TURQUOISE WIND seems familiar, but has potential
[gss-content-box color=”yellow”]READINGS / WORKS IN DEVELOPMENT: We love to see new work developed by Utah theatre artists. On occasion, we…
THE GREATER LOVE fosters provocative thoughts
[gss-content-box color=”yellow”]READINGS / WORKS IN DEVELOPMENT: We love to see new work developed by Utah theatre artists. On occasion, we…
KISS ME, KATE has great talent, but lacks direction
LOGAN — Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year, in part, by staging Kiss Me,…
C2E: “We didn’t write the show. So why are you even commenting on that?”
We often receive comments from readers that make me think, “Dave, you should write a post about that.” This is the…
An honest, heartbreaking telling of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
CEDAR CITY — So many of us have memories of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer prize-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. It might…
UTBA reviewers sound off: EXCELLENCE IN 2011
During 2011, UTBA reviewed over 200 productions from Logan to Cedar City. Moreover, there were likely hundreds of other productions…
A WINTER’S TALE won’t leave you cold
CEDAR CITY — Shakespeare is well-known for his work in the three main genres that his plays fit into: histories,…
After slow start, DIAL M FOR MURDER packs the suspense
CEDAR CITY — Last year, the Utah Shakespeare Festival produced The 39 Steps, a stage adaptation of a 1935 Alfred…
August 2011 UTBA Roundup
August has come and gone. Summer is ending and the normal routine is starting again. Kids are going back to…
Insider’s scoop on BYUtv’s broadcast of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
CEDAR CITY — I thought that this year’s crop of productions from the Utah Shakespeare Festival was especially good. In…