Losing touch with a friend is never fun. The long dormant pain that comes from not staying in touch can one day reemerge and stab you in the heart. Or the duodenum. But reconnecting with those friends can erase all of the pain. It's sort of like wearing a dance belt. They're painful as hell to wear but the relief from taking one off almost makes wearing one worth it. And yes, I did just liken friendship with wearing a dance [...]
Every now and then I Google myself. And that's not a euphemism. My curiosity gets the better of me and I like to see if I'm doing something out in the world that I don't know about. Seems a lot was going on. So here's the latest on what's happening to Mark Brown. Mark Brown Shoots a 59 A few weeks ago I shot an incredible 11-under 59 during the second round of the Carrus Tauranga in Wellington, New Zealand. I [...]
Meadow Brook Theatre Get Another Rave Review I've mentioned it a few times that Meadow Brook Theatre opened their 2014-15 season with Around the World in 80 Days. The production has been getting rave reviews. Now there's another rave from the Detroit Free Press. That makes four or five rave reviews, which leads me to ask - How many damn theatre critics are there in Detroit? The latest review is from The Detroit Free Press - "A winning mix of [...]
Around the World in 80 Days at Meadow Brook Meadow Brook Theatre's production of Around the World in 80 Days is going great guns. The production has received 4 rave reviews. The latest is from the Oakland Press - “Around the World in 80 Days” is a fun-filled, fast-paced adventure comedy!" Truth be told, I thought the Oakland Press was the name of a wrestling move named after Oakland Moon, King of the Grappling Hold. This production is the Michigan [...]
Meadow Brook Theatre Goes Around the World Meadow Brook Theatre opened its season with my play Around the World in 80 Days. I'm always excited when a theatre decides to do one of my shows and I'm extra excited when it's the first show of the season. I pray fiercely that the show kicks off a successful season. Meadow Brook Theatre's season seems to be getting off on the right foot. A couple of reviews have come out and they're [...]
Around the World in 80 Days at Meadow Brook Theatre My play Around the World in 80 Days kicks off the 2014-15 season at the Meadow Brook Theatre this week. It's a Michigan premiere and runs from Oct 1 - Oct 26. The Detroit Free Press has named it Best of the Best for this upcoming weekend. I think this is one of the productions that put me in the Top 10 Most-Produced Plays for the 2014 -15 season. The show [...]
Top 10 Most-Produced Plays of the 2014–15 Season I got back from vacation yesterday to discover my play Around the World in 80 Days has made American Theatre Magazine's Top 10 Most-Produced Plays of the 2014–15 Season. What the hell!? Pretty much my reaction to hearing the news. Talk about a nice surprise. Around the World in 80 Days joins such plays as Peter and the Starcatcher, Other Desert Cities and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. I join playwrights David Ives, John Patrick [...]
Tom Jones is in the Dramatic Publishing Catalogue The new Dramatic Publishing Catalogue is here! The new Dramatic Publishing Catalogue is here! Page 7. Brown. Mark. I'm somebody now. Millions of people look at this catalogue every day. This is the kind of spontaneous publicity - your name in print - that makes people. Last month I wrote about my long relationship with Dramatic Publishing and that they were going to publish my new play Tom Jones. Well look who's [...]
China the Whole Enchilada on the IHSA Circuit A few weeks ago I received an email from Natalie Bozzetti. My first reaction was, "Good God, another restraining order?" Happily, it turns out Natalie is a high school senior outside of Chicago and a member of her school's speech team. She and her speech team partner, Nisha Riley, want to use China the Whole Enchilada in the IHSA Speech competition. What!? How do two high school girls outside of Chicago know about China [...]
The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge Inspired by Dramatic Publishing's post on Facebook today about Christmas quickly approaching, I thought I'd shamelessly post about my play The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge. I think it's a fun show with a lovely message. But then again I wrote it so I'm a bit biased. And who doesn't like watching ghosts on the witness stand? And who knew that the big old scary Ghost of Christmas is basically Woody Allen in a shroud, complaining [...]