A scholarly CATO battles at UVU
OREM — In the defining moment of Cato, the title character realizes that he is on the losing side of a…
Bless your beautiful hide! SEVEN BRIDES is at Sundance
SUNDANCE — I’m glad Utah keeps the flame of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers alive. For some reason, this ’50s…
WAITING features a peek at the hereafter
OREM — Ethan Coen is best known, along with his brother Joel, as part of the film making team the Coen…
HOW TO SUCCEED tries and falters at UVU
OREM — One of the oldest surviving dramatic forms in the Western theatrical tradition is satire. Aristophanes wrote plays that heaped…
“Show me, don’t tell me” at UVU’s SECRET GARDEN
OREM — On Friday I attended Utah Valley University’s production of The Secret Garden. I got to campus about an hour…
ELEPHANT’S GRAVEYARD mesmerizes at UVU
OREM — There’s something different about UVU’s latest show, Elephant’s Graveyard. Sure, the actors never talk to each other and…
Hale Centre Theatre’s MY FAIR LADY
WEST VALLEY CITY — It’ s perfectly natural to walk into a theater with certain expectations, certain requirements that will…
EURYDICE teaches us to live through death
OREM — As long as people have been dying, the question has been asked: what becomes of the dead? Countless…
UVU’s OTHELLO just might take your breath away
OREM — One of Shakespeare‘s most enduring plays is the tragedy Othello. Ever since its first recorded performance for King…
August 2011 UTBA Roundup
August has come and gone. Summer is ending and the normal routine is starting again. Kids are going back to…