The tides have turned in gender-swapped PIRATES OF PENZANCE
OGDEN — Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance is one of the oldest musicals, or operetta if you will, having premiered at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York…
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OGDEN — Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance is one of the oldest musicals, or operetta if you will, having premiered at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York…
OGDEN — Like many people worldwide, I have spent this week glued to the news of what is happening in Ukraine. My heart ached as I heard of people who…
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…
OGDEN — Decades before the #MeToo movement, a group of Boston secretaries organized the “9to5 movement” in the 1970s to fight for better pay, more opportunities to advance, and to…
OGDEN — Bright Star, written by comedian Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, is based on a true story of a woman who reflects back, telling the story of finding herself…
Every UTBA reader knows that 2020 was a tough year for Utah theatre. For over two months, we did not review any theatre productions because all theaters in the state…
OGDEN — A Fairly Potter Christmas Carol is a Ziegfeld Theater tradition in Ogden. A parody that “borrows” (or as one character points out “we stole that too!”) from A…
As the theatre companies reel from the effects of the coronavirus, a new trend has emerged in the theatre world: streaming productions. The New York Times has reported on the…
Note: Because the coronavirus situation is changing rapidly, some of the information in this post is outdated. Please see the current list of streaming, cancelled, and postponed productions in Utah.…
Note: The final two performances of Newsies were cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The final performance was March 9. However, between March 20 and 29, the production is available…