PETER PAN a pleasant play production at CenterPoint
CENTERVILLE — “I Won’t Grow Up.” That song title (and its playful lyrics) perfectly encapsulate’s Peter Pan, the latest musical production at CenterPoint Legacy Theatre. This story of the boy…
SIX SECONDS leaves a lasting impression
CEDAR CITY — Four women’s lives were changed forever on November 22, 1963, when an assassin’s bullet struck and killed President John F. Kennedy. The stories of these four women—all…
Interview with Joshua Stavros, Utah Shakespeare Fest’s Greenshow co-director
CEDAR CITY — Few things capture the feel of the Renaissance as much as a greenshow, and few greenshows can compare to Utah Shakespeare Festival’s. One of my earliest theatrical…
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS is a nice family show
OREM — “I only have to trick one person into marrying me.” That’s how in my years as a single man I would console myself when I felt lonely. Of…
Uninspiring script makes ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER struggle
SPANISH FORK — Mark Twain‘s 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a classic slice of Americana. Between the covers of the book, readers can find a celebration of…
Herriman creates a “big, bright, beautiful” SHREK
HERRIMAN — “It’s a big bright beautiful world!” sings Shrek in the opening of the eponymous Shrek The Musical. And it’s hard to find a more appropriate set of words…
Interview with Kyle Eberlein, Utah Shakespeare Festival actor & cabaret organizer and co-host
CEDAR CITY — UTBA first came to the Utah Shakespeare Festival in 2010, coincidentally the same year that cast member Kyle Eberlein did. That year Eberlein was in the greenshow…
SCERA makes LES MISERABLES a “Master”-fully unique show
OREM — “To love another person is to see the face of God.” As Jean Valjean passes away after a long and eventful life, this line—one of the last lyrics…
MEASURE FOR MEASURE not a “problem play” at the Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — A sense of doom hangs over most of Measure for Measure as Claudio sits in prison awaiting his execution. With a death warrant signed by Angelo, the…
C2E: Why doesn’t UTBA give ratings to shows?
Bryan Johnson wrote in several months ago, asking a question that I receive very frequently: Have you at UTBA considered adding a rating (such as 5 stars, letter grade, etc.)…