A worthwhile heartbreak with COLD STORAGE
SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival is full of talented actors and well-written shows, and Wasatch Theatre Company’s Cold Storage is a great example of that…
ANGELS IN AMERICA have gracefully landed in the Utah Repertory Theater, packing a punch
The Utah Repertory Theater Company production of Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches, plays Thursday June 6th through Saturday June 8th at 7:00 PM, and Sunday June 9 at…
TURN TO PAGE 93 is timely and deep
SALT LAKE CITY — Turn to Page 93 is a Fringe production written by Natalia V. Noble and JayC Stoddard. Produced by Utah Repertory Theater Company and directed by Josh…
UTBA reviewers sound off: Excellence in 2016
The social media consensus is that 2016 was a rough year for America. With a surplus of celebrity deaths and a chaotic presidential election, many people are ready to put…
ROUND² puts entangled lives on the GSL Fringe stage
SALT LAKE CITY — Taking a deep look at relationships, human connection and sexuality, Round², written by JayC Stoddard, centers around four characters and how their lives interconnect. Directed by…
Utah Rep’s RABBIT HOLE falls short of full emotional impact
MIDVALE – David Lindsay-Abaire‘s Rabbit Hole is a considerable work. Chock-full of raw and expressive dialogue, it is so no wonder that the script won the Pulitzer Prize for this…
Pygmalion’s SPARK flares and fizzles
SALT LAKE CITY — Spark opens on the porch of the Glimord home in the tobacco belt of North Carolina. Sisters Evelyn and Ali Glimord are preparing a celebratory dinner…
STEADMAN & WALKER is a gory Halloween show
SALT LAKE CITY — The world premiere of The Hive Theatre Company’s Steadman & Walker (Zombie LLC) is among the most unique theater experiences I’ve had this year. And is…
DEATH OF A SALESMAN is full of nuance and pathos
SALT LAKE CITY — Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman is widely recognized as classic American drama, as evidenced by its laurels—among them the 1949 Pulitzer for Drama plus an…
I wouldn’t date BOB JUAN CASANOVA
MIDVALE — Bob Juan Casanova is a self-guided tour of the title character’s love life starting with junior high in 1999 and proceeding to the present day. Addressing the audience,…