What’s it like to be a UTBA reviewer?
“You’re so lucky that you get to see all those shows for free.” “You get to go to Sundance to see Seven Brides for Seven Brothers? That’s awesome!” These are…
Winners of the 2012 Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Shakespeare Competition
CEDAR CITY — The results are in! Below is the list of winners of the 2012 Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Shakespeare Competition, courtesy of the staff at the Utah Shakespeare Festival.…
Swarms descend on Cedar City for Shakespeare Competition
CEDAR CITY — The Utah Shakespeare Festival’s annual competition might be the biggest theatre event in Utah you’ve never heard about. For the last 36 years, teachers and students across…
The Veteran Newbie: Where are the Women?
Recently, my Twitter and Facebook news feeds have been dominated by comments on a list released by Theatre Communications Group (TCG). The list is entitled the “Top 11 Most-Produced Playwrights…
C2E: No anonymous comments here
One of the founding principles of our site is that we only accept writers that are willing to publish their name next to their review. It’s far to easy to…
The Veteran Newbie: Mazel Tov, Mandy
Excuse me while I take a moment to gush. And brag. Friday night, I did the hokey pokey with Mandy Patinkin. It was slightly epic. I don’t remember exactly the…
The Veteran Newbie: The 2012-2013 season begins!
September is just around the corner, which means just one thing: Back to school sales. I mean, who isn’t happy when paper, pens, and all those great essentials can be…
The Veteran Newbie: Finding The Next Shakespeare?
I have a confession to make. Until a few days ago, I had never been to the Utah Shakespeare Festival. I know, I know . . . I can hear…
A few words from Utah Shakespeare Festival’s “Jean Valjean”
CEDAR CITY — Several weeks ago, we posted an interview with J. Michael Bailey, the actor playing Jean Valjean in Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Les Misérables. Here are a few more…