Jason Robert Brown

I’m back! For just a second, really. We start rehearsals for the Broadway production of “13” on August 4, with a sensational cast and an amazing band, and previews start at the Jacobs Theater on September 16 with an opening date of October 5! So I’ve been told. You can’t buy tickets yet because everything in life is complicated, especially if I’m involved. But soon, all mysteries will be revealed! However, while you’re waiting to buy your ticket for the show, might I suggest that the teens and tweens among you might enjoy reading a fine new novel by myselfRead More »

I’ve maxed out my Facebook account. I had heard that it was possible to do this, but I didn’t really think it would happen. The other night, I logged in, saw that I had four more Friend requests, and it wouldn’t let me approve them because I already had five thousand Friends. The ceiling is 5,000, which seems like a fairly arbitrary ceiling to me, but there it is and there’s not much within Facebook-land that I can do about it. Which presents several dilemmas, none of which seem immediately solvable. I’m capitalizing the word Friend because I am notRead More »

Daisy Prince has directed a gorgeous production of John Bucchino’s revue. Lots of wonderful songs and five wonderful singers, and I did three vocal arrangements (two of which are on the PS Classics CD, one of which is new for this production). Philip Brandes’s review here. It’s Only Life Rubicon Theater, Ventura CA Brimming with intimate character portraits, sophisticated intelligence and emotional sincerity, the impeccably crafted songs of John Bucchino have garnered admiration in cabaret-style performance settings. Yet despite his recent close call with “A Catered Affair,” wider recognition has so far eluded the composer and lyricist. That relative obscurityRead More »

What’s new, Buenos Aires? I’m on a flight from New York to Los Angeles, the eighth cross-country flight I’ve taken so far in 2008. While I don’t much enjoy the flying, this time in the air tends to be mercifully free of distractions. Generally, I’ve spent that time literally staring into space, just grateful to have my mind clear for a couple of hours; but a bunch of readers have actually written me vaguely threatening letters, taking me to task for not updating this blog, so I thought I’d take a minute and hip you to what’s been going onRead More »

I was having a big night last night. While Lauren Kennedy and I were in New York, rocking Birdland with The Last Five Years, my show “13” was kicking ass all over Los Angeles. Genuinely wonderful news, as reported by Ken Jones here. L.A. Drama Critics Embrace 13, Stephen Adly Guirgis and Zanna, Don’t! in Annual Awards By Kenneth Jones 18 Mar 2008 Jason Robert Brown’s coming-of-age musical, 13, and Stephen Adly Guirgis’s In Arabia, We’d All Be Kings were honored by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle during its 39th annual awards March 17. The awards celebrate excellence inRead More »