Jason Robert Brown

My beloved readers and those interested in getting cast in my show: This posting is all of the information I can disclose about auditions for the forthcoming Broadway production of “13”. I can’t respond to any further questions about it, so please read carefully. Auditions for “13” are ongoing. Currently, we are conducting auditions in New York City, but it is possible we will be going to additional cities later in the year. If you wish to be considered for an audition, send a résumé and picture to: Mark Simon Casting 240 West 44 Street New York, New York 10036Read More »

The Mark Taper Forum’s production of “13” and the Donmar Warehouse production of Parade were both recognized with an avalanche of nominations today, honored respectively by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle and the prestigious Laurence Olivier Awards. “13”, which ran at Los Angeles’s Mark Taper Forum last winter, received five nominations for the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle’s 39th Annual Awards. The show, which will be opening at Goodspeed Musicals later this spring prior to a Broadway bow, was nominated for Best Production, Best Writing (Dan Elish), Best Musical Score (Jason Robert Brown), Best Musical Direction (David O), andRead More »

(The first part of this epic can be read here.) I’ve been avoiding finishing this story, it occurs to me, because I can’t assign blame as easily as I’d like. I think I’ve learned over these last twelve years that some projects just aren’t going to play out well, and The Moneyman was ultimately one of those. Nonetheless, I’ve been holding a massive grudge for a long time and it’s weird writing it down and feeling it dissipate. According to my notes, I wrote the first song for what was then called The Predator’s Ball on January 18, 1996, andRead More »

Standing (l to r): Kathryn Foley (Kendra); Elizabeth Gillies (Lucy); Hannah Freeman (Patrice); Evan Daves (Simon); Malcolm Morano (Brett); Eamon Foley (Richie); Danielle Freed (Molly); Sascha Peralta-Ramos (Cassie); Ariana Grande (Charlotte); JJ Singleton (Malcolm); Alex Greenzeig (Eddie); Aaron Simon Gross (Archie); On the floor: Douglas Fabian (Evan). Photo courtesy Vanessa Brown We spent two weeks in January reading the newest draft of “13” at Ripley-Grier Studios in Manhattan with a wonderful group of actors. I had so much fun with the cast that I just wanted to let you see them all together. This is the fourth time we’ve castRead More »

So saith Kenneth Jones here. Hormonal, But Not Atonal: Goodspeed Will Present Jason Robert Brown and Dan Elish’s 13 By Kenneth Jones 30 Jan 2008 Tickets go on sale Feb. 24 for the spring East Coast premiere of 13, the new Jason Robert Brown-Dan Elish musical that will play Goodspeed Musicals’ Norma Terris Theatre. Performances will begin May 9 at the intimate Chester, CT, venue where Goodspeed incubates new works. The design team for the project was announced Jan. 28. Casting of the teen-age band members and performers is ongoing. 13, as the title suggests, concerns “coming of age, teenRead More »