Scott Phillips News

ALTER BRIDGE is on a mission: to continue to expand themselves musically while showing that they are one of the best live acts on the road today.

Coming on the heels of the recently released EPK and album announcement, Projected returns with the video for the debut single “Reload.” The video was produced, directed and edited by Jamie Brown for Smoking Gun Productions and can be seen here

Coming off their most-successful world tour to date, Alter Bridge announces the release of a new live album and rarities collection.

Projected unveil new EPK for their just announced Rat Pak Records release Ignite My Insanity in-stores worldwide on July 21st.

???????The Utah Shakespeare Festival announced today the hiring of Frank Mack, a veteran of theatre companies across the United States, as its new executive producer, replacing the recently retired R. Scott Phillips. Mack will join the Utah Shakespeare Festival on September 1.

Blue Man Group has teamed up with Florida Music Festival to host the fourth annual Drum-Off in downtown Orlando.

Blue Man Group announced today that they are teaming up with Florida Music Festival to host the fourth annual drum-off on Friday, April 21 and Saturday, April 22 in downtown Orlando. Video submissions are open from Mar. 13 to Apr. 2, 2017.

Hot on the heels of their most successful headline tour of North America, Alter Bridge are announcing the next leg of The Last Hero Tour in the United States hitting the road this Spring.

At its annual conference the Institute of Outdoor Theatre's lifetime achievement award, the Mark Sumner Award, was presented to the Executive Director of the Utah Shakespeare Festival, R. Scott Phillips.

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.

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.

The Utah Shakespeare Festival will hold its eighth annual fundraising event at Lawry's The Prime Rib Restaurant, 4043 Howard Hughes Parkway, in Las Vegas on Thursday, April 23, 2015. This event will be a big birthday bash in honor of Shakespeare's 451st birthday. Funds raised at this event help to pay for the Festival's plays, interactive experiences, and educational programming.

The Utah Shakespeare Festival has announced Becky Merold as the new production manager for the Festival. Becky has worked at the Festival seasonally for twelve years as a stage manager and has worked on more than twenty plays throughout her tenure at the Festival.

Celebrating talented new voices in screenwriting, the Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest officially announced its top award winners. A complete list of the 2014 winners and official finalists can be viewed on the contest's website https://beverlyhillsscreenplaycontest.com

With a $38 million project under construction, a world premiere adaptation, a visit from England and the continuation of the Complete the Canon and History Cycle initiatives, the Utah Shakespeare Festival showed no signs of slowing down in 2014, its 53rd season. Producing 235 performances in rotating repertory in three theatres for 17 weeks is no easy feat, but through countless hours, a dedicated group of artists has pulled off another artistically successful year. Scroll down for photos from the 2014 season!

Contra Costa Musical Theatre knows how to put on a happy face. You will, too, after two and a half hours of living with Bye, Bye Birdie. Inspired by the likes of Elvis Presley, Ed Sullivan and the bright colors and square designs of the 1950's, CCMT's production features its usual high-tech scenic design and familiar faces in lead roles.

Scholars and lovers of Shakespeare will be traveling this summer from England to America to study why Shakespeare is so popular here, and the Utah Shakespeare Festival is on their list of places to visit.

We Players, in partnership with the National Park Service / Golden Gate National Recreation Area, will present a site-integrated production of Shakespeare's Macbeth at Fort Point, the civil war era fortress located beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. The production runs June 5 through June 29, 2014, Thursday through Sunday.

It is with deep sadness that the Utah Shakespeare Festival shares the news that producing artistic director emeritus Douglas N. Cook passed away on May 31 in San Diego, California due to an aggressive stomach cancer. He was a driving force for excellence at the Festival, dedicating over 37 years nurturing and caring for the individual artists and technicians as well as the Festival as a whole.