Tour the new Beverley Center for the Arts in Cedar City
CEDAR CITY — In a year full of good news for theatre companies in Utah, one story stands out: the opening…
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,…
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…
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…
No victory for THE THREE MUSKETEERS
CEDAR CITY — As he reaches adulthood, a countryman named D’Artagnan leaves home with the aspiration of becoming a musketeer. Luigi Sottile…
You’ll have to make believe you love UFOMT’s SHOW BOAT
LOGAN — In 1992, I was forced to forego my first opportunity to see a touring Broadway show in Salt…
A pleasant MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM in Cedar Hills
CEDAR HILLS — On a evening before the first days of summer under absolutely perfect weather conditions I had the…
Strong cast buoys Grassroots’s ANTONY & CLEOPATRA
PROVO — Antony and Cleopatra, as penned by William Shakespeare, stands as one of his lesser-performed tragedies of star-crossed lovers. As…
THE TEMPEST has some of “such stuff as dreams are made of”
OGDEN — The classic play, The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, is a tale about a father and his daughter marooned…
Enjoy a stroll in the woods with the U.’s AS YOU LIKE IT
SALT LAKE CITY — There’s a popular theory that Shakespeare wrote As You Like It using elements he knew would be…