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(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Television personality, author, and famed foodist Alton Brown brings his new live concept show, An Evening of Alton Brown, to Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) on Friday, April 10, 2026 at 7:30pm. This is an intimate theatrical experience that will bring audiences closer than ever to the man behind some of the most beloved culinary shows of all time.

Although he's keeping the details under wraps, Brown has said that with An Evening of Alton Brown he's "stirring up some twists on his greatest hits," and "spicing things up with new demonstrations, music, and slightly scaled-down mayhem."  No matter what, this show will present Brown as you've never seen him — unless, of course, you've been invited to his house.

Best known for creating and hosting groundbreaking television such as Good Eats, Iron Chef America, Cutthroat Kitchen, and Food Network Star, Brown has also built one of the most successful culinary touring franchises ever, performing live in more than 300 cities for well over half a million fans. With An Evening of Alton Brown, he strips away the spectacle in favor of connection, spontaneity, and storytelling, delivering a show that is equal parts humor, science, food, and heart.

Tickets range from $57-$230 (All fees included) and are available for purchase online. Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) is located at 100 South Street in Morristown, New Jersey.

Alton Brown was directing TV commercials when he got the crazy idea to go to culinary school and reinvent the cooking show. The result was Good Eats, an irreverent, science-forward program that kept Brown gainfully employed for over twenty years.

Along the way he hosted iconic programs like Iron Chef America, Food Network Star, and Cutthroat Kitchen. Brown's live culinary variety shows have toured to sold-out crowds across the country since 2013, and his tenth book, a collection of essays and ruminations, Food for Thought, was a New York Times best seller. Brown is reinventing food content yet again by recently launching a new YouTube series: Alton Brown Cooks Food. He lives in Atlanta with his wife, the designer Elizabeth Ingram and a trio of nefarious canines.

MagicSpace Entertainment, a LiveCo Company, is a boutique producing and presenting firm focused on first‑class properties and productions. Based in Park City, UT, the company has produced and presented national tours, Broadway shows, concerts, museum exhibits, and live events worldwide for over 40 years, with a powerhouse producing team providing creative, marketing, and general management expertise.

Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2025-2026 season is made possible, in part, by a grant the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the F.M. Kirby Foundation, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation and numerous corporations, foundations and individuals. Mayo Performing Arts Center was named 2016 Outstanding Historic Theatre by the League of Historic American Theatres, and is ranked in the top 50 mid-sized performing arts centers by Pollstar Magazine.