THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL provides laughs at the Empress Theater
MAGNA — There are few things that can tempt me to leave my warm, cozy apartment on a cold winter’s eve,…
UTBA members’ WISH LIST FOR 2013
Last year we asked our members to provide a wish list for Utah theatre in 2012. The post was highly…
UVU’s HOLIDAY NIGHT LIVE: a decent night of comedy
OREM — UVU’s 7th annual Holiday Night Live was a night of lively sketch comedy. The humor varies from sketch to sketch, and…
BLITHE SPIRIT leads make for a charming haunt
PROVO — “I’ll go and see anything so long as it amuses me, or moves me. If it doesn’t do either…
VERNON GOD LITTLE provides little depth
SALT LAKE CITY — When I picked up my tickets to the University of Utah’s production of Vernon God Little, I…
A poor PIRATES OF PENZANCE in Draper
DRAPER — The Utah/ Idaho Performing Arts Company presented a two-night showing of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance at…
AIDA in Sandy: Pleasant but not impressive
SANDY — Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida opened on Friday at the Sandy Amphitheatre under the direction of Trevor…
Everyone’s a winner at THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
IVINS — When UTBA was looking for someone to review shows at Tuacahn, I quickly threw in my name to…
Interview with J. Michael Bailey, Utah Shakespeare Fest’s Jean Valjean
CEDAR CITY — It was an unlikely chain of events that brought J. Michael Bailey to star as Jean Valjean in…
An honest, heartbreaking telling of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
CEDAR CITY — So many of us have memories of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer prize-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. It might…