HERRIMAN — Friday night I made my way out to the Rosecrest Pavilion at Butterfield Park in Herriman in the pouring rain. I was on my way to see the Herriman Arts Council’s production of Annie, directed by Stephen Kerr. Unsure of what the weather would contribute to my evening, I armed myself w ...
CLEARFIELD — The Three Musketeers is a popular story, having been made into numerous films, plays, comics, cartoons, and other stories. The production put on by Clearfield Community Arts is a play written by Ken Ludwig, which premiered in 2006. It follows the well known story of d’Artagnan, th ...
OGDEN — Margaret Fuller was one of the Concord, Massachusetts, Transcendentalists. She was editor of The Dial, a journal to which Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry ...
LEHI —"Witches can be right. Giants can be good. You decide what's right. You decide what's good." Show closed August 24, 2013. Ah, Into ...
Excuse me while I take a moment to gush. And brag. Friday night, I did the hokey pokey with Mandy Patinkin. It was slightly epic. I don’t remember exactly the first time I was “introduced” to Mandy Patinkin. It was probably The Princess Bride. Most likely. However, I do remember the first t ...
CLEARFIELD — With a story as often told as the legend of Robin Hood, it would seem difficult to bring something entirely new to the stage. However, Ed Farn ...
CEDAR CITY — Everyday life very rarely includes spontaneous moments of song and dance (although flash mobs are pretty “in” right now), but those musical sce ...
AMERICAN FORK — Based on the popular Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi of the same name, the musical Aida (with music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice and ...
CLEARFIELD — All right, to clear some things up. Yes, I am male. Yes, I have at least watched the movie of Anne of Green Gables. I have older sisters and th ...
SANDY — Like the other recently popular musical set in the 1920's, The Drowsy Chaperone, the script of Thoroughly Modern Millie (written by Richard Mor ...
SOUTH SALT LAKE — The marketing slogan for the Utah Children's Theatre states that their Shakespeare festival is ". . . for kids and adults with s ...
PARK CITY — Evita, as presented by the Egyptian Theater, tells the story of former Argentinian first lady Eva Perón. From humble origins, to a B-film star, ...
OREM — Ethel Savage (Karen Baird) is the widow of a multimillionaire. She decides to place his ten million dollar fortune into a fund to help ordinary peopl ...
CEDAR CITY — For me, the best theatre has always been the type that does more than just entertain. I love a show that tries to improve the audience in some ...
MAGNA — One of the best traits of children is their imagination; the make believe games of young children embody their creativity and innocence. That is why ...
WEST VALLEY — Over 100 years ago, Edgar Rice Burroughs penned the original story Tarzan of the Apes. While Disney's 1999 animated film adaptation took ...
CENTERVILLE — CenterPoint Legacy Theatre’s production of the musical, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying by Frank Loesser (book by Abe Burrows ...
OREM — The age old battle of the sexes comes to a head in Guys and Dolls, a musical originally premiering in 1950 and finding new stage at Orem's Hale ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA — Given the number of world premieres that UTBA has reviewed, it's clear that Utah audiences have an appetite for new play ...
CEDAR CITY — From the moment you walk into the outdoor Adams Shakespeare Theatre for the Utah Shakespeare Festivals production of Love’s Labour’s Lost, you ...
LEHI — Once Upon a Mattress is a musical comedy with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Bar ...
IVINS — Disney’s Mulan, with music and lyrics by Matthew Wilder and David Zippel, Stephen Schwartz, Jeanine Tesori and Alexa Junge, and a book adaptation fr ...
LOGAN — I was raised on musicals. Growing up I often watched the movies, attended performances, participated in shows, and even listened to the records whil ...
MURRAY — I first heard about Utah Repertory Theater Company when an old theater friend liked the new company on Facebook. Their profound goals to start a se ...
HERRIMAN — In my experience, Herriman Arts Council puts on a decent show, and its latest musical, Peter Pan (a musical adaption of the play by J.M. Barrie; ...
CEDAR CITY — It's (unfortunately) not that often that you walk out of a theatre performance thinking, "Wow, that was utterly magical." Howeve ...
PAYSON — Shrek the Musical opened on Broadway December 14, 2008, based on the 2001 movie by Dreamworks Animation. It is a well known, extremely popular fra ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah seems to have a love affair with Shakespeare. Between the Utah Shakespeare Festival, the annual Shakespeare at Pioneer Theatre Company ...
PROVO — There are certain shows that know their audience. Some know their audience a little too well. Such is the case with James Arrington’s perennial one ...
