Jason Robert Brown

Did Critics Treat 13 With Kid Gloves? SteveOnBroadway, October 6, 2008 While the really big news today, of course, is the further sliding of the global economy, as evidenced by this morning’s sell-off on Wall Street, further to the north on Broadway, yesterday, Jason Robert Brown’s musical 13 rocked the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. Helmed by Jeremy Sams, the tuner features Brown’s score with a book by Dan Elish and Robert Horn, along with choreography by Christopher Gattelli. The show about thirteen 13 year olds in Indiana features Graham Phillips, Al Calderon, Eamon Foley, Caitlin Gann, Elizabeth Gillies, Ariana Grande,Read More »

NY1 Theater Review: “13” By: Roma Torre NY1 News, 10/08/2008 04:07 PM From the band to the actors onstage, it’s an all-teen show on the Great White Way in the new musical “13” by Jason Robert Brown. NY1’s Roma Torre filed the following review. No matter your persuasion, you have to hand it to “13;” it’s unique. And while it certainly is limited in many respects, it also does exactly what it sets out to do – appeal to the middle-school set. Given the hormonal angst typical of this crowd, there’s plenty of material to exploit. My daughter, who justRead More »

’13’ looks like lucky musical number Anthony Venutolo/Newark Star-Ledger Sunday, October 05, 2008, 9:51 PM ’13’ Where: Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, 242 W. 45th St., New York When: 8 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays; 7 p.m. Sundays How much: $76.50-$111.50. Call (212) 239-6200 or visit 13themusical.com NEW YORK — A lively musical about growing up, “13” is the flip side of “Spring Awakening.” While the latter hit explores teen angst in dark, woeful terms, the attraction that premiered yesterday at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre is humorous and optimistic as its adolescents bounce along to a happy beat. WhetherRead More »

13 the Musical Reviewed By: David Finkle Theatermania.com, Oct 5, 2008 · New York Sometimes the best comment to be made about shows such as 13 the Musical, now at Broadway’s Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, is that they provide an opportunity for multi-talented youngsters to show off. That’s certainly what the 13 talented adolescents (plus an onstage band) do collectively and individually in Jeremy Sams’ production of the Jason Robert Brown-Dan Elish-Robert Horn tuner. Without question, the 90-minute intermissionless musical — which has changed considerably since its 2006 Los Angeles debut (in which Horn did not participate) — undeniably looksRead More »

Musical `13′ Tells Gefilte-Fish-Out-of-Water Tale: John Simon Review by John Simon Bloomberg News, October 5, 2008 22:30 EDT Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) — You don’t have to be superstitious to consider “13,” the title of the new Broadway musical (as well as its number of producers) an unlucky number. Though easily as ailing as our economy, what bailout is there for a show about 13 13-year-olds, one whose chief quandary is whether Evan Goldman, a savvy New York Jewish kid infelicitously transplanted to Appleton, Indiana, can still have a cool bar mitzvah party in the overwhelmingly gentile heartland. (Already “Footloose,” aRead More »