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.
Menu
BYU's movie theater closes after 37 years
Provo Daily Herald, 4 September 2001
Article Summary:
The Varsity Theater will be closed when the fall semester begins on 8 September 2001, after being in operation for 37 years. It will now be used as a lecture hall and for concerts and talent and comedy shows. The theater was required by BYU to cover its costs to remain in operation. Ticket sales plummeted after the Varsity stopped showing edited movies.
