EDITOR'S CHOICE
Protestations.
SALT LAKE CITY — An intense, topical, and furiously paced retelling of the classic Greek tragedy Antigone, the regional premiere of "Too Much Memory" is now playing at Salt Lake…
‘A Thousand Cranes’ Teaches A Lesson From The Past
PROVO — The atomic bomb may have ended the Second World War, but the tragic effects did not end with it. For the people of Hiroshima, the bomb continues to…
Pleasantly surprised by the story of Jack
SALT LAKE CITY — Jack and the Beanstalk, at The Children’s Theater in SLC, was a visual delight with natural comedy; it left me feeling joyful and excited. What this…
‘Jonah and the Great Fish’ floods the stage with great tunes and a lot of humor
OREM — The inspiration behind Michael Jackson’s Thriller or the dueling gangs of West Side Story just might have been a talented and energetic group of dancers from the ancient…
AWKWARDLY FUNNY! Pinnacle’s latest production is a definite MUST SEE.
MIDVALE — Take the natural awkwardness of being an adolescent combined with being put in a spotlight and spelling random words no one has ever heard of (let alone used),…
An emailed introduction to the UTBA
I've been hard at work this past few days contacting productions across Utah in order to send our reviewers. The response has been overwhelmingly positive and I think that's because…
Who knew being a hillbilly could be so fun? Hale shows us how with their production of ‘April Ann’
OREM — April Ann is what the Hale Center Theater calls a "Vintage Hale Musical" - the production was written by Ruth and Nathan Hale, the founders of HCT, over…
public urination is funny…but don’t tell FDR (UVU’s Urinetown)
OREM — Ok, So for those of you who know the schtick of Urinetown, bear with those who don't; Urinetown is about a place where, in the face of a…
Hale makes an ‘Earnest’ attempt
WEST VALLEY CITY — I'll begin this review by stating that I've never liked "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde. I hated the play when I first read…
‘And…Go! Improv’ is getting started in SLC
MURRAY — It was Saturday night and I had a date set, but no idea what to do for the date. I figured we could wing it. No need to…