SUU’s Midsummer Night’s Dream is a delightful evening in the desert
CEDAR CITY — I love the Utah Shakespeare Festival. I’ve become a big fan over the last few years, beginning when I was a young stay-at-home mom with little kids…
Toil and trouble for the Echo’s MACBETH
PROVO — With ghosts, several murders, and three mysterious witches, William Shakespeare‘s Macbeth is a classic choice for the Halloween season. The Echo Theatre’s production is a Macbeth that tries…
Much to love in minimalist MUCH ADO from London at BYU
PROVO — Nearly every theatre company has done Shakespeare. I’ve seen more high-concept, modernized, stripped-down, period-swapping, gender-bending shows than I can count. And it’s scientific fact that a new production…
A fully magical TEMPEST in Lehi
LEHI — Strange magic exists in Shakespeare‘s The Tempest. When Propsero is cast off from his rightful place as Duke of Milan, he and his daughter Miranda must rely upon…
Utah Shakespeare Festival’s TWELFTH NIGHT justly “plays on” through the fall
CEDAR CITY — “Shakespeare wrote musicals?” I heard on my way to lobby at intermission. “Why yes, yes he did,” I thought cheekily. Modern audiences sometimes forget that Shakespeare’s works…
Salt Lake Shakespeare’s MIDSUMMER mashup is too messy
SALT LAKE CITY — A Midsummer Night’s Dream is probably the most performed of Shakespeare‘s comedies. It is still very funny and accessible for modern audiences and seems custom made…
Interview with Kyle Eberlein, Utah Shakespeare Festival actor & cabaret organizer and co-host
CEDAR CITY — UTBA first came to the Utah Shakespeare Festival in 2010, coincidentally the same year that cast member Kyle Eberlein did. That year Eberlein was in the greenshow…
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…
HENRY IV, PART ONE explores honor and history
CEDAR CITY — In a moment of atypical solemnness the lovable drunkard Falstaff asks, “What is honour? A word. What is in that word honour? What is that honour? Air.”…
MEASURE FOR MEASURE not a “problem play” at the Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — A sense of doom hangs over most of Measure for Measure as Claudio sits in prison awaiting his execution. With a death warrant signed by Angelo, the…