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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Renovation of Hotel Utah to Begin Soon
Deseret News, 13 July 1990, page B3
Article Summary:
Christiansen Bros. Inc and Bodell Construction, a joint venture, were the low bidder at $41.8 million for the renovation of the Hotel Utah. A contract is expected to be signed within the next few days and work should begin within two weeks. Completion is expected by the end of 1992.
