Weber State salutes its students in MAKE ME A SONG
OGDEN — Make Me A Song, directed by Kenneth Plain, is a Weber State University revue that gives students an opportunity to perform, stage, and choreography different songs in order…
WSU’s WHERE WORDS ONCE WERE will leave you speechless, in a good way
OGDEN — Weber State University‘s Department of Performing Arts made the bold decision to have “A Season of New Works”—an entire season of new material. Though I love seeing a…
INNOVATION THEATRE takes the stage at Weber State
OGDEN — Innovation Theatre is a compilation of three separate one act performances showcased on one night. Each performance lasted about 30 minutes, with a ten-minute intermission in between each…
Weber’s NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT tries, but doesn’t get it
OGDEN — In the living room of the Long Island beach house occasionally inhabited by the wealthy playboy Jimmy Winter, there stands a purple polyester couch. It resembles a piece…
UTBA reviewers sound off: EXCELLENCE in 2015
At the end of every year at UTBA we collect our members’ thoughts on the excellent shows they have seen that year. And for the fifth year in a row,…
9 CIRCLES is upsetting and necessary
OGDEN—Through the first three scenes of Weber State’s 9 Circles, I sat dreading the negative review I’d have to write. This script could be a winner, I thought, but the…
SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE serves up an irresistible treat
OGDEN — Most people have never heard of the composing team Lieber and Stoller. In fact, Jim Christian, the director and choreographer of Weber State University’s most recent offering, Smokey…
Weber State’s ARCADIA is a heady masterpiece
OGDEN — Often as an audience member, I want to passively sit and relax and to just let the performance happen—to simply be entertained. I see nothing wrong with this—and…
WSU’s DAMN YANKEES steps up to the plate
OGDEN — What can you do when the baseball team you love never quite performs? Do you give up? Learn to accept the losses? Defend your team to the end?…
Cancer is not awesome, but WIT is.
OGDEN — It’s a show about a University Professor of English dying of ovarian cancer? And the play’s title is Wit. So, of course this play isn’t being billed as…