UVU’s counterfeit MIKADO misfires
OREM — Few artists’ works are as timeless as Gilbert and Sullivan’s. Gilbert’s blend of comedy and rhyme make his lyrics…
SHORT ATTENTION SPAN THEATRE has some diamonds in the rough
OREM — “A new play every ten minutes.” That’s the promise of Utah Valley University’s Short Attention Span Theatre, an evening…
8 has a thought provoking staged reading in Orem
OREM — In November of 2008, a majority of California voters said yes to Proposition 8, a legal redefinition of the…
UVU’s THE IMAGINARY INVALID is an evening well spent
OREM — It never ceases to amaze me that Molière’s plays are still ridiculously funny, even after being translated from four-hundred…
Great direction with ADAM & STEVE AND THE EMPTY SEA
SALT LAKE CITY — Walking into the Studio Theatre it’s impossible to avoid looking up. A giant tree of hammered-together planks…
THE CRUCIBLE still resonates today
OREM — The Crucible, as penned by Arthur Miller in 1953, is given apt resonance in UVU’s most recent production of…
UTBA reviewers sound off: EXCELLENCE IN 2012
Last year, we invited our UTBA staff, reviewers, and guest bloggers to tell us what their favorite productions of 2011…
Laughing Matters’s WORST OF show is an uneven evening
PROVO — In everyone’s music collection there is an album or two labeled “greatest hits” or “best of.” These compilations are…
ANDROCLES AND THE LION is a sweet, endearing evening
OREM — The biggest draw for Utah Valley University’s production of their children’s theatre production of Aurand Harris’s Androcles and the…
VINCENT IN BRIXTON is a compelling portrait of Van Gogh
OREM — I can’t stop thinking about Vincent in Brixton. At its most basic level, the play is a piece of historical fiction…