emma

The year is coming to a close, and what a year it has been! At UTBA, we published a record-breaking 259 reviews in 2023, including our first reviews for productions…

CEDAR CITY — It was the year 2000 when the Utah Shakespeare Festival was awarded a Tony for outstanding work as a regional theatre. About that same time lyricist and…

SOUTH SALT LAKE — On State Street in South Salt Lake, there is a small, unassuming building. Tucked in between a car dealership and a storage facility, the former punk…

OREM — Hale Center Theater Orem’s production of a musical adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma (music, lyrics, and book by Tony Award nominee Paul Gordon) feels like the theatrical equivalent…

SALT LAKE CITY — To begin, I must make a confession: though I am an avid Jane Austen reader, Emma is not my favorite Austen novel or character; she’s rich,…