All aboard for laughs at ANYTHING GOES
MAGNA — If laughter is the best medicine, Cole Porter’s Anything Goes should be widely prescribed. Though the Empress Theatre’s production of the musical is anything but perfect, one thing…
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE is a visual feast
OREM — Acting Up!, SCERA’s award-winning musical troupe comprised of high school students, took on the challenge of Gilbert and Sullivan‘s The Pirates of Penzance and oh boy, did they…
Fall in love with Utah Rep’s I LOVE YOU BECAUSE
MURRAY — For years, both movies and television have romanticized the quest for true love in New York with classics like Breakfast at Tiffany’s and long running tv-shows like Friends.…
THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS is a comic gem
PROVO — In the eighteenth century, Carlo Goldoni led an effort to reform commedia dell’arte and make it a respectable art form once again. His efforts finally led him to…
Fear and crowd politics in absorbing COMEDY OF OEDIPUS
OGDEN — “The truth is the truth because it is the truth.” Or so declares Tiresias, the blind prophet of Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex who serves as the narrator in this…
Take a hilarious trip to the 1960s with THE ODD COUPLE
SALT LAKE CITY — The house was packed at Pioneer Theater Company on Friday. Good for them, obviously, but I felt a bit like a can of tuna. And that…
Bluffdale’s THE MUSIC MAN is flawed, but fun
BLUFFDALE – Meredith Willson’s The Music Man may hold the distinction of being the first musical I’ve ever seen on stage. While I still remember a lot of things from…
The Veteran Newbie: Saying hello to the new Utah Repertory Theater Company
MURRAY — It’s not everyday that a new theater company forms in your midst. So with the second production of the new Utah Repertory Theater about to start, (i love…
Riverton’s SCARLET PIMPERNEL is youthful and fun
RIVERTON — In my opinion, attending a youth production is a fun experience as you get to be witness to talent in the making. I approach such a production critically…
Interview with Darick Pead, Utah native and national tour actor
Utah native Darick Pead is currently starring as the Beast in the national tour of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. UTBA sat down with Darick to get to know him…