What is the Henriad? Where did the word “Henriad” come from?
Last year at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, I came across a term that I had never heard before: “Henriad.” After hearing a few Festival artists throw the term around, I…
The math error at the heart of the NEWSIES stage musical
The national tour of Newsies is in Salt Lake City this week, and my fellow UTBA member Andrea Fife says that the show is a sheer delight. I saw the…
2016 UT High School Musical Theatre Awards showcases young talent
OGDEN — Sponsored by the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre (UFOMT) and hosted by Michael Ballam, the Utah High School Musical Theatre Awards (UHSMTA) held its 6th annual award…
Sneak peak at the new Eccles Theater in downtown SLC
SALT LAKE CITY — It is not very often that a theatre critic gets excited to don a construction hat and orange vest and walk around a construction site, but…
BroadwayCon: an event for theatre fans, by theatre fans
NEW YORK CITY — When Anthony Rapp, Broadway star best known as Mark in Rent, announced that he would be organizing a BroadwayCon with Mischief Management and Playbill last year,…
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,…
Interview with actors playing Henry IV and Henry V in the HENRIAD series
CEDAR CITY — One of the most ambitious theatrical projects in Utah right now is the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s effort to produce every Shakespeare play over the course of 12…
Women actors cut to the heart of Julius Caesar
SALT LAKE CITY — The Grassroots Shakespeare Company’s Summer tour is well underway, and this year one of the offerings is Julius Caesar; typically a male-oriented play about power and…
Imagining the future: Playwright Melissa Leilani Larson shares thoughts on her process and asks a heady “what if” with Plan-B’s PILOT PROGRAM
SALT LAKE CITY — Melissa Leilani Larson is a playwright and screenwriter based in Utah whose work includes a lauded stage adaptation of Pride and Prejudice at BYU in 2014…
Comedy, philosophy, and the appeal of the theatre: playwright William Missouri Downs on his process and SLAC’s premiere of MR PERFECT
William Missouri Downs is an author, playwright, actor, director and screenwriter. Some of his previous credits include being a staff writer for My Two Dads as well as writing for…