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ANTIGONE is new again in 2012
SALT LAKE CITY — The most important news story of 2011 was, unquestionably, the Arab Spring. Beginning in late 2010 in Tunisia, a fervor of revolution spread through many Arab countries. Massive...
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Westminster’s great ensemble makes a great NOISES OFF!
SALT LAKE CITY — If I had to guess, I’d say that Noises Off! is one of the most oft-produced comedies in the community, college, and high school theatre canon—and for good reason. Skillfully written...
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THE SEA HORSE at Westminster is an exciting experiment
SALT LAKE CITY — Academic theatre can be tough. Collegiate stages across the country struggle to find shows to please their audiences while considering their gender-imbalanced pool of actors and just...
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A small rise out of CURTAINS
SALT LAKE CITY — Billed as, “A murder mystery that will give you something to sing about,” Rupert Holmes’s Curtains is the unique product of murder mystery and musical presented in a show-within-a-show...
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OEDIPUS THE KING is an eye-popping tragedy
SALT LAKE CITY — At the end of Westminster College’s production of Oedipus the King, a chorus of nine actors sang the haunting words, “Call no man happy until that person dies free from sorrow.” In...
View ArticleAGNES OF GOD at Westminster College explores truth & belief
SALT LAKE CITY — In 1977, a nun in upstate New York gave birth to a child which was found asphyxiated in a waste basket in her room. The voluminous nun’s habit made it easy for her to hide her...
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Spend an evening with Chekhov’s THREE SISTERS
SALT LAKE CITY — Many people think that their happiness depends on their life situation getting better. “If only I were thin . . .” “If I could be married . . .” “If I had a lot of money . . .” Because...
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SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR asks fascinating questions
SALT LAKE CITY — In 1921, Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello premiered Six Characters in Search of an Author. It was a curious piece of theatre unlike anything his audiences were familiar with. The...
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It would be a tragedy to miss HECUBA
SALT LAKE CITY — Euripides‘s describes the title character of his tragedy Hecuba as a “mother of sorrows.” A more apt description would be impossible to find. When the play opens she is a widow whose...
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A powerful ELEPHANT’S GRAVEYARD at Westminster College
SALT LAKE CITY – A beautiful retelling of a horrific true story, Elephant’s Graveyard, is the current production on the stage at Westminster College. Yet, the cast provides this beautiful play with an...
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“Sounds and sweet airs.” THE TEMPEST at Westminster
SALT LAKE CITY — In Shakespeare’s original text of The Tempest, King Alonso and company have traveled across the sea from Naples to Carthage for the wedding of princess Claribel. On their way back...
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UTBA reviewers sound off: EXCELLENCE IN 2014
December is full of annual traditions, and at UTBA our favorite is our yearly blog post about the excellence we saw on the Utah stage during the year. In 2014 UTBA reviewed 200 productions, which means...
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These CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD demand attention
SALT LAKE CITY — Despite being riddled with problems, the Westminster College production of Children of a Lesser God is moving on a visceral plane. Haunting cello music invites the audience into the...
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GODSPELL as it should be: welcoming, moving, and sensational
SALT LAKE CITY — Don’t let the title, or any preconceived notions you have about this 1970’s musical, dissuade you. Godspell, written by John-Michael Tebelak with music by the celebrated Stephen...
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Cynthia Fleming, SLAC Executive Producer and Director of SATURDAY’S VOYEUR
SATURDAY’S VOYEUR is back at SLAC for it’s 37th year. Director, choreographer and Executive Producer, Cynthia Fleming is no stranger to the intimidating task of staging an original musical, every year,...
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“Act with speed” to see ELECTRA
SALT LAKE CITY — Written by Sophocles around 411 BC, Electra is a Greek tragedy that proved 2,400 years ago that yes, female protagonists can indeed carry a show. (Take that, Hollywood.) And though the...
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Not much to BEHOLD in ZEBULON
SALT LAKE CITY — Behold, Zebulon is a play about Molly, a shy woman who moves from suburban Ohio to a small town in North Carolina after a mild mental breakdown. Wiling away the lonely hours when her...
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DON JUAN COMES BACK FROM THE WAR is visually striking and stylized
SALT LAKE CITY — We (and by “we,” I am referring to any person attracted to the male of the species), all know one: a man who, rather inexplicably in most cases, possesses that indefinable quality,...
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Westminster’s GYPSY is less than stellar
Show closes April 9, 2016. SALT LAKE CITY — As a theater veteran, it is surprising that I have never seen a production of Gypsy before I attended the closing night show at Westminster College. I have,...
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HERAKLES is a fresh, creative take on classical Greek
SALT LAKE CITY — As one of Greek myth’s most popular and beloved characters, Herakles is most widely known for his daring feats of courage, fortitude, and epic demigod strength. The lesser-known part...
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