Jason Robert Brown

By popular demand — and running behind schedule due to an overworked and criminally negligent webmaster — a new section has been added to the site which will keep you posted on Jason’s current theatrical projects. Take a look, and find out more about his upcoming productions of “13” and “Honeymoon in Vegas”! (And, by popular demand, the theatre section has also been updated to include a gallery of photos from various JRB stage productions and performances. Let us know what you think!)

Center Theatre Group today announced the world premiere of “13,” the new musical I’m writing with Dan Elish, to be directed by Todd Graff at the Mark Taper Forum. First preview is December 22, and the show opens January 7 and closes NEVER! Or February 18. You can read the Playbill.com article here and you can read more about the show right on this site as soon as Ivan puts it up.

In this week’s ridiculously long entry: What is “King Of The World” really about? Can I translate your show into Farsi? Plus: orchestrating, writing lyrics, being a rock star, teaching, and much more! Geoff Cook writes: You are obviously influenced by popular musicians and have spoken highly about people such as Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder etc. To what extent is success outside of the theatre world a priority for you? It would be great to see you as a special guest to say Ben Folds or Randy Newman, or maybe even someone who plays a different instrument. Also: “I’m inRead More »

In today’s installment, marketing advice, queries from the UK, wonky piano questions, and the story of “Music of Heaven.” (I really will get to the business of blogging one of these days, but there are so many questions sitting in the “ASK JRB!” pile on my desktop that I just want to push through them so I can clear my desk!)   Jason Rasmussen writes: You talked about how you were a “cult” composer. Well, I have a couple marketing ideas for you (and hey, I have a Bachelors in music management, so I think they’re somewhat credible). First of all,Read More »

More Q & A with everyone’s favorite cranky composer! I think my responses are a little snippy this time out, I’m sorry about that; I really do appreciate all of your questions, keep ’em coming! Thomas Hodges writes: I was curious about your advice composing in today’s world and the road to making it in “The Business.” When you were much younger did you have many trepidations? And if so how did you surpass them? Is there any overall advice you would give to a composer? JRB responds: Wow, that’s a heavy question. I think I had fewer trepidations whenRead More »