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…
A magnificent world premiere of THE HOUSE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE
OGDEN — It is rare that you get to hear the words, “world premiere musical,” in Utah, but I have…
Time for CAGNEY to tap out
SALT LAKE CITY — Based on a book by Peter Colley, Cagney, playing now at Pioneer Theatre Company, is a…
FLY MORE THAN YOU FALL soars
OREM — I am a believer that music has the power to move mountains—and the human soul. A musical theatre…
EVERY BRILLIANT THING lives up to its name
CEDAR CITY — On a list of every brilliant thing in life, the Utah Shakespeare Festival production of, Every Brilliant…
CLYBOURNE PARK asks the hard questions
LOGAN — Lyric Repertory Theatre has made an interesting choice this season to do the classic A Raisin in the…
“Lay All Your Love on” Lyric Rep’s MAMMA MIA
LOGAN — Mamma Mia!, here we go again. Ever since the rights came out for this show to be produced…
CITIZEN WONG, a breath of fresh theatrical air
SALT LAKE CITY — In Utah, schools teach a great deal about the joining of the east and west sides…
A shimmering, fleeting SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE at Weber
OGDEN — In the song “Finishing the Hat,” from Sunday in the Park with George, the artist George Seurat makes…
Hope and despair OFF THE MAP: THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES and THE OTHER MOZART
PROVO — For a sixth year, Off The Map, BYU’s international theatre festival, has brought diverse foreign theatre conveniently to a Utah…