Jason Robert Brown

Sometimes you get so excited about the fact that tickets are on sale for your new show that you turn on a camera and talk about it for thirteen minutes. Short version: The Connector starts performances on January 12 at MCC Theater with an absolutely glorious cast, including Ben Levi Ross, Hannah Cruz, Jessica Molaskey, Mylinda Hull, Fergie Philippe, and – making his return to the NY stage after thirty-five years – the wondrous Scott Bakula. As you will hear in the video above, this is the first time I’ve gotten to work with Daisy Prince since we did TheRead More »

It’s been 12 years since my last trip to Indianapolis and things have sure changed. The Cabaret’s new purpose-built venue is a wonder, a great room for making and listening to music, with a fantastic piano, great sound, excellent facilities, fantastic accommodating folks running the place, and glorious food! It was a perfect place to bring the wondrous Bonnie Milligan for our first out-of-town concert together, especially since she grew up in the Midwest and her friends and family were able to come cheer us on for our two (two!) completely sold-out shows. It was also my first chance toRead More »

Georgia and I were honored with this year’s Inspire Award by the folks at the Foundation for New American Musicals, and we decided to bring some friends along to help us celebrate (and sing some of our songs) on a very warm October afternoon by the ocean. FNAM came to life just as Georgia and I moved to Los Angeles twenty years ago, and it’s been thrilling to watch this vitally important organization grow and thrive. We’re so delighted to have been part of its history and to help it move forward into a new era. Congratulations to Bob Klein,Read More »

ImprovisationI Love Betsy from Honeymoon In Vegas (2015)The Shed Shack from Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (2024)Boat from Untitled New Project (2023)King of the World from Songs for a New World (1995)Cassandra from The Connector (2024)It’s Hard To Speak My Heart (Todd solo) from Parade (1998)Get Closer from The Bridges of Madison County (2014)Fifty Years Long from How We React and How We Recover (2018)Zohra’s Philosophy from Untitled New Project (2023)It All Fades Away from The Bridges of Madison County (2014)Wait Til You See What’s Next from How We React and How We Recover (2018)All Things InRead More »

Pittsfield, MA – August 31 & September 1, I’m on the stage at Mr. Finn’s Cabaret at Barrington Stage Company, playing every song I’ve ever written, in chronological order! I’ll be sharing the stage with my excellent pal Todd Reynolds on fiddle and electronics, and we’ll be making some serious music for you all! Here are the details! Hollywood, CA – October 13 & 14, I’m back at Catalina Jazz Club (where this happened the last time I was there) with a sensational band and some great guest singers to be announced in a future update. The last time IRead More »