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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New Joseph Smith Movie Ready to Open
KSL News, 16 December 2005
Article Summary:
A new movie about the life of Joseph Smith is a long-time dream of President Gordon B. Hinckley, who oversaw its production. The film opens 17 December 2011 in the Legacy Theatre and 24 December 2005 “in all of the visitors' centers and church historic sites around the country.”
“President Hinckley had been dreaming about this project for about 20 years, so for us to try to meet his expectations was, first of all, very difficult.” (T.C. Christensen, Co-director & Cinematographer)
