Comedy Untamed: Utah Shakespeare Fest’s TAMING OF THE SHREW
CEDAR CITY — The Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre was awash with laughter on Saturday for the opening night of The Taming of the Shrew. Packed with zany comedy and ingenious comedic…
WINTER’S TALE at Utah Shakespeare Festival Has Something for All
CEDAR CITY — The Winter’s Tale is known as one of Shakespeare’s romances. Not the huggy, kissy kind of romance, the Renaissance version which means a “fantastical tale of high…
Meet USF’s New Artistic Director John DiAntonio
CEDAR CITY — John DiAntonio’s laugh has the sound of appreciating that someone else has made the same connection he has. In my conversation with Utah Shakespeare Festival’s new Artistic…
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UTBA reviewers sound off: Excellence in 2023
The year is coming to a close, and what a year it has been! At UTBA, we published a record-breaking 259 reviews in 2023, including our first reviews for productions…
New works series at Utah Shakespeare Fest are “gifts of rich value”
CEDAR CITY — Though the new play development series at the Utah Shakespeare Festival has existed for decades, it still feels like something of a secret to join a handful…
Why now it’s time to BELIEVE in the Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — In summer of 2021, I saw Cymbeline at the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Eileen and Allen Anes Studio theatre. Through a strange mistake, I thought someone was waving…
Crown Utah Shakespeare Fest’s tragic CORIOLANUS with “an oaken garland”
CEDAR CITY — For some people, the idea of seeing a Shakespeare play can be intimidating. “You expect me to not only understand, but enjoy, a 2½-hour Roman political drama…
Utah Shakespeare’s TIMON OF ATHENS is a welcomed surprise
CEDAR CITY — While some have referred to Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens as “problematic” or “unfinished,” the Utah Shakespeare Festival turns all those potential problems into beautiful solutions with a…
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…