Monthly Archives: February 2007
A Composer Sells His Songs And Himself (NYT, 2/12/07)
2/12/07Stephen Holden’s review here. MUSIC REVIEW | JASON ROBERT BROWN A Composer Sells His Songs and Himself Photograph by JULIEN JOURDES By STEPHEN HOLDEN Published: February 12, 2007 The composer Jason Robert Brown has the drive of a musical commando groomed for combat in the training camp where Broadway babies, art song composers and acolytes of Billy Joel and Randy Newman jostle for promotion. Mr. Brown has a little bit of all these influences in his songs, along with a disarming candor about his contradictory image as a cocky borderline geek. As part of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series onRead More »
A Composer Sells His Songs and Himself (NYT, 2/12/07)
2/12/07MUSIC REVIEW | JASON ROBERT BROWN A Composer Sells His Songs and Himself By STEPHEN HOLDEN Published: February 12, 2007 The composer Jason Robert Brown has the drive of a musical commando groomed for combat in the training camp where Broadway babies, art song composers and acolytes of Billy Joel and Randy Newman jostle for promotion. Mr. Brown has a little bit of all these influences in his songs, along with a disarming candor about his contradictory image as a cocky borderline geek. As part of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series on Friday at the Allen Room, he mustered hisRead More »
13 Gets Its Own Section!
2/6/07Just a quick note from the webmaster to let everyone know that 13 now has a page of its own in the theatre section of the site. All of the reviews that Jason posted here in the News section can now be found on 13‘s reviews page, and as soon as Jason can spare the time, we’ll be updating with a special Ask JRB “13 About 13” post. Let us know what you think!