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…
9 CIRCLES is upsetting and necessary
OGDEN—Through the first three scenes of Weber State’s 9 Circles, I sat dreading the negative review I’d have to write.…
SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE serves up an irresistible treat
OGDEN — Most people have never heard of the composing team Lieber and Stoller. In fact, Jim Christian, the director and choreographer…
MOCKINGBIRD is a beautiful insight into the autistic world
SALT LAKE CITY — The image of the mockingbird lies significantly, but also subtly throughout the text of this play.…
WSU’s DAMN YANKEES steps up to the plate
OGDEN — What can you do when the baseball team you love never quite performs? Do you give up? Learn to…
Cancer is not awesome, but WIT is.
OGDEN — It’s a show about a University Professor of English dying of ovarian cancer? And the play’s title is Wit.…
New MOCKINGBIRD explores Asperger’s Syndrome
OGDEN — Art, in all its forms, provides an opportunity for the audience to step into another’s shoes. Although every…
OF MYTH AND MUD is well designed, but murky
OGDEN — Sarah Saltwick’s play Of Myth and Mud explores the power of women in an assortment of vignettes based…
OEDIPUS THE KING is an eye-popping tragedy
SALT LAKE CITY — At the end of Westminster College’s production of Oedipus the King, a chorus of nine actors sang the…
UTBA reactions to Audra McDonald’s Utah concert series
PROVO — One of the hottest theatre events this year in Utah is the concert series by 5-time Tony winner (and…