Take your “honey bun” to SCERA’s SOUTH PACIFIC
OREM — South Pacific takes place at a critical time during World War II. America is fully engaged in the war, but the nation and its allies have yet to…
Include BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS in your summer plans
CEDAR CITY — Eugene, a young man of nearly fifteen, shares a home with not only his parents and brother, but with an aunt and two cousins as well. A…
Wishing for an extended stay at LONDON SUITE
CEDAR CITY — I’ve probably spoken it as frequently as I’ve heard it, the flippant cliche’ “if walls could talk.” As I ponder it now, I wonder to which walls…
ON GOLDEN POND fails to rise above the mundane
CEDAR CITY — Imagine sitting in a living room watching the mundane, everyday conversations that move a family through a typical summer. Such moments are easy to picture and are…
A laid-back journey at HANK WILLIAMS: LOST HIGHWAY
CEDAR CITY — At only twenty-nine years old singer-songwriter Hank Williams died in a way sadly too familiar to the entertainment industry, an example of the dangerous combination of pain…
What is the Henriad? Where did the word “Henriad” come from?
Last year at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, I came across a term that I had never heard before: “Henriad.” After hearing a few Festival artists throw the term around, I…
Escape into SLEEPING BEAUTY’S DREAM
SANDY — Sleeping Beauty’s Dream, written and directed by Javen Tanner and performed by The Sting and Honey Company, is a retelling of the “Sleeping Beauty” fairy tale. This version…
Music carries THE GERSHWINS’ PORGY & BESS
LOGAN — When I was a pre-teen, my stepfather used to walk around the house bellowing, “Bess, you is my woman now; you is–you is,” in his lovely baritone voice.…
An endearing match in Utah Shakespeare Fest’s MUCH ADO
CEDAR CITY — Some of my very best friends have been people whom I initially didn’t like at all. For whatever reason, I doubted I would ever esteem that particular…
Magic to be had in Utah Shakespeare Festival’s MARY POPPINS
CEDAR CITY — From the moment I entered Randall L. Jones Theatre, the beautiful set transported me into the world of the show as the curtains lay open to reveal…