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“Twelfth Night” is never less than a delight. But the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s current production is so much more.

Be careful what you wish for. Unless, of course, you wish for a wish-come-true production of “Into the Woods.” In that case, all you need to do is venture forth to Cedar City, where the Utah Shakespeare Festival is staging the Tony-winning Stephen Sondheim musical.

Like father, like son. Ah, but which father — and which son? That is the question haunting “Henry IV Part One,” the gripping third chapter in the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s ambitious history cycle, which launched last year with “King John” and “Richard II.”

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the book is always better than the play (or movie) based upon it. Yet Jane Austen’s literary classics remain so beguiling — and insightful — that people keep right on trying to adapt them, despite the many impediments.

The Utah Shakespeare Festival’s rip-snortin’, gut-bustin’ production of “The Comedy of Errors” has undergone a major — and, as it turns out, majorly effective — change of scene.

Shakespeare never knew his “problem plays” were a problem. That description didn’t come along until the 19th century, courtesy of (who else?) a pesky theater critic responding to Henrik Ibsen’s searing depictions of characters beset by moral dilemmas.

Kids and pirates should be a good combination when “Story Pirates” make their way to Las Vegas. That’s just one of the weekend highlights if you’re looking for something to do this weekend.