The News Is Out: Payson’s NEWSIES Is a Hit!
PAYSON — Spread the word! Payson Community Theatre’s Newsies is a hit! Newsies: The Musical is a Utah favorite with incredible harmonies, dancing, and a motivating theme of change and…
A Thrilling Up and Down RIDE THE CYCLONE at Westminster
SALT LAKE CITY — Westminster University just opened its production of the unique and quirky musical, Ride the Cyclone by Jacob Richman and Brooke Maxwell. Directed by Mark Fossen (adjunct…
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…
Step over to the Covey Center and see THE 39 STEPS
PROVO — A tiny black box theatre, a small cast, and lots of laughs awaited me at the Covey Center for the Arts as I attended The 39 Steps, adapted…
Let’s hear it for a nice FOOTLOOSE at SCERA
OREM — Footloose, the stage adaptation with a script by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie, lyrics by Pitchford, and music by Tom Snow, is always a good show choice when…
“Pulling together” to make a worthwhile SATURDAY’S WARRIOR
OREM — In its opening song, Saturday’s Warrior tells the audience exactly what the play is about. “We must learn why we’re here and who we are.” Although Saturday’s Warrior…
A meaningful MARY POPPINS at SCERA
OREM — The stage version of Mary Poppins differs from the Disney film in many ways. George Stiles and Anthony Drewe added new songs like “Practically Perfect,” and tweaked Richard…
SCERA makes LES MISERABLES a “Master”-fully unique show
OREM — “To love another person is to see the face of God.” As Jean Valjean passes away after a long and eventful life, this line—one of the last lyrics…
I have confidence in SCERA’s SOUND OF MUSIC
OREM — It would probably be impossible to create a better opening scene of SCERA’s production of The Sound of Music. As Chelsea Hendrickson sang the opening notes of the…
Get swallowed up by LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
OREM — At intermission of Little Shop of Horrors at the SCERA, I turned to look at my theatre companion for the evening, my husband, and suddenly realized this was…