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…
Live “a charmed life” by seeing Tooele Valley Theatre’s MACBETH
TOOELE — Nestled in a small outdoor amphitheater with a natural wooded background as storm clouds loomed overhead, a child (played by Lauryn Ray) plays on the ground with a…
London actors’ ROMEO AND JULIET at BYU is worthy of an encore
PROVO — In his book The Director’s Vision, indicates that for something to be theatre, it must have actors, a stage, and an audience. The minimalist production of William Shakespeare’s…
“Attention must be paid” to Broadway’s DEATH OF A SALESMAN
NEW YORK CITY — Tragedies have been part of theatre since the time of the ancient Greeks. But Arthur Miller‘s Death of a Salesman took a genre that originally told…
Grassroots Shakespeare’s DR FAUSTUS is a merry medieval melodrama
SALT LAKE CITY — Anyone who has spent more than a day or two in Utah will come to some basic realizations about the Beehive State: Utahns love winter sports,…
Leads so good in the Classical Greek Fest’s MEDEA, you’ll go mad
SALT LAKE CITY — It has been long established that “hell hath no fury like a women scorned.” Euripides’s Medea, dating back to 431 BC, may be one of the…
It would be madness to miss the Parker Theatre’s HAMLET
SOUTH SALT LAKE — I do not know how many times I have seen Hamlet. But I do know that the production at the Parker Theatre is the best Hamlet…
A simple and effective ANTIGONE at Great Salt Lake Fringe
SALT LAKE CITY — Attending the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival is something every Utah theatre aficionado should experience. And Antigone, by the Scaffold Theatre Company, is a great example…
Utah Shakespeare Festival’s KING LEAR is a successful tragedy
CEDAR CITY — King Lear is one of Shakespeare‘s most profound tragedies. Suffering pervades the story, and even the few characters who survive experience great hardship. Ironically, the Utah Shakespeare…
WEST SIDE STORY done well
KAYSVILLE — West Side Story, with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, has been an emotional favorite of audiences since entering the scene in 1957. It also…