Epic 90’s Nostalgia with ROMY AND MICHELLE’S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION
NEW YORK CITY — As a teen in the 90’s, movies like Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion held the campy type of humor we all had grown accustomed to.…
UTBA May 2025 Preview
🎭 Utah Theatre in May 2025: A Month of Must-See Performances Utah’s theatre scene is blooming this May with a vibrant lineup of musicals, dramas, comedies, and family favorites. From…
OBT’s GREECE IS THE WORD is a Funny Throwback
SALT LAKE CITY — The Off Broadway Theater Company successfully brought music, myth, and mayhem to their new location at Alliance Theater in Trolley Square with their opening night performance…
The Elusive SCARLET PIMPERNEL at Off Broadway Theatre
DRAPER — The small, unimposing Off Broadway Theatre (OBT) is tucked off the main thoroughfare in the suburbs and, much like the titular character of their current production, The Scarlet…
Hale has A BUNDLE OF TROUBLE in the script department
WEST VALLEY CITY — 36 years ago, Hale Centre Theatre founders Ruth and Nathan Hale penned Bundle of Trouble. One of their namesake theaters staged an updated version in 2001.…
The Off-Broadway Theater’s A NIGHT AT THE IMPERIAL is a flop
SALT LAKE CITY — A Night at the Imperial, written by one of the theater’s own Cody K. Carlson, is a slapstick comedy in the style of the Three Stooges.…
IT’S A WONDROUS LIFE: a cheerful take on a classic story
SALT LAKE CITY — The Off Broadway Theatre knows how to do the holidays. From the moment I walked into the meticulously and aesthetically decorated lobby, opulent despite its small…
CHARLIE’S AUNT at the Off Broadway Theatre lacks punch
SALT LAKE CITY — The Off-Broadway Theatre’s production of Eric Jensen’s Charlie’s Aunt, directed by Rusty and Sunny Bringhurst is a farcical comedy of manners. A contemporary adaptation of a…
Change course away from PETER AND THE PIRATES
SALT LAKE CITY — Theatre can be magic, but it usually is not. Although I enjoy most of the plays I see, the majority of evenings that I spend in…
DOCTOR U provides the right prescription for laughs
SALT LAKE CITY – I tend to have mixed feelings about the Off Broadway Theater (OBT). They produce melodrama-type productions spoofing pop culture, much in the vein of another popular…