Take a chance to INTERACT at Lyric Rep
LOGAN —As part of the Lyric Rep season every summer in Logan, Utah for the last few years, they have had a show entitled InterAct, which features new works in…
Ancient and modern mix in PROTECTRESS, a work in progress
SALT LAKE CITY — Protectress (music by Jessica Rudman and libretto by Kendra Preston Leonard) falls into a category of art I am hereby dubbing “Barbie Art:” a piece of…
New works series at Utah Shakespeare Fest are “gifts of rich value”
CEDAR CITY — Though the new play development series at the Utah Shakespeare Festival has existed for decades, it still feels like something of a secret to join a handful…
CANYON COUNTRY is a sentimental journey at Great Salt Lake Fringe
SALT LAKE CITY — Local playwright and actress Olivia Buck Smith brings multiple entries to this year’s Fringe Festival. In her Canyon Country seven characters get stranded overnight in a…
Lyric Repertory Company’s INTERACT is adventurous and new
LOGAN — As part of the Lyric Repertory Company season, interACT is a series of new works that are staged readings with the playwright, actors, and director, after which the…
Hart Theatre’s POSSESSIVE! THE MUSICAL will possess you with laughter
SALT LAKE CITY — One of Salt Lake County’s newest semi-professional theatre companies is Hart Theater Company, whose mission is to provide excellent storytelling and unique, diverse, high-quality shows to…
Steven Fales’s MORMON BOY TRILOGY is an emotional journey
SALT LAKE CITY — Confessions of a Mormon Boy first premiered at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center over 20 years ago with subsequent performances across the globe. Written and…
BYU’s reading of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE is a love letter to the Bard
PROVO — In my latest review for UTBA, I praised the unique experience of the staged readings put on by Contemporary Voices at BYU. I loved attending the reading, but…
THE CLEAN HOUSE gets a pleasant staged reading at BYU
PROVO — Theatre fans should be open variety of experiences and expressions of the art form. So, when I heard BYU was doing a series of staged readings, I was…
THE CHRISTIANS is a strong start to BYU’s CONTEMPORARY VOICES
PROVO — Everybody wins with the new series of staged readings called Contemporary Voices, mounted by the Theatre and Media Arts Department at BYU. The readings give students a low-risk…