Jason Robert Brown

Read the BroadwayWorld.com article here! The complete teenage cast and teenage band was announced today for 13, A New Musical, with music and lyrics by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown (Parade, The Last Five Years). The 13 talented performers that will star in the Broadway musical include Al Calderon as Eddie, Eamon Foley as Richie, Caitlin Gann as Molly, Ariana Grande as Charlotte, Aaron Simon Gross as Archie, Elizabeth Gillies as Lucy, Malik Hammond as Malcolm, Joey La Varco as Simon, Delaney Moro as Kendra, Eric Nelsen as Brett, Graham Phillips as Evan, Allie Trimm as Patrice, Brynn WilliamsRead More »

[VOTING IS NOW CLOSED! FINALISTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON!] [UPDATE to the UPDATE: That’s it, kids! No more submissions will be accepted! There are so many awesome performances in this contest already, you’ll just have to listen. Here are the VOTING RULES: 1. If you want to vote for anyone, you must send an email to jrbkaraoke2008@yahoo.com, and the NAME of the person for whom you are voting MUST BE IN THE SUBJECT LINE. 2. You can vote for as many people as you want, but you CANNOT vote more than once for any one person. Don’t be an asshole!Read More »

Preview September 16, open October 5. Don’t take my word for it. Here’s Michael Kuchwara’s interview with our producer, Bob Boyett, from the San Francisco Chronicle: ’13’ explores the anxiety filled early teen years By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer Monday, July 28, 2008 (07-28) 09:17 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) They sing a litany of questions: “Why is the world feeling suddenly stranger, why are my friends acting totally weird, why do I feel like my life is in danger, why do I feel like my brain disappeared.” It’s the anxiety filled teenage years of 13, A New Musical, openingRead More »

Check it out, y’alls, the producers of 13 on Broadway have launched the first version of the Official Website. There’s a video of the title song, there’s rehearsal footage from Connecticut, there’s information about how to buy tickets and lots of other saucy goodies. 13themusical.com, homies! That’s what I’m talking about!

[Updates are at the bottom of this post!] Summer has poured out and spread over Manhattan like pancake syrup. I sit at the piano in a sublet apartment on the Upper West Side with the air conditioner blasting in vain. I am trying to write a song about a football game. I have spent the last three summers trying to write a song about a football game. I couldn’t care less about football. My mind keeps skittering away from the page, my hands slapping away reflexively at the piano keys even though I’m not paying any attention. The sun rises,Read More »