Worth the trip to see TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
CEDAR CITY — Treachery against friends was seen as so despicable that few people could find redemption from it. Dante Alighieri famously put traitors in the lowest circle of hell…
Interview with Nancy Melich, Utah Shakespeare Festival literary seminar director
CEDAR CITY — Over the years, the Utah Shakespeare Festival has grown in size and scope. In addition to plays, audience members can take backstage tours, have lunch with actors,…
CAESAR’S BLOOD left me eager to bleed him some more
CEDAR CITY — In November 1864, just weeks after Abraham Lincoln’s reelection, John Wilkes Booth and his two brothers, Edwin and Junius, gave an acclaimed performance of Julius Caesar in…
Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Fred Adams reflects on the past, looks to the future
CEDAR CITY — In our most recent visit to the Utah Shakespeare Festival, we chatted with the festival’s founder, Fred Adams. In this brief video, he talked with UTBA member…
Interview with actors playing Henry IV and Henry V in the HENRIAD series
CEDAR CITY — One of the most ambitious theatrical projects in Utah right now is the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s effort to produce every Shakespeare play over the course of 12…
CHARLEY’S AUNT splitting sides and slapping knees in Cedar City
CEDAR CITY — As a theatre critic, there are moments when my fellow audience members laugh loudly, and I do not. Unfortunately, I am often too busy dissecting the elements…
“This Nearly Was” a great SOUTH PACIFIC
CEDAR CITY — I will likely be exiled from the United States after my pronouncements in this review for two reasons. The first: this was my first time seeing South…
Wildly funny TAMING OF THE SHREW at the Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — When the Utah Shakespeare Festival produced its first season in 1962, Fred C. Adams directed the inaugural production, Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, which tells the…
Not mad about KING LEAR
CEDAR CITY — In King Lear, the natural order of the world is being destroyed. Families disintegrate. Loyalty becomes dangerous. And cruelty becomes an asset, necessary for survival. In the…
HENRY IV, PART TWO takes the crown
CEDAR CITY — “Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown,” a dying Henry IV says as he ponders the stresses and strains that come with kingship. In addition to…