Vengeance takes a Tragic Toll in USF’s HAMLET
CEDAR CITY — Summer is the perfect time for a campfire ghost story, and since fires in areas surrounding Cedar City provided plenty of smoke in the air on Tuesday…
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM comes to Tooele
TOOELE — It’s been over a decade since I’ve seen A Midsummer Night’s Dream, so I was glad to see Tooele Valley Theatre perform it. The temperature got nice and…
Laugh, Cheer, and Jest with The Egyptian’s SOMETHING ROTTEN
PARK CITY — Everyone loves Shakespeare, right? Well apparently not everyone. On June 3, Park City’s Egyptian Theater opened Something Rotten, a hilarious musical that pokes fun at the legendary…
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING is Worth the Commotion at Grassroots
PROVO — A lively rendition of Much Ado About Nothing by the Grassroots Shakespeare Company premiered at the BYU Botany Pond on May 25. The show encapsulated the fun, witty,…
Undead Shenanigans Afoot with BYU’s HAMLET AND ZOMBIES
PROVO — So much of what makes Shakespeare Timeless is the many creative ways it can be approached. The 1990s were filled with Shakespeare adaptations of all forms from 10…
Westminster’s H5 is Full of Surprises
SALT LAKE CITY — In a state that is home to the second largest Shakespeare festival in the country, where high school students and college students alike have fairly easy…
Lovers take Center Stage: Utah Shake’s WORDS CUBED Series
CEDAR CITY — One of the least known but most excellent theatre events in Utah happens each August as the Shakespeare Festival‘s summer season winds down. From hundreds of submissions,…
A Humorous, Modern Spin – RADA’s TWELFTH NIGHT at USF
CEDAR CITY — Mistaken identity, disguise, love triangles, intrigue – this could describe any number of comedies unfolding on stage or TV, but nobody does a cross-dressing romantic escapade like…
SOMETHING ROTTEN! is a Riotous Renaissance Romp at Hopebox Theatre
KAYSVILLE — Hopebox Theatre’s production of Something Rotten! is a riotous Renaissance revival. With book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell and Music and Lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey…
Grassroots Shakespeare: Original Practices, Modern Passion
On a rainy Halloween night in 2012, actor Davy Morrison skated across a frozen stage at the Castle Amphitheatre in Provo, embodying the murderous charisma of Richard III. For Steven…