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…
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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…
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…
CEDAR CITY — The latest installment of comedy at Simonfest in Cedar City is a little bit of Seinfeld, a little bit of Shakespeare, and enough British humor to make…
CEDAR CITY — When an estranged married couple reconnects to write the next book in their co-authored series of murder mysteries, there is bound to be some fireworks. Or in…
CEDAR CITY — It was the year 2000 when the Utah Shakespeare Festival was awarded a Tony for outstanding work as a regional theatre. About that same time lyricist and…
CEDAR CITY — As the ever-patient Benvolio spoke the final words, “There never was a story of more woe that this of Juliet and her Romeo,” I could not help…
CEDAR CITY — Whether it was a high school production of Oklahoma! or your church’s last Christmas pageant, it is a truth universally acknowledged that bad community theatre, like death,…
CEDAR CITY — There is a peculiar magic that settles in as an audience returns to their seats at the end of intermission for an outdoor summer Shakespeare play. By…
CEDAR CITY — There is a beautiful moment in A Raisin in the Sun when Walter Lee lays out a very specific vision he has for a moment in his…
Today is New Year’s Eve, and that means is time for UTBA’s annual post where our members discuss the excellent shows they saw in the past year. From Logan to…