Pioneer Theatre’s MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS is first class
SALT LAKE CITY — Peeling back the layers of design, dialogue and character in a mystery is both the challenge and the thrill of making and seeing such a production.…
Utah stars shine with JOSEPH…DREAMCOAT IN CONCERT at the Eccles
SALT LAKE CITY — The most reviewed play by UTBA, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (directed by Tanner J. Christensen) is playing a brief weekend run in a concert…
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS is a world of spectacle at the Sandy Hale
SANDY — The more local theatre I see in Utah (and around the country), the more convinced I am that each theatre company has something special and unique to offer.…
WITHERED ALL is perfect for Shakespeare lovers
SALT LAKE CITY — “I’d give you some violets – but they withered all when my father died.” (Hamlet 4.5) Withered All, an original play written and directed by Miranda…
Hart Theater Company’s NINE adds up to a great evening
TAYLORSVILLE — Maury Yeston’s musical Nine, opened on Broadway in 1983. It won the Tony Award for best musical that year. However, it has never been reviewed by UTBA, likely…
Say it three times: BEETLEJUICE is a crowd pleaser
SALT LAKE CITY — Beetlejuice (with music and lyrics by Eddie Perfect and a book by Scott Brown and Anthony King) is a technical triumph with non-stop laughs. Beetlejuice is…
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…
Only “Trouble” is in missing THE MUSIC MAN in Sandy
SANDY — Certain plays are so iconic that as a critic, I arrive asking myself, “What is left to be said about this show?” The Music Man, first premiered in…
Hale Centre Theatre’s CATCH ME IF YOU CAN is definitely worth pursuing
SANDY — From the very moment entering the theatre, 1960s pop music sets the time period and mood when, as the lights dim, the music turns forboding. The show is…
MEANINGLESS is a sublime spiritual journey at Great Salt Lake Fringe
SALT LAKE CITY — Meaningless is a poignant, one-man show by Rodney Brazil, in which he chronicles the book of Ecclesiastes from the Bible. Rodney opens the performance with a…