Plan-B delivers with audio drama P.G. ANON
SALT LAKE CITY — Plan-B Theatre is celebrating their 30th anniversary by offering a new and...
Read Moreby Tara Nicole Haas | Mar 2, 2021 | Reviews, Salt Lake County
SALT LAKE CITY — Plan-B Theatre is celebrating their 30th anniversary by offering a new and...
Read Moreby Russell Warne | Feb 28, 2021 | Reviews, Utah County
OREM — According to Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the key to being a good con artist is to “Give...
Read Moreby Heather Hurd | Feb 22, 2021 | Reviews, Weber County
OGDEN — It has been almost a year since I’ve been able to sit in a theatre seat and feel the...
Read Moreby Nola Smith | Feb 17, 2021 | Reviews, Salt Lake County
SALT LAKE CITY — London, in a time when muffin men ply their trade on the street, servants answer...
Read Moreby Sam Rust | Jan 31, 2021 | Reviews, Salt Lake County
SALT LAKE CITY — “The show must go in,” says producer Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell in a program note...
Read Moreby Maren Scriven | Jan 19, 2021 | Davis County, Reviews
CENTERVILLE — There are a few shows that I know so well that I hesitate to review them. The Secret...
Read Moreby Maren Scriven | Jan 11, 2021 | Reviews, Utah County
OREM — As a critic, when I critique a show that has been a part of the theatrical repertoire for...
Read Moreby Russell Warne | Dec 31, 2020 | Articles, Davis County, Reviews, Salt Lake County, Utah County, Weber County
Every UTBA reader knows that 2020 was a tough year for Utah theatre. For over two months, we did...
Read Moreby Maren Scriven | Dec 14, 2020 | Davis County, Reviews
CENTERVILLE — It’s a Wonderful Life stepped onto the scene in 1946 as a film based on a booklet...
Read Moreby Maren Scriven | Dec 11, 2020 | Davis County, Reviews
CENTERVILLE — It isn’t the Christmas Theatre Season until you see A Christmas Carol. I almost...
Read Moreby Maren Scriven | Dec 8, 2020 | Davis County, Reviews
CENTERVILLE — CenterPoint Legacy Theatre is offering a festive Christmas Carol Celebration, We...
Read Moreby Maren Scriven | Dec 8, 2020 | Reviews, Weber County
OGDEN — A Fairly Potter Christmas Carol is a Ziegfeld Theater tradition in Ogden. A parody that...
Read Moreby Sara Claverie | Dec 4, 2020 | Reviews, Utah County
PROVO — It is an understatement to say that An Ideal Husband, produced by BYU, was...
Read Moreby Russell Warne | Dec 3, 2020 | Reviews, Utah County
OREM — A Christmas Story: The Musical is part of a trend on Broadway in the past 20 years of...
Read Moreby Russell Warne | Dec 1, 2020 | Reviews, Utah County
OREM — Holiday traditions provide families with an anchor of stability year after year, and never...
Read Moreby Tara Nicole Haas | Nov 23, 2020 | Reviews, Utah County
PROVO — An Other Theater Company’s latest streaming production is Something to Cry About, an...
Read Moreby B.F. Isaacson | Nov 20, 2020 | Reviews, Utah County
PROVO — Brigham Young University’s staging of Manual for a Desperate Crossing and Letters from...
Read Moreby Russell Warne | Nov 12, 2020 | Articles
The Utah theatre world was turned upside down eight months ago today on March 12, 2020, when Utah...
Read Moreby Maren Scriven | Nov 5, 2020 | Reviews, Salt Lake County
SALT LAKE CITY — As you step into the interactive theatrical experience that is The Carousel by...
Read Moreby Sam Rust | Nov 2, 2020 | Reviews, Utah County
PROVO — One of the few good things to come out of the pandemic is experimental theater, and BYU’s...
Read Moreby Darby Turnbow | Oct 27, 2020 | Reviews, Salt Lake County
SALT LAKE CITY — I’ve missed theatre. I haven’t felt brave enough to attend a...
Read Moreby Russell Warne | Oct 26, 2020 | Reviews, Utah County
OREM — “Many things are possible as long as you believe they’re not impossible.”...
Read Moreby Alissa Frazier | Oct 21, 2020 | Reviews, Utah County
OREM — Hale Center Theater Orem (HCTO)’s Sense and Sensibility made for a perfect maiden voyage...
Read Moreby Russell Warne | Oct 18, 2020 | Reviews, Utah County
LEHI — This year, the Lehi Arts Council’s sole theatre production will be Big Fish. The...
Read Moreby Maren Scriven | Oct 13, 2020 | Davis County, Reviews
CENTERVILLE — “Are people born wicked, or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?” CenterPoint...
Read Moreby Russell Warne | Oct 12, 2020 | Reviews, Utah County
OREM — Just two years after the last production of How I Became a Pirate at the SCERA, the company...
Read Moreby Tara Nicole Haas | Oct 12, 2020 | Reviews, Utah County
PROVO – After months of hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, An Other Theater Company has opened...
Read Moreby Sam Rust | Oct 5, 2020 | Reviews, Salt Lake County
SALT LAKE CITY — Wasatch Theater Company’s production of the new play Teacher Truths, by Jim...
Read Moreby Maren Scriven | Sep 28, 2020 | Reviews, Utah County
OREM — Blink is a new musical by the writing duo Chase Ramsey and David Paul Smith, making its...
Read Moreby Maren Scriven | Sep 26, 2020 | Reviews, Weber County
OGDEN — Catharsis Two: Inside Voices, a new jukebox musical written by local playwright and...
Read More"A friend was in on a casting committee. A gay actor was being considered for a romantic lead role, but one of the owners said she didn't want the female actors to have to worry about 'getting any diseases' when kissing the actor. That gay actor was not cast." #utahtheatre
#utpol #UtahTheatre
You won't find me on here cheering about indoor events until everyone can get vaccinated.
Hooray! @planbtheatreco is back! Their first pandemic-era production, P.G. ANON is an audio drama that explores the stories of 3 women facing unexpected pregnancies. Read the #utahtheatre review from UTBA secretary @TaraNicoleHaas.
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/511961/plan-b-delivers-with-audio-drama-p-g-anon
New #utahtheatre review for @HCTO's DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS by UTBA president (and @Theatre_Critics member) @Russwarne asks whether the show "gives them what they want." Find out at the link below.
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/511650/ensemble-cast-shines-in-hctos-dirty-rotten-scoundrels
I'm at @HCTO to see DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS. Look for the #utahtheatre review later on @UtahTheatreBlog!
New #utahtheatre review for @ZiegfeldTheater's FREAKY FRIDAY, the fun night out that many people have waited months for.
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/511410/ziegfelds-freaky-friday-is-the-musical-we-need
New review for @Theatre_WC's (@WestminsterSLC) radio play, GASLIGHT, an audio adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's 1938 domestic drama. #utahtheatre
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/511283/gaslight-its-all-about-perception
New review for @UofUFineArts's HENRY V, a production of the #Shakespeare classic that is both technologically and artistically innovative. #utahtheatre @UUtah
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/510957/u-of-us-henry-v-is-innovative-engaging-online-shakespeare
#UtahTheatre hiiiiiiii
UTAH. STOP DOING IN-PERSON THEATRE IN A PANDEMIC.
Oh man I just saw a bunch of people whomst I didn't know were involved with recent live performances that make me really sad, disappointed, demoralized, etc. Theatre is a cult. Y'all really don't care who dies as long as you get off the d list lol #UtahTheatre
New review from UTBA VP (& @Theatre_Critics member) @MarenSwensen for @CPT_Theatre's THE SECRET GARDEN. This abbreviated production is performed with face shields, but still retains a typical production's message & beauty. Read the review! #utahtheatre
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/510754/hope-springs-eternal-in-centerpoints-the-secret-garden
The 1st review of 2021 is published! Read why @Theatre_Critics member (and UTBA VP) @MarenSwensen says @HCTO's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST is worth seeing. #utahtheatre
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/477578/ring-in-the-new-year-with-hctos-importance-of-being-earnest
It's time for our annual post about the excellence we saw on the #utahtheatre stage. This year, we're paying special attention to streaming shows we saw. Learn which shows from @Hale_Theatre, @SCERAupdate, @ZiegfeldTheater, and others made the list!
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/413935/utba-reviewers-sound-off-excellence-in-2020