Mark Shenton’s blog for TheStage.co.uk posted here. I’ve got a singular impression things are moving too fast… By Mark Shenton on March 8, 2011 5:59 AM Is there a more in-the-moment, zeitgeist-y composer on the Broadway block than Jason Robert Brown? Catching up with him live in concert last night in Sydney, where he isRead More »

Bryce Hallett’s profile available here. Showman making musicals modern by Bryce Hallett The Age (Australia), February 28, 2011 JASON Robert Brown is not yet a household name, but his musical output and ambition rival that of Andrew Lloyd Webber. He has been hailed a champion for lifting the contemporary American musical out of the doldrums.Read More »

Tom Huizenga and Ashalen Sims’s article, with a recording of the full round and several interview clips, can be found here. “The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” —Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln led the country through its most violent internal struggle — and left behind some famous words. Throughout February, hear new works by contemporaryRead More »

Andrew Gans’s article on Playbill.com here. The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) will present The Trumpet of the Swan: A Novel Symphony for two performances only in the Concert Hall March 27 at 2 PM and 5 PM. Joe Calarco directs. Tony Award winner John Lithgow will star in the production, which is based on theRead More »

This’ll have to be a quick one, because I’ve got so much going on that I don’t have time for a long update. The big news: after last year’s smash success run at Birdland and an amazing sold-out stand in London, the glorious Anika Noni Rose and I are coming back to New York toRead More »