LOGAN – The musical comedy Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood is coming to the Utah Theatre here on Jan. 30 and 31.
The play is being presented as a touring show by the Theatre Department at Utah State University Eastern in Price, directed by Corey Ewan, associate professor of acting.
Sherwood is, of course, an alternative telling of the legend of Robin Hood, penned by Ken Ludwig.
Ludwig is the one of the American theatre’s most prolific playwrights, whose works have been performed in more than 30 countries in 20 languages.
The Ludwig canon includes farces, musicals and stage adaptations of classic literature.
Our own Lyric Repertory Company has performed two of Ludwig’s best farces, Lend Me a Tenor a decade ago and the recent A Fox on the Fairway.
Other titles by Ludwig include Shakespeare in Hollywood and Moon over Buffalo; two Sherlock Holmes mystery-comedies, Baskervilles and The Game’s Afoot; adaptations of The Three Musketeers, Treasure Island, An American in Paris and Murder on the Orient Express; plus many others.
After watching movie versions of the Robin Hood starring everyone from Errol Flynn to Kevin Costner, Ludwig put his own trademark over-the-top spin on that familiar story.
The playwright’s original script for Sherwood calls for eight actors to perform a total of 38 roles in a musical filled with slapstick and Monty Python-style humor, plus a good deal of audience participation.
Ludwig also included plenty of swordplay, because what would the story of Robin Hood be without a little swashbuckling?
Overall, Sherwood promises to be 25 percent entertaining, 75 percent silly and 100 percent pure fun for the whole family.
Sherwood will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 30 and Tuesday, Jan. 31.
The Utah Theatre is located at 18 West Center Street in downtown Logan.
Tickets can be purchased at www.boxoffice.adventuretix.com.