Funny fraud, hilarious hijinks in CASH ON DELIVERY
OREM — If you’re in the mood to laugh for two hours straight, Hale Center Theater Orem’s Cash on Delivery is where you need to be. The jokes were non-stop,…
Grassroots Shakespeare’s KING LEAR lacks bite, but manages
SALT LAKE CITY — “Come not between the dragon and its wrath,” shouts King Lear after his youngest daughter, Cordelia, displeases him. The aged king’s wrath and his powerless responses…
UTBA reviewers sound off: Excellence in 2016
The social media consensus is that 2016 was a rough year for America. With a surplus of celebrity deaths and a chaotic presidential election, many people are ready to put…
Lions and tigers and Winkies at UCT’s THE WIZARD OF OZ
SOUTH SALT LAKE — The Utah Children’s Theatre is truly a child’s paradise. The marquee and lobby are whimsical throwbacks to theaters of yesteryear with no expense spared. And the…
Director Penelope Caywood on fresh perspectives from SLAC’s DIARY OF A WORM, A SPIDER, AND A FLY
Since 2009, Salt Lake Acting Company has given it’s holiday schedule slot to a production for young audiences. Beginning with Go, Dog, Go! based on the book of the same…
Charming holiday cheer in A CHRISTMAS CAROL
WEST VALLEY CITY — The Christmas Carol has been a popular story for over 170 years. It has the magic of Christmas, the human condition, redemption, family, love, kindness, unrequited…
It’s a fine OLIVER! at Pioneer Theatre
SALT LAKE CITY — If there’s a surprise in store for audiences of Pioneer Theatre Company’s latest production of a show based on a Charles Dickens novel and scheduled in…
Give your kids a merry night at THE HAPPY ELF
OREM — Santa Claus is coming to the SCERA! For five nights per week Utah audiences can see him on stage in The Happy Elf through December 17. In The…
NUNCRACKERS is a forgettable night at the Covey
PROVO—Those New Jersey nuns made famous in Nunsense, the Little Sisters of Hoboken, have a new holiday show written by Dan Goggin. In Nuncrackers, the nuns and Father Virgil are…
Very dark HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL has its Utah debut
SALT LAKE CITY — True to the darker vibes of the original 1988 film, Heathers: The Musical remained just on the edge of funny and devastating. The plot follows the…