The Black Stache 2 On our way down to California for a few weeks, we stopped in Cedar City, Utah, for the super-fabulous Utah Shakespeare Festival. (It really is fabulous: a few years ago they received the "Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre." Then, more recently, the founding director, Fred Adams, received the "Burbage Award for lifetime service to the international Shakespearean theatre community" - quite a mouthful.)

While we were there we saw Love's Labour's Lost, which was lovely, but their production of Peter and the Starcatcher completely stole the show. It was possibly the funniest show I've ever seen, with a standout performance by Quinn Mattfeld as The Black Stache (i.e., He-who-will-later-be-known-as-Captain-Hook; as shown above). Here's a review of the festival's production in the Salt Lake Tribune and the official trailer below. If you like in Utah, the production runs until mid-October and absolutely justifies the 250 mile drive to Cedar City. Here the link for tickets.

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