Effervescent EMMA THE MUSICAL is a win at the Utah Shakespeare Fest
CEDAR CITY — It was the year 2000 when the Utah Shakespeare Festival was awarded a Tony for outstanding work as a regional theatre. About that same time lyricist and…
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…
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG is so right at Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — Whether it was a high school production of Oklahoma! or your church’s last Christmas pageant, it is a truth universally acknowledged that bad community theatre, like death,…
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…
Utah Shakespeare Festival’s A RAISIN IN THE SUN is plump with talent
CEDAR CITY — There is a beautiful moment in A Raisin in the Sun when Walter Lee lays out a very specific vision he has for a moment in his…
MACABRE is art for artists
CEDAR CITY — New works are always exciting. To have the chance to actively participate in the creation of art, or to bear witness to the workshop process is a…
Let the record show: THURGOOD is thoroughly good at Utah Shakes
CEDAR CITY — A 20th century American hero, Thurgood Marshall claims titles such as civil rights activist, the first African American Solicitor General of the United States, and the first…
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…
Utah Shakespeare’s TEMPEST has strengths and occasional storms
CEDAR CITY — Shakespeare’s The Tempest tells a storm-tossed tale of shipwreck, new love, and letting grudges go. Utah Shakespeare Festival’s current production has much to admire, and some things…