Endearing production of SHE LOVES ME at Weber State
OGDEN — “I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed this,” wrote author Lemony Snicket, “But first impressions are often entirely wrong. You can look at a painting for the first…
New MOCKINGBIRD explores Asperger’s Syndrome
OGDEN — Art, in all its forms, provides an opportunity for the audience to step into another’s shoes. Although every artistic medium allows the audience to examine the artist’s point…
OF MYTH AND MUD is well designed, but murky
OGDEN — Sarah Saltwick’s play Of Myth and Mud explores the power of women in an assortment of vignettes based in world mythology. While independent of one another, these short…
A lovely THE PLAIN PRINCESS at Weber State
OGDEN — Anyone looking for a delightful, fresh, family-friendly show to attend this week with their little ones should look no further than Weber State University’s production of a new…
Foibles abound in THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES
OGDEN — The Will Rogers Follies, book by Peter Stone, with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Cy Coleman, is a fascinating story of a man…
Weber State’s CHARM lives up to its name
OGDEN — Margaret Fuller was one of the Concord, Massachusetts, Transcendentalists. She was editor of The Dial, a journal to which Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Nathaniel Hawthorne…
CRADLE WILL ROCK resonates today
OGDEN — “They won’t buy our milk white bodies so we kinda sell out in some other way,” says the pharmacist to the prostitute in a courthouse where several influential…
WSU transplants TARTUFFE to the New World
OGDEN — Tartuffe is a classic comedic play written by Molière in the year 1664. A play that is still being staged 348 years after its creation deserves a great…
Review from the Critics Institute, KCACTF 2012
At the 44th annual regional meeting of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival at Weber State University, UTBA was invited to participate in the critics’ workshop. At the workshop,…
Utah students shine at KCACTF Regional Festival
OGDEN — Last week, Weber State University hosted the 44th annual Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Region VIII conference. KCACTF is the nation’s foremost theatre festival for college…