Hop aboard the LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC
PROVO — “You never know what will happen on a train.” This one line, from Arlene Hutton’s script, perfectly summarizes Last Train to Nibroc, an enjoyable production currently playing at…
BYU Young Company’s MACBETH is “but a walking shadow”
PROVO — I have to admit when I heard that Brigham Young University’s Young Company was producing William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth to present to young audiences, I thought, “Really? Macbeth…?…
New ALICE IN WONDERLAND musical is a good match for young kids
OREM — If there is one thing I have learned in nearly a decade of reviewing theatre, it is that the target audience matters. This fact is especially true for…
“It’s a jolly holiday” with BYU’s MARY POPPINS
PROVO — When I was in college Mary Poppins was playing on Broadway. One of my college professors attended the production along with several other shows. After returning from his…
BYU’s OFF THE MAP succeeds–once again
Provo — BYU’s international theatre festival, Off The Map, now an annual tradition in its fourth year, continues to bring new and foreign work to the University’s Provo campus. I…
Funny fraud, hilarious hijinks in CASH ON DELIVERY
OREM — If you’re in the mood to laugh for two hours straight, Hale Center Theater Orem’s Cash on Delivery is where you need to be. The jokes were non-stop,…
UTBA reviewers sound off: Excellence in 2016
The social media consensus is that 2016 was a rough year for America. With a surplus of celebrity deaths and a chaotic presidential election, many people are ready to put…
Give your kids a merry night at THE HAPPY ELF
OREM — Santa Claus is coming to the SCERA! For five nights per week Utah audiences can see him on stage in The Happy Elf through December 17. In The…
NUNCRACKERS is a forgettable night at the Covey
PROVO—Those New Jersey nuns made famous in Nunsense, the Little Sisters of Hoboken, have a new holiday show written by Dan Goggin. In Nuncrackers, the nuns and Father Virgil are…
Blood, bellicosity, bile, and bawd become THE REVENGER’S TRAGEDY
PROVO — It has been nine years since Vindici’s wife Gloriana was poisoned by the Duke for spurring his advances. Now she is but a skull, carried around in ghoulish…