Opening night with Shakes’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream"
CEDAR CITY — I would first like to say, what a privilege it is that my first review for Utah Theater Bloggers Association is on a Utah Shakespeare Festival production.…
THE GLASS MENAGERIE at #UtahShakes
CEDAR CITY — I couldn’t be more pleased to begin our second annual trip to the Utah Shakespeare Festival with Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie. My first experience with the…
All the Festival's a stage
CEDAR CITY — Pop quiz! What attracts 130,000 audience members per year, has won a Tony Award, and has been running for 50 years? Of course, the answer is the…
10 Questions with Jo Winiarski, Set Designer
In preparation for our the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s 50th anniversary, we’re resurrecting one of our readers’ favorite features: our 10 question interviews. Choosing Jo Winiarski for our first interview of…
“Love Letters” Celebrates Valentine’s Day
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…
A little, happy production of “Little Happy Secrets”
CEDAR CITY — I’ll start by stating my prejudices. I am lucky to count the playwright, Melissa Leilani Larson as a friend. Beyond that, I am a great admirer of…
A Christmas Carol: For the Child in You
CEDAR CITY — For many people, Cedar City, Utah, is nothing more that just a stop on I-15 on the way to another larger destination, such as Las Vegas or…
Pericles is an entrancing adventure
CEDAR CITY — The Adventures of Pericles, as presented by the Utah Shakespearean Festival, directed by Kathleen F. Conlin, was a bold undertaking of a decidedly controversial piece of Shakespeare.…
“Greater Tuna” isn’t all that great
CEDAR CITY – The comedic relief provided by this fall’s Utah Shakespearean Festival production of Greater Tuna, directed by Brian Vaughn, offered an interesting yet offensive, look at the life…
Utah Shakes Explores “Anne Frank”
CEDAR CITY – Utah Shakespearean Festival’s preview of The Diary of Anne Frank, adapted by Wendy Kesselman, directed by James Edmondson, brought alive the tale of a young girl in…