Go and see THE ADDING MACHINE
SALT LAKE CITY — Sometimes we forget that theatre is art. We round up a group of actors and present a show and it’s judged by how believable we were,…
SNAPSHOTS and sketches at the U: Life Through a Camera Lens Combined with Drama
SALT LAKE CITY — What do you get when you give seventeen playwrights a single photographic image as an inspirational starting point? The answer: Snapshot, a play that is more…
HAIR lets the sunshine in
SALT LAKE CITY — Opening night of Hair and it’s a sold out house. When walking into the 100+ seat theater, the energy in the space is tangible. The electricity…
WAVES OF MU is food for your brain and soul
SALT LAKE CITY — I hesitate to review this show using any sort of absolutes. I’m not going to say, “The show was this,” or “It had this effect,” because…
STREET THEATER tells of “The Night the Gays Fought Back”
SALT LAKE CITY — Not many people outside of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning (GLBTQ) community have heard of the Stonewall riots. However, for those in this community,…
A flipped MIDSUMMER at the U succeeds despite odd choices
SALT LAKE CITY — By far the most popular playwright whose work we review at UTBA is William Shakespeare. With this review, UTBA has now reviewed 20 productions of the…
New Look for SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah’s Department of Theater has made a fantastic choice in Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World. Bordering on a musical and…
HENRY IV, PART 1 at the Babcock
SALT LAKE CITY — Henry IV, Part 1 is number 6 of 8 and perhaps one of the most famous of Shakespeare’s 8 “history plays.” In short, the history plays…
Boxcar Children is more than just a play
PARK CITY — I recently had the opportunity to go see a stage version of Gertrude Chandler Warner’s The Boxcar Children at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City presented by…
Delightful comedy with “Hay Fever”
SALT LAKE CITY — What starts as a romantic weekend getaway turns into a fight for sanity in the University of Utah’s classic Noel Coward comedy, Hay Fever. Set in…