UTBA reviewers sound off: Excellence in 2021
With the end of the year upon us, it is time for one of UTBA’s greatest traditions: the annual post where our reviewers commend the Utah theatre community’s excellent work…
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With the end of the year upon us, it is time for one of UTBA’s greatest traditions: the annual post where our reviewers commend the Utah theatre community’s excellent work…
ST. GEORGE — Opening night at St. George Musical Theater had all the excitement of a pep rally before a big game—which should be expected when the cast is belting…
IVINS — Do you want to see the original Broadway understudy for Dewey Finn perform the role he did 140 times in New York? Of course you do! And you…
IVINS — Tuacahn’s summer production of The Count of Monte Cristo features live animals, a huge outdoor stage, and super performances. The musical, with book and lyrics by Jack Murphy,…
HURRICANE — Hurricane Theatrical’s production of Tarzan, adapted from Edgar Rice Burroughs‘s classic story with David Henry Hwang‘s script, brings together the “two worlds” of talent and enthusiasm and makes…
IVINS — A masked audience is a poor reception for Million Dollar Quartet at Tuacahn this summer. What amazing talent! Yet the audience barely cheered, with their mouths all covered,…
ST. GEORGE — If one didn’t know better, one might think the illustrious Rodgers’ and Hammerstein had a crystal ball when they wrote the underlying themes of the classic musical…
IVINS — Based loosely on comics from the 1920s, Annie made its debut on Broadway in 1977 and, “Tomorrow,” has been in our heads ever since. Directed and choreographed by…
IVINS — If there is one thing that Tuacahn Amphitheatre does well, it is spectacle, and if there is a musical that lends itself well to spectacle, it is Disney’s…
ST. GEORGE — Amid the strains of panic and COVID-19-induced quarantines, there is an effective antidote to combat the hysteria—a little something called laughter. On the night before the government-encouraged…