Community Theatre: theatre the theatre community disdains?
Last week, Howard Sherman, producer and recent director of American Theatre Wing, posted a defense of community theatre on his…
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…
Truth fuels Pygmalion’s SEVEN
SALT LAKE CITY — When I took my seat in the Leona Wagner Black Box Thursday night to see Pygmalion…
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…
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…
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…
Review from the Critics Institute, KCACTF 2012
[gss-content-box color=”yellow”]At the 44th annual regional meeting of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival at Weber State University, UTBA…
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…
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…
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…