Neil Simon Festival’s NOISES OFF fails to impress
CEDAR CITY — Noises Off by Michael Frayn is hailed as one of the funniest farces ever written. Unfortunately, the production currently at the Neil Simon Festival did not live…
Real people in a real family on stage in BROADWAY BOUND
CEDAR CITY — Broadway Bound by Neil Simon is a story of dreams. Whether those dreams are chased or forgotten or abandoned or sacrificed or lived, they shape and mold…
It’s a tragedy to miss ROMEO AND JULIET in fair Cedar City
CEDAR CITY — The Utah Shakespeare Festival has decided again to visit fair Verona and stage Romeo and Juliet this year in an insightful, well acted, and gratifying production that…
Dead men tell no tales, but TREASURE ISLAND is still a classic
CEDAR CITY — “There is no honor among thieves,” according to the old saying. This is certainly true of the pirates of Treasure Island, most of whom succumb to an…
Too slow and uneven for this show to be AS YOU LIKE IT
CEDAR CITY — Often in Shakespeare‘s plays, people leave their home to attempt to escape their problems. As You Like It turns this idea on its head by forcing its…
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE is “a very palpable hit”
CEDAR CITY — Shakespeare in Love is a love letter to William Shakespeare. Packed with references to several works of the Shakespeare canon (including Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Two Gentlemen…
Slumber not at A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM in Cedar City
CEDAR CITY — With A Midsummer Night’s Dream being the most popular non-musical play in Utah, the challenge for any local company is to strike a careful balance. If a…
Utah Shakespeare’s GUYS and DOLLS is a safe bet
CEDAR CITY — For readers’ musical theatre needs, I’ve got the horse right here, and it’s the Utah Shakespeare Festival production of Guys and Dolls. In classical musical comedy fashion,…
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Touring MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM is sugary sweet
WEST VALLEY CITY — As a huge proponent of arts education, I am thrilled that one of Utah’s premier acting companies, the Utah Shakespeare Festival, has launched an intermountain West…
UTBA reviewers sound off: Excellence in 2016
The social media consensus is that 2016 was a rough year for America. With a surplus of celebrity deaths and a chaotic presidential election, many people are ready to put…