XANADU is the triple crown of musical theater: corn, cheese, and camp
OREM — As most of UTBA’s readers are probably aware, many Broadway musicals today are based on successful Hollywood films. In a way, this makes a lot of sense. Broadway…
Truth fuels Pygmalion’s SEVEN
SALT LAKE CITY — When I took my seat in the Leona Wagner Black Box Thursday night to see Pygmalion Theatre Company’s Seven, I knew I was going to see…
Not even ZORRO can save this musical
WEST VALLEY — I’m really torn about this one. When I take it apart, there were a lot of great things in Hale Centre Theater’s production of Zorro The Musical.…
THE LUCKY STIFF in Murray is a lively surprise
HOLLADAY — Harry Witherspoon is bored. All day long he sits in a shoe shop with no one to talk to but some Italian leather loafers. He wishes his life…
DOTTIE—THE SISTER LIVES ON! She entertains and instructs
SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake Acting Company Theater is a cozy but comfortable building just five blocks north of Temple Square in Salt Lake City. It sits on…
TREMENDOUSLY TALL TALES: Tall tales, low humor
OREM — Tremendously Tall Tales (directed by Robinne Booth) is a show designed for young audiences. It runs about an hour without an intermission, and tells the tall tales of…
LES BELLES SOEURS offers a beautiful story
SALT LAKE CITY — How do you define a people? How do you show their daily struggles as well as their triumphs and still invoke the feeling of a whole…
Salty Dinner Theater’s GUINEVERE has it all: love, danger, kazoos…
MIDVALE — I am a certified Camelot geek. My mother called me Guinevere all the time when I was growing up because “Guinevere” is the Welsh version of my name,…
Pioneer Theatre Company’s EMMA is a delight
SALT LAKE CITY — To begin, I must make a confession: though I am an avid Jane Austen reader, Emma is not my favorite Austen novel or character; she’s rich,…
Sandy Arts presents a classic: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
SANDY — Since the 1941 premier of Joseph Kesselring’s farcical romp through the darker side of comedy, Arsenic and Old Lace has been a fan favorite and one of the…