New Shakespeare Theatre
Cedar City, Utah
On 16 February 2012, the Utah Shakespeare Festival announced plans to build a $26.5 million Shakespeare theater on 200 West, between Center Street and College Avenue. The new 900-seat theater will feature amenities missing from the current Adams Memorial Shakespearean Theatre, such as public restrooms and a backstage area. A retractable roof will expand the season and allow for possible year-round usage. The playhouse will allow for additional performances, which will draw an additional 30,000 patrons to Cedar City and increase the economic impact of the Festival by an estimated $8 million annually.
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Opera House Fire
Box Elder News, 1 June 1911
Fire started in the rubbish near the back stage door of the opera house early this morning and a host of citizens made a dash for the scene only to find that the blaze had been extinguished. Somebody had evidently thrown a lighted cigarette out of the door, which fell among the paper and ignited it. When the water was turned on the blaze, it had started to burn the corner of the step, so it was nipned just in time, and a disasterouse fire was averted.
