melissa leilani larson

PLEASANT GROVE — Time is a train that never ceases to move down the tracks. With each passing year, more works are created and more from the past enter the…

Ephraim-Persuasion, a Jane Austen novel that was actually published after her death in 1817, has been brought to the Snow College Theatre stage by local acclaimed playwright Melissa Leilani Larsen…

October is ramping up to be a very exciting and busy month in the Utah Theatre world! Across the state there are going to be a lot of thrilling shows…

If I had my guess, I’d bet that if you asked someone outside of Utah about what artists from Utah they could name, you’d be most likely to hear the…

SALT LAKE CITY — I am not an Austen lover, but it’s hard to not be exposed to her work. When the preshow announcement for The Grand Theatre’s production of…

We had a ton of fun experiencing all that Utah theatre had to offer in April, and now we have a whole new month upon us in May. It’s a…

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…

PLEASANT GROVE — As a theatre critic, I love the chance to see my reliable favorite musicals like Les Misérables or The Music Man, but not as much as I…

OREM — Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, you must have noticed the tremendous resurgence of Regency Era fandom. The recent Bridgerton television phenomenon…

OREM — The first production in 2023 from Hale Center Theater Orem is a new adaptation of Jane Austen‘s comedy Pride and Prejudice. One thing that makes this production special…