“Pure Imagination” at Tucahan’s CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
IVINS — “Come with me, and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination,” begins the classic song from the 1971 cinematic adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate…
The Stage Door’s ROCK OF AGES is “Just Like Paradise”
SAINT GEORGE — From the moment I walked into the Electric Theater, it was easy to think that I was attending an actual rock concert. Under the guidance of director…
Catch a great show at CATCH ME IF YOU CAN in St. George
ST. GEORGE — Catch Me If You Can at the St. George Musical Theater is an enjoyable night of charm and deceit. With book by Terrence McNally, Music by Marc…
TRUE WEST stays true to its grim reality at Kayenta
IVINS — The latest dramatic contribution at the Center for the Arts at Kayenta steps outside the typical Southern Utah theater offerings of musicals and happy endings with Sam Shepard’s…
Come to Encore! Productions and know A CHRISTMAS CAROL better
SAINT GEORGE—For a story so well known and much beloved, one cannot help but feel as though they are experiencing the journey of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol for the…
RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER shines brightly at Tuacahn
IVINS — On Saturday, November 26, I trekked from my home in Utah County to the Indoor Hafen Theatre at Tuacahn to see Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer if Rudolph’s red…
Kayenta’s CHESS cast makes several winning moves
IVINS — Much like a game of chess, Kayenta Center for the Arts’ production of Chess The Musical proved to be an evening of intricately woven plots, complex moves, and…
SGMT’s latest production lives up to the ideals of CAMELOT
ST. GEORGE — In a script rife with pearls of wisdom, punctuated by stellar singing and acting, one can really start to believe in the idea of Camelot. Billed as…
Stage Door’s PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE is P-H-E-N-O-M-E-N-A-L
SAINT GEORGE — Derived from the original play, C-R-E-P-U-S-C-L-E, by The Farm, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee was originally produced in 2005. With the book written by Rachel…
Tuacahn’s JOSEPH…DREAMCOAT still more feast than famine
IVINS — My last review for UTBA was for this exact production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, featuring David Archuleta as Joseph. With Archuleta’s run with the coat…