teresa sanderson

It’s been another busy year for UTBA. In 2013 we reviewed 223 productions—our second-highest annual total. From Garden City to Ivins, our reviewers traveled the state to review plays in…

Every so often as you sit in the theatre you get a moment. The kind of moment that reminds you what true empathy is. All at once you understand a…

SALT LAKE CITY — You know the feeling of landing at the airport in your home state on Christmas Eve. It’s like there’s gingerbread in the air. You feel like…

MIDVALE — I was always something of an odd child growing up. I listened to big band music, old radio shows and loved watching the classics (and not so classics)…

SALT LAKE CITY — When I think of Billie Holiday, I think of black and white album covers, gardenias, and her incredibly distinctive and often imitated voice. Pygmalion Productions’s Lady…

SALT LAKE CITY — If you’re expecting a “professional” review of a production, this post is going to disappoint. Thankfully, I write for the Utah Theater BLOGGERS, which means at…

SALT LAKE CITY — Even the title of In the Next Room or, The Vibrator Play gives us a hint that while you can expect to see a show about…

SALT LAKE CITY — When I took my seat in the Leona Wagner Black Box Thursday night to see Pygmalion Theatre Company’s Seven, I knew I was going to see…

PARK CITY — I have long been under the impression that Gypsy is one of those musicals that appeals largely to theatre people who can understand its showbiz heartbreak overtones…

SALT LAKE CITY — Let’s challenge the thoughts of what our readers think a review on the UTBA ought to look like. I know what you’re really wondering about this…