MAMMA MIA! is ABBA’s dabba, quite a doo!
SALT LAKE CITY — In her director’s notes for Mamma Mia!, Patricia Wilcox wrote, “What is left to say about a show that has been seen by 60 million people…
Director leaves Pioneer’s TWELFTH NIGHT adrift
SALT LAKE CITY — Taking my seats at Pioneer Theater for Twelfth Night, I saw a promising lovely model ship in the center of the stage. Surrounding the stage was…
Pioneer’s /i/ explores the not-too-distant future in a gripping way
SALT LAKE CITY — In the not too distant future, in a world where technology painfully more ubiquitous, and true human connection is rare, what if there was a chance…
UTBA reviewers sound off: EXCELLENCE IN 2017
With the end of the year upon us, it’s time for one of our favorite annual traditions: the UTBA post about excellence on the Utah stage in the past year!…
“Watch What Happens” at Pioneer’s amazing NEWSIES
SALT LAKE CITY — For years fans have fallen in love with different versions of Newsies. But whether their favorite iteration of the story is the film, the Broadway production…
A joyous second movement in A COMEDY OF TENORS
SALT LAKE CITY — Lightning, as they say, never strikes the same place twice. This old (and highly inaccurate) saying was coined to say how unlikely it is that an…
Pioneer Theatre’s CURIOUS INCIDENT should be curiouser
SALT LAKE CITY — People frequently refer to Asperger’s or autism when discussing fifteen-year-old Christopher Boone, the protagonist of Mark Haddon’s 2003 novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in…
Theatre criticism in the digital age: Dispatch from ATCA 2017
SAN FRANCISCO — Several years ago I found Utah Theatre Bloggers Association, and was so excited to get the chance to see production in Utah and offer my thoughts about…
We all need a little WILL ROGERS FOLLIES in our life
SALT LAKE CITY — “I never met a man I didn’t like.” It’s probably the most famous line said by Oklahoma’s favorite son and beloved American humorist, Will Rogers. He’s…
PTC’s KING CHARLES III is intriguing take on “future history”
SALT LAKE CITY — What happens when Queen Elizabeth II dies? How will the newly minted King Charles III reign over the vastly different country and commonwealth that he has…