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Tyler Hinton

Tyler Hinton

Tyler Hinton has been a contributing editor at BroadwayWorld since January 2012. He has a BA from Brigham Young University (BYU) in Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations and a minor in Theatre Studies. In the past, he has written for the BYU Daily Universe and the Connersville (Ind.) News-Examiner. In addition to reviewing, he has extensive experience with many aspects of theatre, including writing, producing, directing, music directing, designing, singing, acting, marketing, publicity, and operations.




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First Show:

First tour: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, first Broadway: GHOST THE MUSICAL, first West End: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS 1 & 2

Favorite Show:

Some of my favorite theatre-going experiences include seeing the original casts of ANASTASIA in Hartford (2016) and SHREK THE MUSICAL in Seattle (2008) for their pre-Broadway tryouts, as well as being front row center for both DEATH OF A SALESMAN on Broadway with Philip Seymour Hoffman/Andrew Garfield (2012) and the MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG revival at New York Theatre Workshop (2022). Other favorite shows include RAGTIME, PARADE, LITTLE WOMEN, and LEGALLY BLONDE.

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MOST POPULAR ARTICLES

Review: SCERA’s A NIGHT OF BROADWAY is Dynamic
Review: SCERA’s A NIGHT OF BROADWAY is Dynamic
November 15, 2025

A NIGHT OF BROADWAY: THROUGH THE DECADES at the SCERA takes the audience on a dynamic musical journey from the 1940s to today.

Review: Hale Centre Theatre’s FROZEN is a Winter Wonderland
Review: Hale Centre Theatre’s FROZEN is a Winter Wonderland
November 23, 2025

FROZEN on Hale Centre Theatre’s Centre Stage in Sandy is a magical winter wonderland that is also rooted in familial love and a communal force that rises above despair.

Review: SUFFS is Impassioned at the Eccles Theater
Review: SUFFS is Impassioned at the Eccles Theater
November 12, 2025

The impassioned SUFFS, currently playing at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City, is another unmissable national tour, combining true historical drama with deep relationship building and classical musical theatre with a contemporary pop sensibility.

Sentinel Theatre Produces Subtle, Complex CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION
Sentinel Theatre Produces Subtle, Complex CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION
November 5, 2025

Sentinel Theatre, a newly established 501c3 non-profit organization, will present the intimate dramatic comedy CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION from Nov. 14 to 22 at The Hive Collaborative in Provo, Utah, following its opening season productions of DOGFIGHT and BRIGHT STAR Tickets (general admission $25, students $15) are now available at www.sentineltheatre.org/tickets.

Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Pioneer Theatre Company is Arrestingly Layered
Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Pioneer Theatre Company is Arrestingly Layered
October 25, 2025

Pioneer Theatre Company’s professional production of DEAR EVAN HANSEN could easily be at home on a Broadway stage, and it is certainly one of Utah’s best shows this year. The original production is rightfully beloved, but this iteration adds even more layers, brilliantly flitting between realism and theatricality in arresting ways.

Bryce Pinkham, Alex Brightman, and More Talk Musicals and Theatre at FanX
Bryce Pinkham, Alex Brightman, and More Talk Musicals and Theatre at FanX
October 6, 2025

This year’s FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention, held September 25-27, 2025, was once again filled with connections to musicals and theatre, some obvious but others unexpected. If you missed out on this year’s rush of celebrity-infused excitement, you will definitely want to plan on attending next year.

Review: Everyone Will Like SOME LIKE IT HOT at the Eccles Theater
Review: Everyone Will Like SOME LIKE IT HOT at the Eccles Theater
October 1, 2025

Everyone will like the top drawer national tour of SOME LIKE IT HOT, currently playing at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City. The classy design, tight choreography, and pastiche score recall the musicals of yesteryear to perfection while casting light on the story’s themes and dialogue through a stirring contemporary lens.

Review: Hale Centre Theatre’s SISTER ACT is Sacred Yet Secular Fun
Review: Hale Centre Theatre’s SISTER ACT is Sacred Yet Secular Fun
September 29, 2025

SISTER ACT on Hale Centre Theatre’s Centre Stage in Sandy is a top-tier production of the Utah favorite, from its raw, spiritual emotion to its heightened disco-charged revelry.

Review: Empathy Blossoms in FLOWERS FOR MRS. HARRIS at The Ruth
Review: Empathy Blossoms in FLOWERS FOR MRS. HARRIS at The Ruth
September 18, 2025

Empathy blossoms in both characters and audience at the North American premiere of FLOWERS FOR MRS. HARRIS at The Ruth and Nathan Hale Theater (The Ruth), formerly known as Hale Center Theater Orem. This is a show that ultimately whisks you away and finds you not only rooting for the characters but feeling deeply for them.

Review: 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS at Pioneer Theatre Company is a Two-Hander in Good Hands
Review: 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS at Pioneer Theatre Company is a Two-Hander in Good Hands
September 16, 2025

Pioneer Theatre Company’s professional production of 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS, playing in the new Meldrum Theatre at the Einar Nielsen Fieldhouse, is part smart comedy, part coming of age drama, and part classical piano concert.

Review: THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 at Hale Centre Theatre is Masterfully Monochromatic
Review: THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 at Hale Centre Theatre is Masterfully Monochromatic
September 15, 2025

THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 on Hale Centre Theatre’s Jewel Box Stage is a masterful visual and thematic recreation of black-and-white detective films and screwball comedies. It legitimately appears to the audience as if they are watching a black-and-white movie live and in person.

Sentinel Theatre’s “Bright Star” is a Unique Take on the Utah Favorite
Sentinel Theatre’s “Bright Star” is a Unique Take on the Utah Favorite
August 15, 2025

Sentinel Theatre, a newly established 501c3 non-profit organization, will present the musical “Bright Star” from Aug. 29 to Sept. 6 at the Liahona Theater for the Community in Pleasant Grove, Utah, following its acclaimed inaugural production of Pasek and Paul’s “Dogfight.”

Review: Sutton Foster and Kelli O’Hara Stun with the Utah Symphony at Deer Valley
Review: Sutton Foster and Kelli O’Hara Stun with the Utah Symphony at Deer Valley
July 28, 2025

Tony Award winners Sutton Foster (THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, LITTLE WOMEN, SHREK THE MUSICAL, ANYTHING GOES, THE MUSIC MAN) and Kelli O’Hara (THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, SOUTH PACIFIC, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, THE KING and I) stunned with the Utah Symphony at the Deer Valley Music Festival in Park City on Saturday, July 26.

Review: Meanwhile Park is a Vibe with VACATION and RED DEVIL
Review: Meanwhile Park is a Vibe with VACATION and RED DEVIL
July 14, 2025

There’s really no way to accurately describe the experience watching VACATION and RED DEVIL at Meanwhile Park other than that it’s a vibe. Tickets are selling out quickly, so don’t hesitate to gift yourself a fresh social and theatrical experience this summer by checking out Meanwhile Park.

Review: Hale Centre Theatre’s FOOTLOOSE is Heart-Pumping Yet Soft-Hearted
Review: Hale Centre Theatre’s FOOTLOOSE is Heart-Pumping Yet Soft-Hearted
July 10, 2025

FOOTLOOSE on Hale Centre Theatre’s Centre Stage in Sandy is a heart-pumping, yet soft-hearted depiction of healing in a small town. The production is seamlessly calibrated to balance the disparate elements of the show in a touching, entertaining, and nostalgic presentation.

Review: Music Theatre West’s THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL is Grand
Review: Music Theatre West’s THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL is Grand
June 21, 2025

Music Theatre West’s grand production of THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL at the Ellen Eccles Theatre in Logan is operatic in scale, yet still intimate in performance.

Review: Fizzy & JULIET is Heart-Bursting at the Eccles Theater
Review: Fizzy & JULIET is Heart-Bursting at the Eccles Theater
June 18, 2025

The national tour of & JULIET, currently playing at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City, is a fizzy, heart-bursting celebration of love and empowerment via the enduring power of pop music. From the first beat to the last, it carries with it a full gamut of emotion from despair to elation and everything in between.

Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG is a Riot at The Ruth
Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG is a Riot at The Ruth
June 14, 2025

The Play That Goes Wrong is a riotous good time in the Lindsay Legacy Theater, the smaller of two new performance spaces for The Ruth and Nathan Hale Theater (The Ruth), formerly known as Hale Center Theater Orem.

Review: ALICE BY HEART at West Valley Arts is Both Fanciful and Melancholy
Review: ALICE BY HEART at West Valley Arts is Both Fanciful and Melancholy
June 9, 2025

ALICE BY HEART, playing at West Valley Arts, fights for the strength that comes from friendship and imagination against all odds.

Exclusive: Uncover the THE CHOSEN’s Art Direction
Exclusive: Uncover the THE CHOSEN’s Art Direction
June 5, 2025

BroadwayWorld was invited on set in Utah for the filming of season six of hit television series THE CHOSEN, including viewing the filming of scenes on an epic scale with approximately 600 extras, a tour of the massive outdoor Jerusalem set by art department coordinator B.J. Forman, and an exclusive interview with Dallas Jenkins, the creator, executive producer, and director of the acclaimed series dramatizing the lives of early followers of Jesus Christ.



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