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With the end of the year upon us, it is time for one of UTBA’s greatest traditions: the annual post where our reviewers commend the Utah theatre community’s excellent work…

OREM — Peter Pan’s Great Adventure at the SCERA faithfully adapts J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan with an eye toward younger audiences. With a book by Chase Ramsey, music and…

OREM — The popularity of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers baffles me. The score (with music by Gene de Paul, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, and additional songs by Al Kasha…

OREM — Although most people do not think of it as a challenging show, Tarzan is a tough show for amateur companies to mount because of its unusual plot structure,…

OREM — SCERA’s production of Spamalot is so side splitting that describing it exhausts the English language’s supply of words that mean “funny.” Even the best thesaurus is inadequate to…

Every UTBA reader knows that 2020 was a tough year for Utah theatre. For over two months, we did not review any theatre productions because all theaters in the state…

OREM — A Christmas Story: The Musical is part of a trend on Broadway in the past 20 years of turning popular movies into musicals. Given the financial risks of…

OREM — Just two years after the last production of How I Became a Pirate at the SCERA, the company has a new production of this play for young audiences.…

OREM — I thought Cinderella was one of Rodgers and Hammerstein‘s lesser works. Originally written for television, it is about half as long as their other shows, has no subplot,…

OREM — In uncertain times, there is something comforting about a show like The Music Man. For the past five months, Americans have had to deal with lockdowns, riots, closed…