comedy

PROVO — I’m not always a Shakespeare fan, but as I watched BYU Young Company perform Twelfth Night, directed by Megan Sanborn Jones, I had a blast. Jones has shortened…

SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah’s production of Hello, Dolly! embodies both the ambition of its title character, Dolly Gallagher Levi, and a few of the unpolished edges…

OREM — If you are looking to step into 2016 with a night of hilarity, don’t miss Larry Shue’s The Nerd, directed by Laurie Harrop-Purser and running now at the…

SALT LAKE CITY — The works of Anton Chekhov, one of the most prolific realist playwrights of the late 19th and early 20th century, are the inspiration for Christopher Durang’s…

WEST VALLEY CITY — Hale Centre Theatre is much more than a theatre, it is a brand—a brand that is synonymous in Utah with crowd-pleasing musicals and comedies. That isn’t…

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,…

AMERICAN FORK — As the new year approaches, many people are setting resolutions. For a determined few, these resolutions result in lasting change. But, for most people, resolutions last a…

OGDEN – In 2013 I reviewed Fairly Potter, a parody that played at the Ziegfeld Theater in Ogden and was written by Rick Rea. For their Christmas show this year,…

OREM — Holiday Night Live is a Saturday Night Live-style, holiday-themed sketch comedy show written and performed by some of the UVU’s funniest students. It features musical numbers, dance breaks,…

CENTERVILLE — There is something unavoidably self-referential about The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Watching a community theatre production of a play about producing a play that involves herding large numbers…