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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…
CEDAR CITY — Shakespeare is well-known for his work in the three main genres that his plays fit into: histories, comedies, and tragedies. However, many of his later plays fall…
CEDAR CITY — Last year, the Utah Shakespeare Festival produced The 39 Steps, a stage adaptation of a 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film. This year the Festival has decided to produce…
CEDAR CITY — When UTBA went to Cedar City last July, we had a few things in mind when we conducted interviews. Basically, we wished to talk with people about…
CEDAR CITY — “Two households, both alike in dignity . . .” Thus begins one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, Romeo and Juliet. This play is so famous that many…
CEDAR CITY — In 1990 Love Letters, by A.R. Gurney, was one of the finalists for The Pulitzer Prize drama category. On February 4 and 5, 2011, the Guild of…
CEDAR CITY — Come with me to 17th Century Messina for Shakespeare’s ever enjoyable Much Ado about Nothing. Step into the Utah Shakespearean Festival’s Globe Theatre, and prepare to be…
CEDAR CITY — Adaptation is a staple of entertainment. Yes, capitalizing on a good story in one medium might certainly decrease the risk and up the profits of producing it…
