Utah Shakespeare Festival creates worthwhile MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
CEDAR CITY — There’s a moment, late in The Merry Wives of Windsor, where Peter Simple stands on stage with his arms wrapped around a pillar just watching and enjoying…
Utah Shakespeare Festival presents touching LES MISERABLES
CEDAR CITY — There’s a song in Les Misérables called “Empty Chairs at Empty Tables,” where the character of Marius mourns all of his friends he lost in a battle.…
GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY is patriotic fun
CLEARFIELD — Having attended several productions in recent years produced by Clearfield City, including having been involved on the production team of a few, I knew what to expect when…
SCAPIN brings cartoonish delight to Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — The majority of the shows in the 2012 season of the Utah Shakespeare Festival deal with heavy issues: religion, revolution, civil rights, murder, politics, rape, revenge, and…
OLIVER! will leave you begging for more
MAGNA — I have been going to the theatre since I was a young child and have participated both on stage and off for longer than I can remember. Because…
Bloody TITUS ANDRONICUS is a rare Shakespeare treat at festival
CEDAR CITY — At the end of one moving scene in Titus Andronicus, Lavinia—the daughter of the title character—carries her father’s severed hand off stage in her teeth. This gruesome…
MARY STUART’s surprise reign at Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — I was actually quite apprehensive about Mary Stuart when I arrived in Cedar City for the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s 2012 season. Usually the Festival produces three Shakespeare…
DAMN YANKEES shows lots of heart in West Valley
WEST VALLEY CITY — Anyone who knows me knows that I love classic Broadway musicals. The Pajama Game, Guys and Dolls, The King and I, and My Fair Lady (amongst…
An honest, heartbreaking telling of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
CEDAR CITY — So many of us have memories of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer prize-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. It might be one of your favorites, or maybe you struggled…
Desert Star’s THE ADDAMS FAMILY HOME EVENING is a snapping good time
MURRAY— The Addams Family Home Evening is the first show I’ve ever attended at Desert Star, and I must say I was impressed. The ambiance of the building itself and…