LUCKY STIFF at the Sandy Hale is more stiff than lucky
SANDY — “Everything is fine,” sings the cast of Lucky Stiff at the Hale Center Theatre. Though this farce was full of opportunities, it left me and the two people…
SCERA’s THE ADDAMS FAMILY is fantastic fall viewing
OREM — Temperatures are dropping, the mountains are turning orange, and grocery stores are filling with gloriously ghoulish decor. Fall has arrived! And what better way to celebrate this spectacular…
Tuacahn’s JOSEPH…DREAMCOAT still more feast than famine
IVINS — My last review for UTBA was for this exact production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, featuring David Archuleta as Joseph. With Archuleta’s run with the coat…
Hungry for more after LITTLE SHOP Of HORRORS at West Valley Arts
WEST VALLEY CITY — In a decade not so long ago on Skid Row, a mysterious plant is purchased during a solar eclipse by a kindly nerd named Seymour Krelborn.…
A leaky show in Hale Centre Theatre’s THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN
SANDY — The Unsinkable Molly Brown has never been a great musical, even though it features words and lyrics written by Meredith Willson, creator of The Music Man, one of…
SGMT’s CRAZY FOR YOU is a tap-dancin’, bass slappin’ good time
ST. GEORGE — After an energetic performance of Crazy for You at St. George Musical Theater, it is clear the cast has got rhythm and they’ve got music. So, as…
PCT’s MATILDA is a miracle of a show
PAYSON — When the Broadway adaptation of Roald Dahl‘s classic novel Matilda burst onto the scene in 2013 it made quite the splash both in the U.S. and on the…
The Hive’s DIFFERENT: THE MUSICAL finds joy in being different
PROVO — I know when I sign up to see a performance at The Hive Collaborative in Provo I am in store for something creative and different. So you can…
Take a lovely holiday to see ENCHANTED APRIL at HCTO
OREM — Enchanted April is a charming story based upon the 1922 novel by British writer Elizabeth von Arnim. The novel, in turn, was inspired by a month-long holiday von…
THE GOOD SHEPHERDS has too many characters in its flock
OGDEN — The Good Shepherds, a new musical by David Nolan and Chriz Metz, and directed by Metz, is a story about a New York Times reporter, Laura (played by…