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…
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…
Effervescent EMMA THE MUSICAL is a win at the Utah Shakespeare Fest
CEDAR CITY — It was the year 2000 when the Utah Shakespeare Festival was awarded a Tony for outstanding work…
ROMEO AND JULIET holds up well at the Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — As the ever-patient Benvolio spoke the final words, “There never was a story of more woe that…
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG is so right at Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — Whether it was a high school production of Oklahoma! or your church’s last Christmas pageant, it is…
MIDSUMMER is pure magic at the Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — There is a peculiar magic that settles in as an audience returns to their seats at the…
Utah Shakespeare Festival’s A RAISIN IN THE SUN is plump with talent
CEDAR CITY — There is a beautiful moment in A Raisin in the Sun when Walter Lee lays out a…
A storm of fun is brewin’ at Grassroots Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST
PROVO — Theatre is purest when it is done for the love of it. For the past 14 years, Grassroots…
Book review: SHAKESPEARE AND THE EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGIST
Cambridge University Press released a book last year entitled Shakespeare and the Experimental Psychologist, written by Fathali M. Moghaddam, a…
BYU’s reading of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE is a love letter to the Bard
PROVO — In my latest review for UTBA, I praised the unique experience of the staged readings put on by…