Hayley Westwood has been a contributing editor at BroadwayWorld in the Salt Lake City region for the last five years. She has an extensive background in both writing and theatre. An Oklahoma native, Rodgers and Hammerstein lead her to an early love of musical theater when she learned a medley of songs from Oklahoma! for a kindergarten talent show. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism and Public Relations from Oklahoma State University. She has been writing and singing most of her life and is self-proclaimed theatre buff. From NYC to Brisbane, Australia, she has seen a multitude of casts and shows and is delighted to be sharing reviews of the unbelievably talented performers of Utah with the readers of BroadwayWorld.com.
February 11, 2026
Clue Live on Stage! is a delightfully brisk whodunit that feels both comfortingly familiar and almost eerily timely—proof that in an era of hot takes and cold truths, nothing cuts through the noise quite like good old-fashioned farce.
December 10, 2025
The Christmas season is a time to bask in the thrill of hope, and watching this year’s exquisite 25th anniversary special “Hope of the Season – Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir featuring Ruthie Ann Miles and Dennis Haysbert” is one of the best ways to slow down and truly take in the joys of Christmastime.
July 29, 2024
What did our critic think of DISNEY'S NEWSIES THE MUSICAL at Sundance Amphitheater?
June 24, 2024
This may be a community theater, but this is no amateur production. In almost seven years of reviewing shows across Utah, I’ve rarely come across both the level of talent and the production quality that the Timpanogos Community Theater offers with its rendition of ANASTASIA, directed by Andrew Jeffries.
June 12, 2024
GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY (book by Conor McPherson, music and lyrics by Bob Dylan) is a Tony-winning production, now on tour across the U.S., U.K. and Australia. The show is a re-imagining of 20 legendary Bob Dylan songs used to stitch together a patchwork of stories of several strangers in 1930s Duluth, Minnesota.
July 31, 2023
What did our critic think of BWW REVIEW: THE SOUND OF MUSIC AT SUNDANCE SUMMER THEATRE at Sundance Summer Theatre?
January 26, 2023
What did our critic think of JESSICA VOSK LEAVES AUDIENCE BEGGING FOR MORE - TWICE at Noorda Center For The Performing Arts?
September 27, 2022
What did our critic think of BRIGHT STAR at CenterPoint Legacy Theater?
August 11, 2021
If you’re looking for non-stop fun and a cast that can blow the roof off with their killer vocals, you won’t want to miss CenterPoint Legacy Theatre’s performance of SISTER ACT.
July 31, 2021
THE RAINMAKER is a thoughtful examination of the human experience as seen through the eyes of one small ranch family during the Great Depression when an unexpected visitor comes into their lives.
April 20, 2021
After 16 months waiting for opening night, the cast of THE MUSIC MAN sings louder than 76 trombones in a big parade.
January 18, 2021
After nearly a year without a full production due to COVID-19, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre in Centerville welcomes back theater goers for a beautiful rendition of THE SECRET GARDEN, spring version, by Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon, directed by Jansen Davis.
December 11, 2020
Raindrops on roses, a full choir singing, dancing and music and handbells-a-ringing, Richard Thomas narrates while Kelli O’Hara sings - these are a few of our favorite things!
October 9, 2020
To quote Wicked's Glinda the Good Witch, 'As terrifying as terror is, let us set aside our panic for one day, and celebrate!'
December 9, 2019
Kristin Chenoweth celebrates the reason for the season in the Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert premiering December 16 on PBS.
December 1, 2019
It wouldn't feel like Christmastime without classics like a?oeWhite Christmasa?? from Irving Berlin's HOLIDAY INN, which you can catch in person now at CenterPoint Legacy Theatre!
October 8, 2019
In her recent show at the beautiful Noorda Center for the Performing Arts on the Utah Valley University campus in Orem, McDonald was absolutely captivating.
June 22, 2019
If you're not one of the millions of people who are crazy about the Broadway Princess Party, it's time to get on board!
June 22, 2019
The Davis Arts Council has some treats in store for Utah's BroadwayWorld readers this summer, starting July 2 with the Michael Feinstein concert and later with the Broadway Princess Party on August 24, both at the Edward A. Kenley Centennial Amphitheater in Layton.
June 17, 2019
Ever wonder what it would have been like to audition for a Broadway musical in 1975?
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