Hope springs eternal in CenterPoint’s THE SECRET GARDEN
CENTERVILLE — There are a few shows that I know so well that I hesitate to review them. The Secret...
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 Moreby Russell Warne | Sep 18, 2020 | Reviews, Utah County
OREM — I thought Cinderella was one of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s lesser works. Originally...
Read Moreby Maren Scriven | Sep 14, 2020 | Reviews, Salt Lake County
SALT LAKE CITY — Cherry Wine in Paper Cups, written by Utah local author Morag Shepherd, and...
Read Moreby Sara Claverie | Aug 28, 2020 | Reviews, Salt Lake County
SANDY — In a time where old ideas are being tossed away, Hale Centre Theatre decided to throw out...
Read Moreby Maren Scriven | Aug 27, 2020 | Reviews, Salt Lake County
SALT LAKE CITY — Safe was part of the 2020 Salt Lake Fringe Festival that played entirely online...
Read Moreby Maren Scriven | Aug 25, 2020 | Reviews
CENTERVILLE — As the summer of creative Corona art continues, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre’s offering is a series called Concert int he Park(-ing Lot). This is a creative evening set up much like a drive-in movie, but with...
Read MoreNew 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
Thank you, @radiowest! #CLIMBINGWITHTIGERS streams through this Sunday, only! Free (with an option to donate if you so choose.)
#utaharts #utahtheatre #streamingtheatre #SLACisBack
Missing theater? Watch @slactingco's "Climbing with Tigers" free online through Dec. 20. The play tells the story of a little black bird named Blue who dreams of one day being able to fly. This recording as filmed live at SLAC in 2016. Check it out here: https://slacdigital.athomearts.org/main/climbing-with-tigers
From the Tony and Olivier Award-winning director of Les Misérables and Nicholas Nickleby and the Tony-nominated composer of Jane Eyre, experience A Magical New Holiday Musical! Buy your tickets now: https://www.universe.com/events/vip-theatre-experience-estella-scrooge-a-christmas-carol-with-a-twist-tickets-QXCNP5?ref=VIP-DY7GN. #EstellaScrooge #HappyHolidays #AtTheGrand #UtahTheatre
Is it theatre or film? Live action or animation? YES! See the first new theatrical musical to be produced during the pandemic — a dazzling new show that’s sure to become a holiday tradition. https://www.universe.com/events/vip-theatre-experience-estella-scrooge-a-christmas-carol-with-a-twist-tickets-QXCNP5?ref=VIP-DY7GN #EstellaScrooge #HappyHolidays #AtTheGrand #UtahTheatre
New #utahtheatre review from @Theatre_Critics member @MarenSwensen for @ZiegfeldTheater's A FAIRLY POTTER #CHRISTMAS CAROL, which borrows from the greats (including Dickens and Dr. Seuss) to create the company's first #COVID19 era show.
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/330019/a-puppet-potter-christmas
The 3rd streaming #utahtheatre production from @BYUarts, AN IDEAL HUSBAND, was plagued by technical glitches and a poorly conceived script modernization. Read UTBA member Sara Claverie's review to learn more. #BYU
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/316680/an-ideal-husband-at-byu-is-not-an-ideal-streaming-production
New #utahtheatre review by UTBA president (and @Theatre_Critics member) @Russwarne for @SCERAupdate's A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL, a show that can't escape the shadow of its source material.
#Christmas
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/310491/strong-cast-lifts-a-christmas-story-at-the-scera
It's #intermission now. Theater is at about 15-20% capacity, making social distancing easy. #utahtheatre #covid19
I'm at @SCERAupdate to review A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL for @UtahTheatreBlog. Look for the review later! #utahtheatre
The #COVID19 pandemic has forced @HCTO to make changes to their annual version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Our president (and @Theatre_Critics member) @Russwarne sees these as improvements that strengthen this crowd pleasing #Christmas show. #utahtheatre
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/299974/a-spirited-version-of-a-christmas-carol-at-hcto
#intermission now. Two Christmas ghosts down, one to go! 👻👻
#utahtheatre
I'm at @HCTO to review A #CHRISTMAS CAROL for @utahtheatreblog... which is coincidentally where I was exactly a year ago tonight. #utahtheatre
Tonight I'm reviewing @HCTO's A #CHRISTMAS CAROL. Look for the review later on @UtahTheatreBlog! #utahtheatre