[4] From December 2009 until January 2011, Dean starred in the revival of A Little Night Music, first as Frid, and then later as Count Carl-Magnus opposite Bernadette Peters.
[9] Dean began his professional career in 1991 performing in a number of musicals at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, including Camelot, No, No, Nanette, Evita, South Pacific, and The Pirates of Penzance.
He donned the mask as title character Erik in Maury Yeston & Arthur Kopit's Phantom in 2003 at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport, NY.
In early 2016, Dean played Archibald Craven in an Off-Broadway benefit staging of The Secret Garden opposite Max von Essen as his brother Neville and Rebecca Luker reprising her role of Lily from the original Broadway cast.
2018 also saw him as the title roles in Jekyll & Hyde at Casa Mañana in Texas and as Mr. Andrews in Titanic at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.