Long-Time Utah Shakespeare Festival Leader R. Scott Phillips to Retire
by BWW News Desk
- Sep 7, 2016
R. Scott Phillips, executive director of the Utah Shakespeare Festival, has announced his plan to retire at the end of the Festival's 2016 season. He will continue with the Festival through March 1, 2017 to ensure a smooth and successful transition for his successor.
Utah Shakespeare Festival Announces New Play Program, Words3
by BWW News Desk
- Aug 12, 2016
The Utah Shakespeare Festival has announced a new name, an increased commitment, and an enhanced mission, for its new plays program. Formerly known as the New American Playwrights Project (NAPP), the Festival primary vehicle for exploring new works will now be a new program, Words3.
Berkeley Rep Adds AN OCTOROON to 2016-17 Season
by Tyler Peterson
- May 12, 2016
Today, Berkeley Repertory Theatre revealed that Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Obie Award- winning play, An Octoroon, will be the seventh and final production in its upcoming 2016-17 subscription season. The West Coast premiere of the reworking of the mid-19th-century play will be performed in the Peet's Theatre in June 2017.
Utah Shakespeare Festival Will Stage SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE in 2017
by Tyler Peterson
- Apr 25, 2016
The Utah Shakespeare Festival has been selected as one of three theatres to present the United States premiere of the play Shakespeare in Love, adapted from the Academy Award-winning film of the same name by Lee Hall, it was announced today.
Sinclair Lewis's IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE to Open Berkeley Rep's 2016-17 Season
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 28, 2016
Berkeley Rep, always a leader in generating timely theatrical work, announced today that a new adaptation of the classic novel IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE by Sinclair Lewis will open its 2016-17 season. The new adaptation will be created by Tony Taccone and screenwriter Bennett Cohen, and the production will be helmed by award-winning director Lisa Peterson.
Utah Shakespeare Festival Marks Successful 2015 Season
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 4, 2015
The most recent season at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, the last in the iconic Adams Shakespearean Theatre, was a wholehearted artistic success, according to Artistic Directors David Ivers and Brian Vaughn. The last spotlight was dimmed on October 31, after a Halloween production of DRACULA -- and now 2015 is one for the books.
BWW Review: Hilarity and High Jinx Abound in ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS at South Coast Rep
by Michael L. Quintos
- Oct 1, 2015
To put it succinctly, be ready to laugh your ass off. A brilliant, witty melange of slapstick, sight gags, silly absurdity, hyperbolic acting, and even bits of good ol' reliable audience participation, ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS, Richard Bean's exceedingly hilarious comedy of errors, misdirections, and misunderstandings is now receiving a superb West Coast premiere production at Orange County's Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory theater through October 11.
Utah Shakespeare Festival to Present DRACULA and THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA This Fall
by Tyler Peterson
- Aug 28, 2015
The world's most famous vampire, a cigar-smoking man in a dress, and one of theatre's most loveable mutts can all be found this fall at the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Five of the Festival's six summer shows will be closing the first week of September; but Charley's Aunt will continue its summer run, along with two additional offerings, Dracula and The Two Gentlemen of Verona, through October 31.
BARDWAY, BABY! Returns to Utah Shakespeare Festival Tonight
by BWW News Desk
- Aug 7, 2015
Bardway, Baby! is back at the Utah Shakespeare Festival for its sixth annual night of musical entertainment. Bardway, Baby! is a late-night concert event which, this year, will feature the music of Walt Disney productions. Performed by Festival actors, the concert will be tonight, August 7 at 11:30 p.m. in the Auditorium Theatre.
BARDWAY, BABY! Returning to Utah Shakespeare Festival, 8/7
by Tyler Peterson
- Jul 23, 2015
Bardway, Baby! is back at the Utah Shakespeare Festival for its sixth annual night of musical entertainment. Bardway, Baby! is a late-night concert event which, this year, will feature the music of Walt Disney productions. Performed by Festival actors, the concert will be August 7 at 11:30 p.m. in the Auditorium Theatre. Tickets are $25 for reserved seating and are available now at the Festival ticket office, online at www.bard.org, and by calling 1-800-PLAYTIX.
MARY POPPINS Added to Utah Shakes' 2016 Season
by Tyler Peterson
- Jul 21, 2015
With so much to look forward to in 2016, the Utah Shakespeare Festival has secured the rights to Disney's beloved musical, Mary Poppins. Before a public announcement could be made a signed contract and confirmation had to be received which just happened late last week.
Utah Shakespeare Festival Looks Forward to 2016 Season
by Sally Henry Fuller
- Jul 11, 2015
The future is rising at the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Taking shape on the campus of Southern Utah University is the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Center for the Arts, which will house the Festival's new outdoor theatre, the Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre; the Eileen and Allen Anes Studio Theatre; and much needed production, rehearsal and education space.
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