Hale’s GUYS AND DOLLS is a showstopper
OREM — The age old battle of the sexes comes to a head in Guys and Dolls, a musical originally premiering in 1950 and finding new stage at Orem’s Hale…
SHREK and Saratoga Springs aren’t a fairy tale match
SARATOGA SPRINGS — After last year’s successful production of The Sound of Music, I was anxiously anticipating Saratoga Springs Theatre Company’s newest production: Shrek the Musical, especially because this would…
The GSC cast reigns over a rough HENRY IV, PART 1
OREM — Utah’s Grassroots Shakespeare Company (GSC) is one of the most innovative theatre companies in the state. As has been stated in many UTBA reviews of their work, they…
STEEL MAGNOLIAS survives, despite its weaknesses
PROVO — Annelle, Truvy, Clairee, Shelby, M’lynn, and Ouiser: these six women come together in the small town salon of Steel Magnolias to be beautified and befriended. Shelby is the…
A visually beautiful TARZAN in Orem
OREM — Adapted from the original Disney film, Tarzan: The Musical, brings Edgar Rice Burroughs’s classic coming-of-age story to the outdoor SCERA Shell Theater. In the story, a father and…
A WRINKLE IN TIME explores old ideas, spaces in a new way
PROVO — My memories of Madeline L’Engle’s novel A Wrinkle in Time are inseparably connected to that period in my life when I discovered the magic of the written word.…
Outdoor production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM is a pleasure
OREM — Summer Shakespeare performances are one of those seasonal delights that seem to have become more popular in the last few years. It’s a drastic change from the typical…
All-male THE TAMING OF THE SHREW is a delight
OREM — I’ve said before that I’ll never pass up a chance to see a Grassroots Shakespeare Company show, and my enthusiasm only grew stronger after seeing their production of…
URINETOWN is a #1 show
OREM — If you have never seen Urinetown, you are missing out on a delightfully metatheatrical parody of theatre and society. It is now playing at the Hale Center Theatre…
ENCHANTED APRIL is a good start to a musical
PROVO — Utah Lyric Opera’s production of Enchanted April at the Covey Center for the Arts is an original musical version written and directed by Elizabeth Hansen, with composition by…