3rd Annual Rose Exposed hits “Home”
On one intense Saturday in 2012, the six resident companies of The Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center came together to showcase all the opportunities available in their fertile creative home…
New Modern Classic Finds the ‘Fun’ in Dysfunctional
“Sprawling”, “ambitious”, “harrowing”, “fiercely funny and bitingly sad”, “blistering”- all descriptors of Tracy Letts’ 2007 critically acclaimed play ‘August: Osage County”. Heralded by critics as the first great American play…
9 playwrights on The Lab at Plan-B Theatre Company
If ever there were a wall on which I’d want to be the fly, this is it. The Lab at Plan-B Theatre Company is an incubator for new work by…
Interview with Joshua Stavros, Utah Shakespeare Fest’s Greenshow co-director
CEDAR CITY — Few things capture the feel of the Renaissance as much as a greenshow, and few greenshows can compare to Utah Shakespeare Festival’s. One of my earliest theatrical…
C2E: Why doesn’t UTBA give ratings to shows?
Bryan Johnson wrote in several months ago, asking a question that I receive very frequently: Have you at UTBA considered adding a rating (such as 5 stars, letter grade, etc.)…
After wrapping up successful season, UVU has big plans for the future
OREM — The announcement was unprecedented. For the second year in a row, the same university had won several of the highest awards given to college theatre: the Kennedy Center…
Negative reviews: What can they teach us? How should artists react?
As an artist, I share a part of myself with an audience of strangers, and am constantly looking for approval or validation when I perform. I know all too well…
Writer David Kranes and A LOSS OF APPETITE at SLAC
David Kranes is a seemingly inexhaustible writer with 50 plays and 7 novels to his credit, as well as numerous stories, screenplays, and lectures. Mr. Kranes is also a professor…
Director JC Carter and GRACE at Utah Rep & ATG
Utah Repertory Theatre is relatively new to local audiences, but it is carving out a respectable reputation with high production values and fresh scripts. Utah Rep is presenting a season…
William McAllister and playing Jimmy Stewart at The Covey
The Covey Center for the Arts in Provo has been increasingly impressing local audiences with thoughtful and family friendly productions. Their latest offering is Jimmy Stewart Goes to Hollywood, by…