UTBA’s 2025 Excellence in Utah Theatre Part 1
Congratulations to Utah Theatre Arists in 2025! Utah theatre is built on the artistry, leadership, and imagination of the individuals who bring stories to life on our stages. From directors…
AS YOU LIKE IT at USF is Indeed Likeable
CEDAR CITY – William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, directed by Beth Lopes, fills the comedy position in Utah Shakespeare Festival’s 2025 lineup. I am pleased that all three Shakespeare…
Hecate Dominates In Sublime MACBETH at Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY – There is a first for everything, and this season’s Macbeth at the Utah Shakespeare Festival is the first time I’ve ever seen the inclusion of Hecate in…
Utah Shakespeare Festival’s HENRY VIII Deeper than “T’will Do.”
CEDAR CITY — A historical figure who was once little more than a footnote in American civics courses has burst back into the limelight due to the outrageous popularity of…
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 this of Juliet and her Romeo,” I could not help…
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 end of intermission for an outdoor summer Shakespeare play. By…
Too slow and uneven for this show to be AS YOU LIKE IT
CEDAR CITY — Often in Shakespeare‘s plays, people leave their home to attempt to escape their problems. As You Like It turns this idea on its head by forcing its…
Difficult to adapt to this SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
CEDAR CITY — I have never adapted a novel into a stage production, but I imagine it must be a difficult process. Becausee most audiences aren’t interested in six plus…
COMEDY OF ERRORS strikes gold
CEDAR CITY — Mistaken identity runs rampant in Shakespeare‘s The Comedy of Errors, a farcical romp that is given new life in director Brad Carroll‘s wild west interpretation of this…