Mark Brown

CEDAR CITY — The first spoken line of Chicago tells the audience exactly what they’re about to experience: “Ladies and Gentlemen, you are about to see a story of greed,…

SALT LAKE CITY — I must have been living under a rock because, until a few weeks ago, I assumed Hell’s Kitchen was a musical about a singing Gordon Ramsay…

CEDAR CITY — Few musicals capture the charm of small-town America quite like The Music Man. Meredith Willson‘s classic follows charismatic traveling salesman Harold Hill, who convinces the citizens of…

SALT LAKE CITY — If Broadway had a category for pure fun, Back to the Future: The Musical would be a serious contender for the top prize. Packed with nostalgia,…

NEW YORK CITY—For decades, audiences have fallen in love with The Phantom of the Opera, but I never imagined I would experience its story quite like this. Off-Broadway’s Masquerade is…

IVINS — Cameron Mackintosh’s Les Misérables has found a breathtaking home in the red rock canyon of Ivins, Utah at Tuacahn Center for the Arts. Under the direction of Sarah…

Summer theater in Utah is in full swing! Along the Wasatch Front, you can see shows like My Fair Lady at the Hale, Tarzan at CenterPoint, or Frozen at the…

SALT LAKE CITY — There’s something timeless about My Fair Lady, and seeing it come to life at Hale Centre Theatre feels especially fitting as the show celebrates its 70th…

CLICK HERE TO VIEW JUNE’S PREVIEW OF SHOWS PLAYING THROUGHOUT UTAH Utah’s stages are heating up again, and the months ahead promise a little bit of everything—big Broadway tours, ambitious…

OGDEN — I walked into The Scarlet Pimpernel: In Concert, directed by Jan Williams Smith, expecting a lovely evening of music—perhaps a polished vocal showcase with limited storytelling. What I…