Theatre Reviews by Patrons and Professionals
SALT LAKE CITY — Let’s challenge the thoughts of what our readers think a review on the UTBA ought to look like. I know what you’re really wondering about this show: Did I like it? Yes. Have a lot of people liked it? Yes. Will everyone like it? Nope. Is it worth the money? Yep. Are [...]
WEST VALLEY CITY — A Tale of Two Cities is a powerful and emotional show. The story is complicated, which I should have expected, having been based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Maybe it wasn’t Dickens, though, since Jill Santoriello did write the script, music, and lyrics. It was written beautifully, but honestly, I was lost [...]
SALT LAKE CITY — Several years ago I read the play Well in a dramatic literature class and absolutely fell in love with it. The level of meta-theatricality and its deconstruction of contemporary performance trends really resonated with me and it has since been at the top of my list of favorite plays I have [...]
SALT LAKE CITY — Getting into college is no easy task. High school seniors who want to go on to the next level are expected to have impressive resumes, grades, and test scores. Standardized tests — the most famous being the SAT — can play a huge part in a student’s higher education. Pioneer Theatre [...]
SANDY — The Sandy Arts Guild production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged was an entirely enjoyable homage to the Bard. The premise of the show created by the Reduced Shakespeare Company is to put on a “feat not yet performed in theater” by portraying all 37 of William Shakespeare in one evening, [...]
OREM — Saturday, my husband, son, and I went to see Salty Dinner Theater’s production of Romeo and Juliet—Choose Thine Own Adventure at Orem’s Old Spaghetti Factory. The cast members greeted us as we entered, and they all were very “normal”—very much themselves, though they were already in costume. I didn’t notice this particularly until [...]
PROVO — As I walked into the Margetts Theatre at BYU, I was instantly surrounded by children all “a-chatter” with anticipation for Babe, the Sheep Pig directed by Teresa Dayley Love. BYU’s venture into the world of theatre for young audiences was an overall success. By the end of the evening, I saw countless children [...]