PYGmalion’s "The Good Body" at the Rose

SALT LAKE CITY— “If I could just fix this, then I’d be happy.” “If I could just change that, then I would like my body.” As women, we all know there are things we would like to change about our bodies. Things we would like to fix or replace. Things we obsess over. Things that [...]

The Hive was abuzz with "Word Play"

SALT LAKE CITY— One act plays don’t get a lot of respect in the real world.  They seem to be the sort of things that are quaint to look at, but don’t really seem to carry much weight.  I happen to love one-acts because you have to get the meat of the story out in [...]

Orphans shine in "Annie"

OREM — As a red head, Annie has always had a special place in my heart. It’s every little girl’s dream to sing “Tomorrow,” right? It was certainly mine. The SCERA gave a few little girls that opportunity with their current production of Annie: the Musical.

Oklahoma! is a Heap Better’n OK!

MAGNA — I hadn’t seen Oklahoma! in years and my two play-going companions, my husband and 15-year-old son, had never seen the live version, so it was a treat to attend The Magna Empress Theater’s production of this classic, directed by Nanny McKenzie.

Hasten to “The Hasty Heart”

WEST VALLEY CITY — John Patrick’s classic comedy The Hasty Heart is the story of a group of recovering Allied soldiers — each from a different country — who share a hospital ward under the care of a kind British nurse, Sister Margaret (Amy Addams Stocking).

See yourself in Circle Mirror Transformation

SALT LAKE CITY — Jump up and down, pose like a tree, and breathe very deeply—playwright Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation has arrived at the Salt Lake Acting Company!  I attending the show on Friday night; and, I tell you what, it was good times.  I was surrounded by laughter, had a comfortable seat, and [...]

Can’t Help Falling in Love with "All Shook Up"

DRAPER — Community theater serves many different purposes, but I think one of the greatest is the uniting of people from various walks of life for about two hours in an evening of fun. All Shook Up by Titus Productions at the Draper Historic Theater was the quintessential piece of community theater, and I loved [...]

March 2011 UTBA Roundup

March was a great month for UTBA because we broke our monthly readership record with over 5,000 visitors to the web site. More importantly, we reviewed 17 productions, including musicals, parodies, new scripts, dramas, adaptations, a revue, and more. The fact that this is a typical month of theatre in Utah shows how lucky local [...]

The Plan: 6 Stories of Faith and Choices

PROVO — In The Plan, a new play written and directed by Eric Samuelsen, we are taken on a journey into the lives of real people of the Old Testament and explore what it means to be a human. The Plan takes six stories of couples from the Old Testament and interweaves the biblical version [...]