USF is forceful in HOW TO FIGHT LONELINESS
CEDAR CITY — I saw denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Between the tragedies in Neil LaBute’s script, these stages of grief enveloped each character in waves. Because grief doesn’t…
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CEDAR CITY — I saw denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Between the tragedies in Neil LaBute’s script, these stages of grief enveloped each character in waves. Because grief doesn’t…
CEDAR CITY — Where do I begin? How do I review a show so filled with mirth and downright belly laughs that come from the absolute shock and surprise of…
At the end of every year at UTBA we collect our members’ thoughts on the excellent shows they have seen that year. And for the fifth year in a row,…
CEDAR CITY — As a theatre critic, there are moments when my fellow audience members laugh loudly, and I do not. Unfortunately, I am often too busy dissecting the elements…
CEDAR CITY — Rumors abound in 1823 Vienna that an elderly Antonio Salieri, former composer to the Emperor, says that he poisoned his fellow composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 32 years…
CEDAR CITY — In one of the first scenes of Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure the title character and his old friend and assistant, Doctor Watson, reunite for the first…
CEDAR CITY — One line from the title character encapsulates Richard II at the Utah Shakespeare Festival: “Now mark me how I will undo myself.” As the play unfolds, the…
CEDAR CITY — From the moment you walk into the outdoor Adams Shakespeare Theatre for the Utah Shakespeare Festivals production of Love’s Labour’s Lost, you are quickly pulled into a…
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…
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…