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PROVO — Alice Cornwickle’s life is falling apart. Her writing career lacks momentum and her marriage is falling apart at the seams. After a particularly taxing day, she comes home…

It’s time for the annual UTBA retrospective, where our reviewers send kudos to all the excellent productions they saw in the state this year. There are no firm criteria for…

PROVO — When women working at a factor in New Jersey start falling ill, the cause seems mysterious. Doctors blame poor hygiene, infectious disease, and bad luck. When the true…

PROVO — As the Vincent Price-esque voice welcomed the audience to the theater at BYU’s Pardoe Theatre, I knew I was in for a fun-filled evening. One of BYU’s Department…

PROVO — The local library is in trouble. With the city running a deficit and a decreasing usage from patrons, the city council has announced that the library will close…

PROVO — Those familiar with Lucy Maud Montgomery’s 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables and its many sequels know that the title character’s exuberant imagination always makes readers wonder what…

PROVO — Elizabeth I was not always “Good Queen Bess,” certainly not to her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, whose claim to the throne of England was at least as…

In the space of seven months—from July 2017 to February 2018—I have seen four separate stage productions of Romeo and Juliet in Utah. Now it’s time for me to take…

PROVO — Romeo and Juliet is one of the most timeless plays ever written because of its focus on two of the most basic human emotions: love and hate. But…

With the end of the year upon us, it’s time for one of our favorite annual traditions: the UTBA post about excellence on the Utah stage in the past year!…