Parker Theatre’s Impressive EARNEST Has Wit Galore
SOUTH SALT LAKE — Like Pirates of Penzance, The Importance of Being Earnest is a Victorian era comedy that has passed the test of time. Written by Irish playwright Oscar…
Parker’s OF MICE AND MEN is the Fat of the Land
SOUTH SALT LAKE — Salinas, California is lush and green with a cool ocean breeze year round. The home of John Steinbeck is memorialized there as his writings so profoundly…
Utah’s Heart in the Hart Awards
WEST VALLEY — As a child, one of my favorite memories was watching Daisy Eagan win a Tony at 11 years old for her role in the Secret Garden. As…
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UTBA reviewers sound off: Excellence in 2023
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…
Parker Theatre’s CHRISTMAS CAROL amply fills the ledger
SOUTH SALT LAKE — The holiday season typically inspires words such as “festive,” “merry,” and “excitement.” As I sat in the Parker Theatre on Saturday, November 19, reading the director’s…
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD at Parker Theatre is a delightful smash
SOUTH SALT LAKE — What happens when you mix a zany Victorian theatre troupe, an unfinished murder mystery novel by Charles Dickens, and a heaping helping of audience interaction? You…
Parker Theatre’s ROMEO and JULIET tragically falls short
SOUTH SALT LAKE — For centuries, Romeo and Juliet has been an entrance point for many to the works of William Shakespeare. Director Brinton Wilkins explores this in his director’s…
Script hobbles Parker Theatre’s WINNIE THE POOH, but actors shine
SOUTH SALT LAKE — For nearly a century, readers and audiences have been pulled into the Hundred Acre Wood of A. A. Milne’s imagination. Known characters such as Piglet, Tigger,…
Chorus makes PIRATES OF PENZANCE captivating at the Parker
SOUTH SALT LAKE — There are works of art with blurred-out backgrounds fading away behind the subject, and there are others where the background becomes the subject through sheer beauty.…
EMMA at the Parker Theatre is elegant and enjoyable
SOUTH SALT LAKE — On State Street in South Salt Lake, there is a small, unassuming building. Tucked in between a car dealership and a storage facility, the former punk…