Mark Brown

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…

PLEASANT GROVE— On February 9, 1964, the world changed forever—at least for the fictional singing group known as The Plaids. Forever Plaid imagines the bittersweet fate of this four-man harmony…

SALT LAKE CITY—Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years is a storytelling marvel—a musical with very limited dialogue, only two performers, and a 90-minute run time that somehow feels expansive,…

Pleasant Grove — I came to the opening night performance of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at The Ruth without high expectations. I’ve always loved the original Gene Wilder film…