12 Angry Men at HCT Reminds Audiences of the Power of One
SANDY — 12 Angry Men, at the Sorensen Legacy Jewel Box Stage at Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy, takes the audience inside of a jury deliberation room as twelve jurors…
Don’t Be a Naughty Baby—Go See BYU’s Crazy For You
PROVO — Is BYU’s musical theatre always this good? Last year’s Godspell was my favorite non-equity performance I have ever seen, now here comes an ebullient Crazy For You that…
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE bubbles with life and history at BYU
PROVO — Director Stephanie Breinholt’s voice caught with emotion as she spoke to the audience before opening the final show on BYU’s Pardoe Theatre stage: Kate Hamill’s award winning adaptation…
UTBA reviewers sound off: EXCELLENCE IN 2018
It’s time for the annual UTBA retrospective, where our reviewers send kudos to all the excellent productions they saw in the state this year. There are no firm criteria for…
A beaming production of RADIUM GIRLS at BYU
PROVO — When women working at a factor in New Jersey start falling ill, the cause seems mysterious. Doctors blame poor hygiene, infectious disease, and bad luck. When the true…
BYU’s MARY STUART shows the Tudors as bloody as ever
PROVO — Elizabeth I was not always “Good Queen Bess,” certainly not to her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, whose claim to the throne of England was at least as…
UTBA reviewers sound off: EXCELLENCE IN 2014
December is full of annual traditions, and at UTBA our favorite is our yearly blog post about the excellence we saw on the Utah stage during the year. In 2014…
BYU reinvents Thornton Wilder’s OUR TOWN
PROVO — I have said for years that some of the most innovative theatre in Utah can be found on the campuses of the state’s universities. Our Town, playing now…
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS delights at BYU
PROVO – A Man For All Seasons is one of those plays that I’ve known about of all my life, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen. I was aware…
THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS is a comic gem
PROVO — In the eighteenth century, Carlo Goldoni led an effort to reform commedia dell’arte and make it a respectable art form once again. His efforts finally led him to…