UTBA reviewers sound off: EXCELLENCE IN 2019
2019 was a great year for UTBA! This year we published 231 reviews, which is our highest total in several…
There’s a lot to love in I HATE HAMLET
CEDAR CITY — For a taste of Shakespeare without having to commit to an entire evening of old English dialogue,…
Hale’s MY SON PINOCCHIO is “like a bolt of the blue”
SANDY — When I heard that My Son Pinocchio was available to review, I was ecstatic. As a little kid, I…
No escape from the gripping psychodrama of NO EXIT
SALT LAKE CITY — Jean-Paul Sartre’s existential 1944 satire No Exit is a slow-burning pressure cooker that explores a single ontological notion: “Hell…
Yeehaw! Sundance’s JOSEPH…DREAMCOAT is a fun hootenanny
SUNDANCE — I’ve never quite understood the phenomenon behind Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. While Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s music and…
BYU’s risky THE CRUCIBLE hides strong acting performances
PROVO — The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a contemporary theatre classic. On the surface The Crucible is a play about…
HAPPYSADNESS lives up to half its title
PROVO — Depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders in America, and it cruelly exacts its toll on millions…
Nerd out with HCT’s THE NERD
WEST VALLEY CITY — For years a colleague of mine has been telling me how hilarious The Nerd, by Larry Shue,…
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…
Utah Shakespeare Fest’s JULIUS CAESAR has nothing to fear
CEDAR CITY — It is a season of changes and transitions for the Utah Shakespeare Festival as they move into…