Theatre Reviews by Patrons and Professionals
An announcement from Pickleville Playhouse this month caught my eye. The northern Utah theater announced that for the month of March you can watch an entire performance of Who Shot Juanito Bandito? When our reviewer saw the play last month, she wrote, “My husband was in tears for the majority of the production; I had [...]
Last week, Howard Sherman, producer and recent director of American Theatre Wing, posted a defense of community theatre on his blog titled “Theatre the Theatre Community Disdains.” I agree with almost everything he wrote. I disagree, however, that such a defense was necessary. In fact, I do not believe that community theatre is “Theatre the [...]
It was almost one month ago today that several hundred passionate people gathered together for the first ever TEDxBroadway conference in NYC. I wanted to go so badly. Sadly, I could not. But now I can see what all the hubub was about (and you can too!). Part of the TEDx mission is to make [...]
Student Review: XANADU is a roller derby jam session OGDEN — Weber State University’s production of Xanadu, written by Douglas Carter Beane, is a reconstruction of a 1980 cult film classic. It features the tale of an aspiring young artist Sonny Malone (Sean Bishop), who at the beginning of the play is on the verge of [...]
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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 and university productions. Lasting from February 7 through 11, 2012, this year’s conference drew students, faculty, and artists from Utah, Arizona, central and southern California, southern [...]
For those of you who are on Twitter, we encourage you to tweet about UTBA and about theater in Utah. That means tweeting about productions that are happening, tweeting when you see a show, and tweeting about reviewing. To help you get started, here’s your guide to UTBA tweeting. 1. Tweet from the theater! Tweet [...]
UTBA guest bloggers, reviewers, and staff are united with a common bond: a love of the art of theatre and a desire to foster it at all levels. With a goal of encouraging the development of theatre in Utah, we asked our writers to give us their “wish list” for Utah theatre. Here is what [...]
During 2011, UTBA reviewed over 200 productions from Logan to Cedar City. Moreover, there were likely hundreds of other productions that didn’t receive a UTBA review for a variety of reasons. Instead of trying to systematically evaluate all these productions, we invited our reviewers to reminisce about the year in Utah theatre and tell us [...]
CEDAR CITY — I thought that this year’s crop of productions from the Utah Shakespeare Festival was especially good this year. In my UTBA reviews, I sang the praises of the actors, directors, designers, and the other hard working artists that have come to define the high quality of the Festival’s productions. For almost two [...]
CEDAR CITY — Pop quiz! What attracts 130,000 audience members per year, has won a Tony Award, and has been running for 50 years? Of course, the answer is the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Today marks the opening of the Festival’s 50th anniversary season and UTBA is down in Cedar City covering it all. Here is [...]