39 STEPS Over the Top at Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — Each year the Utah Shakespeare Festival typically offers up a fan-favorite light-hearted comedy. This offering usually draws in and satisfies audiences with perhaps less of a penchant…
“Laughter Through Tears” at Simonfest’s STEEL MAGNOLIAS
CEDAR CITY — Every year on my social media pages, I place the shows I’ve seen that year (whether I reviewed them or attended as a guest) into categories; the…
SimonFest’s Live Fiddler is the best part of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
CEDAR CITY — Fiddler on the Roof, with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and a book by Joseph Stein, has been a musical theatre staple since 1964.…
Simple beauty in SimonFest’s ORDINARY DAYS
CEDAR CITY — Cedar City is known for one major theatre festival, however, the southern part of Utah is no stranger to other theatre festivals and theatre productions of all…
Comedy Untamed: Utah Shakespeare Fest’s TAMING OF THE SHREW
CEDAR CITY — The Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre was awash with laughter on Saturday for the opening night of The Taming of the Shrew. Packed with zany comedy and ingenious comedic…
WINTER’S TALE at Utah Shakespeare Festival Has Something for All
CEDAR CITY — The Winter’s Tale is known as one of Shakespeare’s romances. Not the huggy, kissy kind of romance, the Renaissance version which means a “fantastical tale of high…
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UTBA reviewers sound off: Excellence in 2023
The year is coming to a close, and what a year it has been! At UTBA, we published a record-breaking 259 reviews in 2023, including our first reviews for productions…
New works series at Utah Shakespeare Fest are “gifts of rich value”
CEDAR CITY — Though the new play development series at the Utah Shakespeare Festival has existed for decades, it still feels like something of a secret to join a handful…
Crown Utah Shakespeare Fest’s tragic CORIOLANUS with “an oaken garland”
CEDAR CITY — For some people, the idea of seeing a Shakespeare play can be intimidating. “You expect me to not only understand, but enjoy, a 2½-hour Roman political drama…
Utah Shakespeare’s TIMON OF ATHENS is a welcomed surprise
CEDAR CITY — While some have referred to Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens as “problematic” or “unfinished,” the Utah Shakespeare Festival turns all those potential problems into beautiful solutions with a…