Take a peek into LILLY’S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE
SOUTH SALT LAKE — To many adults, the problems that most children face are trivial. But to a young child…
BRIGADOON doesn’t live up to Lerner and Loewe’s legacy
WEST VALLEY CITY — Brigadoon opens on Jeff and Tommy, two New Yorkers on a hunting trip in Scotland. After the…
Ziegfeld Theater’s JOSEPH is fun for all
OGEDN — “Back by Popular Demand” reads the website advertisement for this production, and it is certainly true that Joseph…
Saddle up for THE TEMPEST at Utah Children’s Theatre
SOUTH SALT LAKE — Indians creeping around, cowboys drawing guns, and a grizzled prospector who stinks to high heaven. These…
Hale’s GUYS AND DOLLS is a showstopper
OREM — The age old battle of the sexes comes to a head in Guys and Dolls, a musical originally premiering…
LOVE’S LABOUR’S is just a little bit lost
CEDAR CITY — From the moment you walk into the outdoor Adams Shakespeare Theatre for the Utah Shakespeare Festivals production of…
“Journey On” to see RAGTIME
WEST VALLEY — “It was the music of something beginning.” That’s how Lynn Ahrens‘s lyrics describe ragtime, the first American music…
THE RIGHTEOUS and VERY REAL HOUSEWIVES OF UTAH COUNTY: very real and sometimes righteous
SALT LAKE CITY — Mormons. That buttoned-up, straight-laced, hard right bunch of religious zealots who become increasingly more conservative as one…
SEUSSICAL pleased visually, lacked depth
OGDEN — The Ziegfeld Theater debuts their first family musical of the season. The new theater, commonly referred to as “the…
UTBA reviewers sound off: EXCELLENCE IN 2012
Last year, we invited our UTBA staff, reviewers, and guest bloggers to tell us what their favorite productions of 2011…