UTBA Preview February 2025
If you’re looking for exciting live theatre experiences this February, Utah’s vibrant theatre scene has something for everyone! From classic tales and romantic musicals to contemporary dramas, here are the…
Parker Theatre’s PERSUASION Admirable If Not Totally Persuasive
SOUTH SALT LAKE — “Persuasion” is one of only six novels that luminary 19th century writer Jane Austen wrote in her life. Published after her death, a new adaptation is…
Springtime for laughter: THE PRODUCERS delights at the Ziegfeld
OGDEN — I grew up watching all of Mel Brooks’ films with my father, so I’ve always had a soft spot for his work. When I saw that Ogden’s Ziegfeld…
OBT’s GREECE IS THE WORD is a Funny Throwback
SALT LAKE CITY — The Off Broadway Theater Company successfully brought music, myth, and mayhem to their new location at Alliance Theater in Trolley Square with their opening night performance…
EMMA THE MUSICAL is Nicely Done by Music Theatre West in Logan
LOGAN — The popular novel Emma, by Jane Austen, has been adapted in numerous ways. From movies closely following the story to modern adaptations, even if a person thinks they…
Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat is “Lots of Good Fun” at SCERA
OREM — Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat jumps right off of the page and onto the stage at the SCERA Center for the Arts. Based on the beloved…
THE BOOK OF MORMON at the Eccles is Wholly Unrestrained Comedy
SALT LAKE CITY – Playing to a Salt Lake City audience at the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater downtown must be simultaneously unnerving and exhilarating for the cast…
SGMT’s ANYTHING GOES Cruises to Success
ST. GEORGE — From bow to stern, and port to starboard, the trip aboard the SS American in St. George Musical Theater’s production of Anything Goes is, to borrow a…
Excellent Intro to Opera with USU Opera Theatre Rape of Lucretia
LOGAN —The Rape of Lucretia is an Opera with music by Benjamin Britten and a libretto by Ronald Duncan. This opera is somewhat new by operatic standards, having first been…
The Question of Elegance in Little Women at Hale Sandy
SANDY — Little Women combines all the things I love: classic novels of historic times with female heroines combined with slightly more modern musical theatre scores. Based on the work…