Adams Shakespearean Theatre
Cedar City, Utah
In the early 1960s, business owners worried that the proposed Interstate 15 would divert tourists from Cedar City as they travelled to Zions and Bryce Canyon national parks. Fred C. Adams, a professor at Southern Utah State College, thought a theater festival might encourage passing tourists to exit the new freeway. For its first season in 1962, the Utah Shakespeare Festival used a makeshift outdoor platform as a stage, with the audience seated in folding chairs on the lawn. In 1977, the festival built the Adams Shakespearean Theatre, a replica of the original Globe Theatre.
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Enforce school alcohol ban, state urges
Deseret News, 8 November 1997, page B1
Article Summary:
The state school board wants the Utah Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission to reject a proposal by the Eccles Performing Arts Center to serve alcoholic beverages when it hosts non-school day civic events in an auditorium it shares with Park City High School. Art center officials believe they should be able to serve alcoholic beverages to adults attending performances, art exhibits, or special events such as the Sundance Film Festival. Eccles Art Center officials had envisioned seeking short-term permits for such functions.
