“We’ve kind of rebranded ourselves,” said Richard Bugg, founder and executive producer of what’s now the SimonFest Theatre Company, running July 11 to Aug. 3 at Cedar City’s Heritage Theater. “It’s rather frustrating. I’ve put in a lot of work to promote the work of Mr. Simon, and it’s tossed away.”
The change was forced upon Bugg by attorneys representing the estate of Simon, the Tony- and Pulitzer-winning comic playwright who died last August.
“I always had a cordial relationship with Mr. Simon,” Bugg said. “But with his passing, that ended.”