Close the book on SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE FINAL ADVENTURE
CEDAR CITY — In one of the first scenes of Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure the title character and his old friend and assistant, Doctor Watson, reunite for the first…
Catch BOEING BOEING before it flies away
CEDAR CITY — Only a Frenchman could write Boeing Boeing. And only the Utah Shakespeare Festival could create a production that is so clever and enjoyable. Set in Paris in…
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…
Utah Shakespeare Festival’s TWELFTH NIGHT justly “plays on” through the fall
CEDAR CITY — “Shakespeare wrote musicals?” I heard on my way to lobby at intermission. “Why yes, yes he did,” I thought cheekily. Modern audiences sometimes forget that Shakespeare’s works…
Neil Simon Fest’s NUNSENSE is a pleasant musical
CEDAR CITY — Long before the Book of Mormon smashed it’s way on to Broadway, there was another religiously themed musical with much more modest origins. Nunsense, a 1985 musical…
LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR is constantly hilarious
CEDAR CITY — As a devoted fan of Tina Fey’s 30 Rock, I can’t get enough of backstage comedies. That’s why I couldn’t have been more delighted to see the…
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is as flat as a comic book
CEDAR CITY — Charles Schulz’s Peanuts comics are some of the most beloved of all time. You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brownis a musical tribute to the classic story. Like…
Difficult to adapt to this SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
CEDAR CITY — I have never adapted a novel into a stage production, but I imagine it must be a difficult process. Becausee most audiences aren’t interested in six plus…
COMEDY OF ERRORS strikes gold
CEDAR CITY — Mistaken identity runs rampant in Shakespeare‘s The Comedy of Errors, a farcical romp that is given new life in director Brad Carroll‘s wild west interpretation of this…
HENRY IV, PART ONE explores honor and history
CEDAR CITY — In a moment of atypical solemnness the lovable drunkard Falstaff asks, “What is honour? A word. What is in that word honour? What is that honour? Air.”…