August 2010 UTBA Roundup
As a new feature, we’re integrating our monthly statistics with web site announcements. Our aim with this change is to keep all readers abreast with UTBA developments and also provide…
NY Times critic: “I believe criticism begins not in knowledge but in ignorance.”
Alastair Macaulay, chief dance critic of The New York Times, in Ballet Magazine, August 2010: I’ve heard people say that you should have watched 800 dance performances before you begin…
“Yoga Confidential” is fearless, but needs focus
SALT LAKE CITY — This weekend the Salt Lake Acting Company produced its first ever Fearless Fringe Festival: a weekend of three original shows by local artists producing new and…
A musical memoir about cancer? Really?
SALT LAKE CITY – “I’m nauseated, cranky, and waiting for my chemo to end.” writes Sam Wessels in a recent blog entry. Wessels is not only the playwright (book, music…
Backwoods fun in Salt Lake: ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’
MURRAY – The Amphitheatre at Murray Park is bright little bit of wilderness in the Salt Lake urban sprawl. What a delight it was to attend their production of Seven…
‘The Lion King’ is quite the charmer
SALT LAKE CITY – The Lion King is playing at the Capitol Theatre. Director Julie Taymor has brought depth and sincerity in her stage adaptation of the simple yet enjoyable…
Regional Premiere of “The Girl, The Grouch and the Goat” at HCT
OREM — When I told people I was going to the Hale Center Theater Orem to watch The Girl, The Grouch and The Goat, people said, “The Grouchy Girl and…
Utah Shakespeare in the Park’s “Romeo and Juliet” Is Uneven, But Entertaining
PROVO — Romeo and Juliet is the second of a summer-long double feature from Utah Shakespeare in the Park (the first was Much Ado About Nothing, in June). And, while…
A “Preposterous” Life Vividly Portrayed
PROVO – The life of a young lay minister was forever changed when he came across what he called “a very strange book” in 1830. But this book “was the…
Details make Payson’s “Joseph” a Delight
PAYSON — Payson Community Theater has been called, “the best kept secret in Utah theater”; and for just cause. Playing to sold out audiences for their recent productions of Cats,…