves Me (runs until 10/3) — Utah Shakespeare Festival (Cedar City) — more info     UTAJ Review
  • Something Rotten! (runs until 10/3) — Utah Shakespeare Festival (Cedar City) — more info     UTAJ Review
  • Troilus and Cressida (runs until 9/3) — Utah Shakespeare Festival (Cedar City) — more info     UTAJ Review
  • Twelfth Night (runs until 9/5) — Utah Shakespeare Festival (Cedar City) — more info     UTAJ Review

COMING SOON…

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (runs 8/7 – 8/15) — Monarch Guild (Hurricane) — more info
  • Can You Hear the Music? An Osmond Family Musical Tribute (runs 8/29 – 9/12) — St. George Musical Theater (St. George) — more info

Youth Productions

NOTE: While UTAJ does not review youth productions, we are enthusiastic about sharing information on theater events at all levels happening across Utah and are working to build greater community between arts organizations in the state. If you would like your youth production included on this list, please email us at social@utartsjournal.com.

NOW PLAYING…

  • Descendants The Musical (runs until 8/1) — Ziegfeld Arts Academy (Ogden) — more info
  • Freaky Friday the Musical (runs 7/31 – 8/1) — Timp Arts Youth Theater (American Fork) — more info
  • Frozen Jr. (runs 7/31 – 8/8) — West Jordan Youth Theatre (West Jordan) — more info
  • Hadestown Teen Edition (runs 7/31 – 8/8) — Draper Arts Council (Draper) — more info
  • High School Musical 2 Jr. (runs 7/28 – 8/1) — Brigham City Fine Arts Center (Brigham City) — more info
  • Newsies Jr. (runs 7/31 – 8/1) — Timpanogos Valley Theater (Heber City) — more info
  • Six Teen Edition (runs until 8/1) — Courage Theatre Company (West Jordan) — more info

COMING SOON…

  • Dare to Dream Jr. A Disney Musical Revue (runs 8/3 – 8/7) — Hale Centre Theatre (Sandy) — more info
  • The Adams Family Kids (runs 8/14 – 8/15) — Ziegfeld Arts Academy (Ogden) — more info
  • Lion King Jr. (runs 8/28 – 9/4) — Midvale Performing Arts Center (Midvale) — more info

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ByMark Brown

Mark is a passionate supporter of the vibrant performing arts scene in this community. His love for live theater began in his early years as a performer and has since grown into a deep appreciation for spotlighting others on stage. From small-town community shows to Broadway touring productions, Mark is probably attending. He’s built a reputation for rallying friends and family to join him in supporting local talent, often filling rows of seats with other enthusiastic supporters. As a father of four and grandfather to three, Mark is deeply committed to passing his love of theater to the next generation.

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