The Echo’s STREETCAR is in your face, in a good way
I’ll admit to being apprehensive before sitting down at A Streetcar Named Desire. I’d heard rumors of police being called on prior performances because of what looked like violence. I’d…
New World Shakespeare’s MACBETH makes an earnest attempt
SALT LAKE CITY — The Leonardo, called a “contemporary science, technology, and art museum,” hosted New World Shakespeare’s modern Macbeth this Halloween season. Directed by DRU, New World Shakespeare set…
A sincere NEXT TO NORMAL from UVU
OREM — Next to Normal is a show I’ve seen many times. It has its own place in my heart, nestled next to my favorite plays and musicals. The show…
A beautiful INTO THE WOODS from Lehi alumni
LEHI —“Witches can be right. Giants can be good. You decide what’s right. You decide what’s good.” Ah, Into the Woods. The brilliant, complex, twisted musical from composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim…
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN could do better
SUNDANCE — Incredibly, this summer’s Sundance Summer Theatre show was my first exposure to the classic Irving Berlin musical, Annie Get Your Gun. How I’ve gotten through my entire life…
DOG SEES GOD uses classic characters to discuss growing up
MIDVALE — Silver Summit Theatre Company made a rather daring choice in mounting the Utah premiere of Bert V. Royal’s Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead. The company…
A WRINKLE IN TIME explores old ideas, spaces in a new way
PROVO — My memories of Madeline L’Engle’s novel A Wrinkle in Time are inseparably connected to that period in my life when I discovered the magic of the written word.…
Interview with Darick Pead, Utah native and national tour actor
Utah native Darick Pead is currently starring as the Beast in the national tour of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. UTBA sat down with Darick to get to know him…
A campy, cheesy, Salty BONNIE AND CLYDE
MIDVALE — When considering the spectrum of sub-genres that fit under the title of “theatre,” a few labels might come to mind: musicals, plays, children’s theatre, and dinner theatre. That’s…
A lovely little ROMEO AND JULIET
SALT LAKE CITY — Each year, the Utah Shakespeare Festival (USF) fills patrons’ lives with wondrous professional theater, both classic and contemporary. They go above and beyond simply producing shows…