Jason Robert Brown

Often in these pages I have spoken about seeing Closer Than Ever at the Cherry Lane Theater in 1989 and the powerful effect it had on me. Among the many repercussions of that evening was my total devotion to Sally Mayes, who took New York by storm in that show and has had a glorious career in theater and cabaret ever since. Two years later, after I had settled into my first apartment in the city so I could begin whatever my career was going to be, I was asked to write a song for a benefit concert and toldRead More »

Some things involving Hal Prince really only make sense in the context of Hal Prince, so I won’t take up your time attempting to explain why we did our first production of Prince of Broadway in Tokyo, but it’s true, we did, in 2015. (Here’s a photo of Reon Yuzuki coming down the steps for the Follies sequence.) I’d never heard of a theater on the top floor of a department store before, but that’s what the Theater Orb was, an enormous facility with 2000 seats and a stage the size of the Metropolitan Opera (and an orchestra pit toRead More »

The world has changed a lot since my last concert in London, in 2019, and I’ve changed a lot with it. For reasons both obvious and not, I’ve gone from doing 20 to 30 concerts a year to doing maybe four or five. And so when Lambert Jackson asked whether I would consider doing a solo concert at the London Palladium, I was of course excited but also a little hesitant. Did I have something to say? Did I have the chops to say it? Did anyone still want to listen? That was the challenge, then. Who am I atRead More »

I’m sitting at my desk working on mixes for the cast album of THE CONNECTOR and it suddenly occurred to me that I should let you know that we only have two weeks left – 16 more performances to watch this incredible cast and hear this incredible band at this wonderful theater on this gorgeous set. I’ll be playing all 16 shows and reveling in the magnificent music that these people make together. So if you haven’t gotten to MCC yet (or if you have and need to get another fix), I hope you’ll come join us.  This has been an absolutely magical experience. Ticket buying info is rightRead More »

What, you may ask, is “popular demand”? “Popular demand” is when we’ve been selling so many tickets for The Connector in its world premiere production at MCC Theater that we have extended our run by another two weeks (having extended it once already). Daisy, Jonathan and I have been working so hard on this show for so long, and we are so proud and delighted that it is playing every night to sold-out houses filled with folks who are spreading the word that this is a special experience, an important artistic achievement, and an unmissable event in New York theater.Read More »