OREM – Ho-hum. Another opening of another Oklahoma! Curly ambles down the auditorium’s aisles and onto the stage rhapsodizing about “a bright, golden haze on the meadow”—but it’s just a painted backdrop. The music is...
Read MoreSALT LAKE CITY – Christmas is here, and with the festive season comes a variety of effervescent events and stage shows. The 1954 musical film White Christmas, with its title song holding the record as the all-time bestselling...
Read MoreSALT LAKE CITY – Like the Pulitzer prizewinning book and popular movie that preceded it, The Color Purple stage musical is a powerful testament to enduring love, the ability to triumph over tragedy and the joy of seeing God’s...
Read MoreMIDVALE — Soon after its 1990 premiere at Dublin’s Abbey stage, Dancing at Lughnasa took London and New York by storm, winning both Olivier and Tony best-play honors. It went on to became one of the most successful and...
Read MoreRomance! Betrayal! Heroics! A swashbuckling aristocrat in comic disguise performing secret noble deeds! A songbird bride guilt-ridden over a concealed indiscretion! It’s all in the the 1905 popular potboiler novella The Scarlet...
Read MoreToday is the 12th anniversary of UTBA's founding. Thank you to the companies who gave invited us to give public, honest feedback to over 2,000 #utahtheatre productions. We love you!
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The opening of @WVCArts's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST was delayed a week because of COVID, but apparently the show is worth the wait. Read the #utahtheatre review from UTBA president (and @Theatre_Critics member @Russwarne) at the link below!
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/676432/an-enchanting-beauty-and-the-beast-in-west-valley
🚨AUDITION NOTICE: #SLACabaret 2022🚨 Now accepting video submissions through Tuesday, February 8th at 10am MST. Please see the full breakdown here: https://saltlakeactingcompany.org/about/auditions
#SLAC50 #SLACabaret2022 #WorldPremiere #UtahTheatre #SLACisBack #Utah #UtahArts #NowHiring #UtahAuditions
We've also posted Danica Francom's #utahtheatre review of @USUAggies's GHOST QUARTET, an innovative new show that spans 700 years of life, love, and death.
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/660454/exquisite-ghost-quartet-at-usu-is-hauntingly-beautiful
New #utahtheatre review by UTBA mamber Lisa Larson for WEST SIDE STORY at St. George Musical Theater!
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/660517/tonight-is-a-great-time-to-enjoy-sgmts-west-side-story
Another day, another #utahtheatre review that makes us grateful for all the talent we have in this state. Check out @Theatre_Critics member @Russwarne's rave review of @BYUarts's FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, a show he says is as good as an Equity production.
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/665435/byus-fiddler-on-the-roof-is-a-superb-miracle-of-miracles
LA BOHÈME at @UVU is "an opera for people who don’t yet know that they will enjoy opera," according to UTBA president @Russwarne (a @Theatre_Critics member). Read his #utahtheatre at the link below.
@uvuarts @uvusoa #opera
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/663941/la-boheme-is-to-die-for-at-uvu
Read UTBA member Danica Francom's review of @ZiegfeldTheater's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS set in the old west. #Shakespeare #utahtheatre
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/660453/have-a-rootin-tootin-good-time-at-zeigfelds-comedy-of-errors
Yesterday we also published a #utahtheatre review for the #newplay THE MESSENGER, on stage now at @pioneertheatre. Check it out!
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/660256/pioneer-theatres-the-messenger-is-beautiful-relevant-and-weird
Read @Theatre_Critics member @MarenSwensen's insightful #utahtheatre of FOOTLIGHT FRENZY at the Heritage Theatre in Perry, #Utah.
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/660459/footlight-frenzy-familiar-to-a-fault
Read UTBA member Alissa Frazier's rave #utahtheatre review of @Hale_Theatre's ONE FOR THE POT in Sandy!
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/660439/hcts-one-for-the-pot-is-comedic-perfection
It's called THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, but UTBA member Heather Hurd says much of this #utahtheatre production is so right at @CPT_Theatre. Read the review:
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/658789/humor-feels-right-in-the-play-that-goes-wrong-at-centerpoint
Meet the writing team who will be offering their "fresh take on the Beehive State" for this year's #SLACabaret: Olivia Custodio, Emilio Casillas, and Michael Leavitt.
https://saltlakeactingcompany.org/about/latest-news/item/1612-slacabaret-writer-announcement
#SLACabaret #SLACabaret22 #SLAC50 #UtahArtists #UtahTheatre #UtahArts #UtahCulture
We sent @Theatre_Critics member @Russwarne to @grassrootsbard's THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR at the @SCERAupdate. Read his #utahtheatre review for this #Shakespeare comedy.
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/649062/grassroots-shakespeares-merry-wives-is-a-messy-letdown
Read Thomas Jenson's rave #utahtheatre review of @HCTO's OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS, which plays through February 12.
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/649104/take-the-trip-over-the-river-and-through-the-woods-at-hcto
New #utahtheatre review by @Theatre_Critics member @MarenSwensen for PLAID TIDINGS in Weber County.
It's the first review of 2022! 🎉🎭📝
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/647694/terrace-plazas-forever-plaid-hits-all-the-right-notes
It's here! Check out or annual post commending the excellence of #utahtheatre in the past year, including contributions from @Theatre_Critics members @MarenSwensen and @russwarne.
https://utahtheatrebloggers.com/647045/utba-reviewers-sound-off-excellence-in-2021
