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OREM — One of the oldest surviving dramatic forms in the Western theatrical tradition is satire. Aristophanes wrote plays that heaped scorn and derision on powerful figures of his day,…

OGDEN — “They won’t buy our milk white bodies so we kinda sell out in some other way,” says the pharmacist to the prostitute in a courthouse where several influential…

SALT LAKE CITY — Every so often, Broadway sees a show that is not only a smash hit, but influences many musical productions for years afterwards. Famous musicals like Oklahoma!,…

PARK CITY — When you attend the Egyptian Theatre, you can expect a show as unique as the theater itself. Nestled on Main Street in Park City, the theater’s surroundings…

PROVO — “How did you get to be here? What was the moment?” It’s normal from time to time for a person to look back on the life decisions that…

SALT LAKE CITY — If you survived stonewashed jeans, crimped hair, turquoise sequined leotards, studded leather, denim, leg warmers, shoulder pads, sweatbands and glam rock, then Rock of Ages will…

RIVERTON — There has been a lot of interest in fellow UTBA writer Callie Oppedisano’s post about community theatre‘s place in the arts. Callie wrote a lot of great things…

OREM — As most of UTBA’s readers are probably aware, many Broadway musicals today are based on successful Hollywood films. In a way, this makes a lot of sense. Broadway…

WEST VALLEY — I’m really torn about this one. When I take it apart, there were a lot of great things in Hale Centre Theater’s production of Zorro The Musical.…

At the 44th annual regional meeting of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival at Weber State University, UTBA was invited to participate in the critics’ workshop. At the workshop,…