All the Beauty at Pioneer’s Beautiful the Carole King Musical
SALT LAKE CITY — Beautiful: The Carole King Musical first opened on Broadway in January of 2014. King herself wrote or cowrote over 118 hits, so making a jukebox musical…
Shakespeare Gets Rizzy at BYU Young Company’s HENRY V
PROVO — Putting the “Young” in “Brigham Young”, the BYU Theatre Young Company is staging an engaging production of Henry V for children. The play was created to tour elementary…
Things Are Found at SLAC’s The Robertassey
SALT LAKE CITY — For the weeks leading up to seeing Salt Lake Acting Company or SLAC’s opening show of 2025, I would pronounce the show I was seeing as…
Power of perspective at Utah State’s CURIOUS INCIDENT is striking
LOGAN — A couple of years ago I read a book from the library called The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time that really stuck with me. I…
West Valley Arts’s PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Gets Everything Right
WEST VALLEY CITY – After a brief closure scare last year, the 2025 season at West Valley Arts comes out of the gate better than ever with The Play That…
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…