An evening without regrets at Sackerson’s HINDSIGHT
SALT LAKE CITY — Hindsight, the latest production from the Sackerson, has been advertised as “an immersive walking play” where the audience “follows two lovers falling in and out of…
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE is a sight worth seeing
SALT LAKE CITY — When Arthur Miller‘s name is in the “byline” of a play, audiences can be assured of an evening of great writing, fascinating characters, introspection, and illumination.…
Sackerson’s THE LITTLE PRINCE is pure magic
SALT LAKE CITY — Upon entering the theatre to attend The Little Prince, I was met with warm, Edison-style light bulbs hanging from the ceiling and instrumental French music playing…
Grassroots Shakespeare’s KING LEAR lacks bite, but manages
SALT LAKE CITY — “Come not between the dragon and its wrath,” shouts King Lear after his youngest daughter, Cordelia, displeases him. The aged king’s wrath and his powerless responses…
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…
Engulf yourself in Sackerson’s BURN
SALT LAKE CITY — The natural wood and exposed brick of Avenues Yoga on K Street in Salt Lake City provide the ideal setting for Sackerson’s production of Burn, the…
Seeing THE WORST THING I’VE EVER DONE was one of the best things I’ve ever done
SALT LAKE CITY — I’m sitting in a chair next to a large wooden box large enough for two people, wearing some noise cancelling headphones that play The Mountain Goats’…
Strong cast buoys Grassroots’s ANTONY & CLEOPATRA
PROVO — Antony and Cleopatra, as penned by William Shakespeare, stands as one of his lesser-performed tragedies of star-crossed lovers. As Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra distracts one of the triumvirs…