UTBA reviewers sound off: EXCELLENCE in 2015
At the end of every year at UTBA we collect our members’ thoughts on the excellent shows they have seen that year. And for the fifth year in a row,…
BLACKBERRY WINTER is raw and moving
SALT LAKE CITY – The stage is set simply, with plexiglass tables arranged at increments, each bearing a different item: a small wooden horse, a recipe box, a stack of…
You’d do well to see this perspective on faith in Plan-B’s PILOT PROGRAM
SALT LAKE CITY — The play is good. You should attend. Not a lot of tickets left. Pilot Program, a play about a modern Mormon couple called to participate in…
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY is an evening of gripping theater
SALT LAKE CITY — When their father goes missing, the three Weston sisters gather to the family home in rural Osage County, Oklahoma, to help their mother pick up the…
Strong performances and tight direction compensate for an imperfect script in RINGS
SALT LAKE CITY–Truth and lies, guilt and innocence, justice and mercy, and right and wrong get tangled up in the “rings” of life in this courtroom drama, based on an…
Fighting words at Plan-B’s NOTHING PERSONAL
SALT LAKE CITY — Heavy metal music blasts overhead while Susan paces the floor in soft circles. The music is cut by the occasional ringing of alarms pulsing. Susan stops,…
THE RIGHTEOUS and VERY REAL HOUSEWIVES OF UTAH COUNTY: very real and sometimes righteous
SALT LAKE CITY — Mormons. That buttoned-up, straight-laced, hard right bunch of religious zealots who become increasingly more conservative as one zeroes in on Utah County. In The Righteous and…
Plan-B’s SUFFRAGE is not to be missed
SALT LAKE CITY — I’ll be honest; polygamy is not a topic I like to bring up in conversation. It is, however, crucially linked to the formation of our state,…
Davis Arts Council’s ROMEO AND JULIET sparkles in the park
LAYTON — Nestled in the trees, tucked away in a corner of the Layton Commons Park, is the Ed Kenley Amphitheater, a beautiful performance space that plays host to a…
MESA VERDE: Soft beauty at the Rose
SALT LAKE CITY — Let’s challenge the thoughts of what our readers think a review on the UTBA ought to look like. I know what you’re really wondering about this…