Under the leadership of Artistic Directors David Ivers and Brian Vaughn, the Utah Shakespeare Festival recently announced its commitment to produce all of William Shakespeare's 38 plays over the next 12 years in a new program called Complete the Canon. This year, 2012, marks the beginning of the program with the rarely-produced Titus Andronicus, as well as The Merry Wives of Windsor and Hamlet.
The Utah Shakespeare Festival recently announced the casting of J. Michael Bailey, a Utah actor, to play the lead role of Jean Valjean in the epic musical Les Miserables. After conducting a national casting search in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles, artistic directors David Ivers and Brian Vaughn found Bailey in the Festival's own backyard.
The Utah Shakespeare Festival recently announced more casting for its 2012 season. Among them are nine actors who have graced the Festival stages before and whom Festival guests will certainly be excited to see again. These familiar faces include Leslie Brott, Sara Griffin, Michael Harding, Phil Hubbard, A. Bryan Humphrey, Ben Jacoby, Max Robinson, Tina Scariano, and George Walker. A complete casting list will be available soon at www.bard.org.
The Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival today announced plans to build a $26.5 million Shakespeare theater on the campus of Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah.
Artistic Director Bill Rauch announced the 2013 playbill to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival company today.
The Utah Shakespeare Festival recently announced the casting of the first ten actors for the 2012 season. All are familiar faces, having appeared at the Festival in the past. Actors slated to appear thus far are Jacqueline Antaramian, Monica Bell, Danforth Comins, David Ivers, Martin Kildare, Dan Kremer, Kymberly Mellen, Roderick Peeples, Melinda Pfundstein, and Brian Vaughn. A complete casting list will be available soon at www.bard.org.
The Utah Shakespeare Festival recently announced the casting of the first ten actors for the 2012 season. All are familiar faces, having appeared at the Festival in the past.
Today the Utah Shakespeare Festival announced an exciting change in its 2012 season. Les Misérables, one of the world's most popular shows and Broadway's third longest running musical, will be playing in the Randall L. Jones Theatre from June 23 to October 20.
For fifty years the Utah Shakespeare Festival has been presenting life-affirming classics with Shakespeare as the cornerstone while entertaining, enriching and educating. The 2011 golden anniversary season has proven to be one of the most successful and memorable years in Festival history.
The Utah Shakespeare Festival announced today that Artistic Director Brian Vaughn will be playing Leontes in The Winter's Tale this fall, as well as directing Dial M for Murder.
The golden anniversary continues as the Utah Shakespeare Festival prepares to open two new plays in the Randall L. Jones Theatre.
Bill Nabel; a veteran actor of eight Broadway shows with 30 plus years on Broadway with over 9400 performances, a member of the original casts of '42nd Street' and 'Beauty and the Beast' - the latter of which he was the only cast member to do the entire 13 year run; has switched hats and will now see two of his many works mounted within weeks of each other. Utah Shakespeare Festival will present the World Premiere of Mr. Nabel's new play LYING TO SPIELBERG at the Auditorium Theatre (351 West Center Street) in Cedar City, Utah on August 11, 12 and 31. And the Village Theatre will present the West Coast Premiere of TAKE ME AMERICA, a new musical with book and lyrics by Mr. Nabel and music by Bob Christianson from September 14 through November 20 at the Village Theatre of Issaquah, WA and the Village Theatre of Everett, WA.
Bill Nabel; a veteran actor of eight Broadway shows with 30 plus years on Broadway with over 9400 performances, a member of the original casts of '42nd Street' and 'Beauty and the Beast' - the latter of which he was the only cast member to do the entire 13 year run; has switched hats and will now see two of his many works mounted within weeks of each other. Utah Shakespeare Festival will present the World Premiere of Mr. Nabel's new play LYING TO SPIELBERG at the Auditorium Theatre (351 West Center Street) in Cedar City, Utah on August 11, 12 and 31. And the Village Theatre will present the West Coast Premiere of TAKE ME AMERICA, a new musical with book and lyrics by Mr. Nabel and music by Bob Christianson from September 14 through November 20 at the Village Theatre of Issaquah, WA and the Village Theatre of Everett, WA.
The Utah Shakespeare Festival announced today that Artistic Director Brian Vaughn will be playing Leontes in The Winter's Tale this fall, as well as directing Dial M for Murder.
Bardway Baby! is back at the Utah Shakespeare Festival for a second wave of musical entertainment.
Bardway Baby! is back at the Utah Shakespeare Festival for a second wave of musical entertainment.
The 19th annual New American Playwrights Project (NAPP) takes the stage at the Utah Shakespeare Festival August 11 to September 2.
The 19th annual New American Playwrights Project (NAPP) takes the stage at the Utah Shakespeare Festival August 11 to September 2.
Christian Barillas has been cast in the lead role of 'Romeo and Juliet' at Utah Shakespeare Festival, which will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary Season in 2011. The production will be directed by Artistic Director David Ivers and will run in the Adams Shakespearean Theatre June 23 through September 3.
Join the Utah Shakespeare Festival for a special Valentine's Day presentation of "Love Letters" starring new Artistic Director Brian Vaughn and popular Festival actress Melinda Pfundstein.
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