Simon Fest’s LOVE LETTERS mails it in
CEDAR CITY — Einstein made the analogy to say that relativity is like the idea that a minute touching something hot may feel like an hour, while an hour with…
Simon Fest’s EVITA soars, but falls short of a “Rainbow High”
CEDAR CITY — Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Evita is a shining star of musical theatre. A mere six years after the unbearable (and unbearably popular) Joseph and the…
Flaws do not mortally wound DEATHTRAP as Simon Fest
CEDAR CITY — Though originally named after him, the Simon Fest doesn’t just mount Neil Simon shows, as the two I saw this past weekend were written by other authors.…
BILOXI BLUES is worth the ride
CEDAR CITY — It’s another beautiful day at the Neil Simon Festival, and Biloxi Blues is a great experience. Neil Simon wrote this comedic play, and, like other plays in…
Real people in a real family on stage in BROADWAY BOUND
CEDAR CITY — Broadway Bound by Neil Simon is a story of dreams. Whether those dreams are chased or forgotten or abandoned or sacrificed or lived, they shape and mold…
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, but with an aunt and two cousins as well. A…
ON GOLDEN POND fails to rise above the mundane
CEDAR CITY — Imagine sitting in a living room watching the mundane, everyday conversations that move a family through a typical summer. Such moments are easy to picture and are…
I’M NOT RAPPAPORT deals sensitively with aging and humanity
CEDAR CITY — The final production rounding out this years Neil Simon Festival in Cedar City is I’m Not Rappaport by Herb Gardner. I’m Not Rappaport is a story revolving…
A “Remarkable” FOREIGNER has come to Cedar City
CEDAR CITY — When I told friends that I was going down to Cedar City to see some plays at a festival, they all assumed I was going to the…
LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR is constantly hilarious
CEDAR CITY — As a devoted fan of Tina Fey’s 30 Rock, I can’t get enough of backstage comedies. That’s why I couldn’t have been more delighted to see the…