UTBA reviewers sound off: EXCELLENCE in 2015
At the end of every year at UTBA we collect our members’ thoughts on the excellent shows they have seen…
With DAMES AT SEA, “good times are here to stay”
NEW YORK CITY — A character in a Broadway musical arrives from Utah in a strange land. The Utahn, naïve…
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT: a window into another human world
NEW YORK CITY — In a multimedia era, the theatre continues to live on because of what it provides audiences…
CARRIE: THE MUSICAL is bloody good
SALT LAKE CITY — Fresh off of Broadway and as the first Utah premiere, Carrie: The Musical is a tragic and…
A superbly acted OUTSIDE MULLINGAR at Pioneer Theatre Company
SALT LAKE CITY — Early in Outside Mullingar, the elderly Irish farmer Tony Reilly complains that his son, Anthony, “draws…
A Fresh Take on a Horror Class: Interview with Johnny Hebda about the Utah premier of Carrie.
Johnny Hebda is a familiar name in the Utah theatre community. He is an actor, director, producer and one of…
Go see WEST SIDE STORY at the SCERA before it jets
OREM — West Side Story is based on the familiar tale of Romeo and Juliet and set in blue-collar Manhattan in the mid…
AMERICAN IDIOT isn’t just for Green Day fans
SALT LAKE CITY — There’s a poignant philosophy buried just beneath the surface of American Idiot. It doesn’t take long…
Hallelujah for SISTER ACT’s Utah premiere at Tuacahn
IVINS — Tuacahn presents in its lineup this year the Utah premiere of Sister Act. Going into this show I…
Ziegfeld Theater’s HAIRSPRAY has energy to spare
OGDEN – From the creative team of Mark O’Donnell, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, and Thomas Meehan, the Broadway musical Hairspray…