FARNDALE TOWNSWOMEN put on hilarious spin on MACBETH
SALT LAKE CITY — As I walked into The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of Macbeth, I was handed a raffle ticket along with my program…
All-male THE TAMING OF THE SHREW is a delight
OREM — I’ve said before that I’ll never pass up a chance to see a Grassroots Shakespeare Company show, and my enthusiasm only grew stronger after seeing their production of…
HENRY V at BYU stays faithful to Shakespeare
PROVO — Henry V is one of Shakespeare’s best known history plays thanks to the successful film by Kenneth Branagh, and another earlier film by Laurence Olivier. BYU’s Young Company…
A lovely little ROMEO AND JULIET
SALT LAKE CITY — Each year, the Utah Shakespeare Festival (USF) fills patrons’ lives with wondrous professional theater, both classic and contemporary. They go above and beyond simply producing shows…
Grassroots has more than a TEMPEST in a teapot
SALT LAKE CITY — Grassroots Shakespeare Company has a very strong and vocal following. They proudly proclaim that they are an original practices company, meaning—just like in Shakespeare‘s time—that they…
Grassroots’s RICHARD III is a bloody good time
PROVO — Take bucket loads of talent (and blood), bushels of fun (and blood), and . . . well, blood, and you’ve got Grassroots Shakespeare Company’s Richard III. The Bard…
Wasatch’s COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE is lethargic, flawed
SALT LAKE CITY — I’ll admit it. I was selfish when I saw that The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) was on UTBA’s reviewing calendar again. I snatched up the…
Utah Shakespeare Fest’s HAMLET “must not unwatched go”
CEDAR CITY — In a royal court full of glamorous women, elegantly dressed servants, and impeccably well mannered men, “something is rotten.” Not far beneath the surface of this high…
In THE WINTER’S TALE, direction disappoints
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah loves its Shakespeare. From the Utah Shakespeare Festival to any number of local community productions, UTBA has reviewed over 20 Shakespeare productions since October last…
A rip-roaring COMEDY OF ERRORS
SALT LAKE CITY — I was dodging raindrops as my companion and I ran around trying to find the Salt Lake City library amphitheater for the Grassroots Shakespeare Company ‘s(GSC)…