What’s Playing in Utah – August 2026
What a summer of entertainment! Along the Wasatch Front, you can see shows like Tarzan at CenterPoint, Newsies at West Valley Arts, Our Town at The Hale Centre Theatre, or…
FORGERIES OF JEALOUSY is a Work in Progress at USF Words Cubed
CEDAR CITY — The second installment of the Words Cubed series at the Utah Shakespeare Festival this year was entitled The Forgeries of Jealousy, a new play by Grant Goodman,…
Q is for Quirky at the Zig’s Uproarious AVENUE Q
OGDEN — In classic Ziegfield style, the company unapologetically takes on Avenue Q, an irreverent, and a bit naughty, coming of age story told with puppets. With catchy music and…
WORDS CUBED Moves the Audience with MORPHOLOGY at USF
CEDAR CITY — The Tony Award Winning Utah Shakespeare Festival is well-known for its exciting musicals, emotionally riveting plays, great humor, and exciting pre-show entertainment such as the Greenshow, Play…
Nationally Touring WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Eccles Big on Spectacle
SALT LAKE CITY – The final production of the Broadway at the Eccles 2025-2026 season is Tony-nominated Water for Elephants based on the novel by Sara Gruen, and with book…
Heritage Proves “The Show Must Go On” with Dazzling CURTAINS
PERRY — The Heritage Theatre raised the curtain on their latest show on Friday August 21st. Fans of Chicago and Cabaret will recognize the work of Rupert Holmes and John…
The Game is Afoot in KEN LUDWIG’S MORIARTY at HCT
SANDY — The Hale Centre Theatre presents the regional premiere of an entertaining and comedic, delightful and dangerous Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure. The production, directed by…
SCERA Hosts UTAJ Staff for Semi-Annual Training
OREM — At least once a year, and more often when great opportunities arise, Utah Theatre Arts Journal (UTAJ) takes the opportunity to be hosted by Utah Theatre companies for…
Kayenta’s Miranda Wright Spotlights the 4th Year of New Play Lab
ST. GEORGE — Coming back to the red rocks to serve as the executive director for the Center for the Arts at Kayenta was a full circle moment fo r…
ANYTHING GOES Delivers High-Energy Fun at Hopebox Theatre
KAYSVILLE — The Cole Porter musical Anything Goes, which was first performed in 1934, has been performed, rewritten, revived, across the country for decades. A fun and light-hearted romp on…
Family Secrets, Passions Revealed in THE COTTAGE at Stage Door
ST. GEORGE — The stories found on TMZ and in grocery store tabloids have nothing on the sordid details emerging in The Stage Door’s latest production of The Cottage by…