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…
Double Christmas pleasure with AMAHL and A CHRISTMAS CAROL
SALT LAKE CITY — How many crippled boys can be miraculously healed through the magic of Christmas? On the stage of the Grand Theatre, the answer is two per night.…
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW is outrageously funny
The Grand Theatre’s production of The Rocky Horror Show plays Wednesday through Saturday at Salt Lake Community College (1575 S. State Street, Salt Lake City) through September 8. Tickets are…
Classic songs pop in the Grand’s MARVELOUS WONDERETTES
SALT LAKE CITY — Do you like music from the ’50s and ’60s? Then the Grand Theatre has the show for you: The Marvelous Wonderettes. It’s the story of a…
Help yourself to a serving of the Grand’s SPAMALOT
SALT LAKE CITY — Fans of Monty Python‘s seminal cinematic classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail will be pleased to know that Eric Idle‘s loving re-imagining of the film…
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE is a sight worth seeing
SALT LAKE CITY — When Arthur Miller‘s name is in the “byline” of a play, audiences can be assured of an evening of great writing, fascinating characters, introspection, and illumination.…
A surefire country hit at the Grand with ALWAYS… PATSY CLINE
SALT LAKE CITY – Ted Swindley’s Always… Patsy Cline has swept the nation since its debut in 1988, much like Patsy Cline herself in the 1950’s and 60’s. Directed by…
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH explores the human family through history and time
SALT LAKE CITY — “We came through the depression by the skin of our teeth, that’s true!—one more tight squeeze like that and where will we be?” launches the starting…
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…
Grand’s LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS grows charm
SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY — I like tragedies. I find I’m in a minority about this. People around me like things to end happy and well. But I like the…