TEDxBroadway: Watch these videos, seriously
It was almost one month ago today that several hundred passionate people gathered together for the first ever TEDxBroadway conference in NYC. I wanted to go so badly. Sadly, I…
Review from the Critics Institute, KCACTF 2012
At the 44th annual regional meeting of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival at Weber State University, UTBA was invited to participate in the critics’ workshop. At the workshop,…
Utah students shine at KCACTF Regional Festival
OGDEN — Last week, Weber State University hosted the 44th annual Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Region VIII conference. KCACTF is the nation’s foremost theatre festival for college…
Utah Theater Blogger’s guide to Twitter
For those of you who are on Twitter, we encourage you to tweet about UTBA and about theater in Utah. That means tweeting about productions that are happening, tweeting when…
UTBA reviewers sound off: WISH LIST FOR UTAH THEATRE
UTBA guest bloggers, reviewers, and staff are united with a common bond: a love of the art of theatre and a desire to foster it at all levels. With a…
UTBA reviewers sound off: EXCELLENCE IN 2011
During 2011, UTBA reviewed over 200 productions from Logan to Cedar City. Moreover, there were likely hundreds of other productions that didn’t receive a UTBA review for a variety of…
Insider’s scoop on BYUtv’s broadcast of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
CEDAR CITY — I thought that this year’s crop of productions from the Utah Shakespeare Festival was especially good. In my UTBA reviews, I sang the praises of the actors,…
All the Festival's a stage
CEDAR CITY — Pop quiz! What attracts 130,000 audience members per year, has won a Tony Award, and has been running for 50 years? Of course, the answer is the…
NY Times critic: “I believe criticism begins not in knowledge but in ignorance.”
Alastair Macaulay, chief dance critic of The New York Times, in Ballet Magazine, August 2010: I’ve heard people say that you should have watched 800 dance performances before you begin…
World Premiere is 12 Years in the Making
CEDAR CITY — Audience members who attend the world premiere of Great Expectations: A New Musical likely are unaware that the production they are seeing has taken over a decade…