Jason Robert Brown

Or at least Stephen Holden does. Julien Jourdes, the photographer from the New York Times, also took this photograph and posted it on his blog. (I know I should have made it smaller for this page, but it’s too beautiful to shrink down.) It was a very emotional and draining concert. Benanti sang gorgeously, and Rozz was unbelievable at bringing “Stars and the Moon” and “Mr. Hopalong Heartbreak” to life in a very new way. We all sang “Hear My Song” at the end, which I dedicated to all of us onstage who had lost a loved one in theRead More »

Stephen Holden’s review here. MUSIC REVIEW | JASON ROBERT BROWN A Composer Sells His Songs and Himself Photograph by JULIEN JOURDES By STEPHEN HOLDEN Published: February 12, 2007 The composer Jason Robert Brown has the drive of a musical commando groomed for combat in the training camp where Broadway babies, art song composers and acolytes of Billy Joel and Randy Newman jostle for promotion. Mr. Brown has a little bit of all these influences in his songs, along with a disarming candor about his contradictory image as a cocky borderline geek. As part of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series onRead More »

MUSIC REVIEW | JASON ROBERT BROWN A Composer Sells His Songs and Himself By STEPHEN HOLDEN Published: February 12, 2007 The composer Jason Robert Brown has the drive of a musical commando groomed for combat in the training camp where Broadway babies, art song composers and acolytes of Billy Joel and Randy Newman jostle for promotion. Mr. Brown has a little bit of all these influences in his songs, along with a disarming candor about his contradictory image as a cocky borderline geek. As part of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series on Friday at the Allen Room, he mustered hisRead More »

Just a quick note from the webmaster to let everyone know that 13 now has a page of its own in the theatre section of the site. All of the reviews that Jason posted here in the News section can now be found on 13‘s reviews page, and as soon as Jason can spare the time, we’ll be updating with a special Ask JRB “13 About 13” post. Let us know what you think!

[As always, you can get this newsletter delivered straight to your mailbox if you subscribe using the handy-dandy box on the home page of this site.] Well. It’s been a while. Um. How about those Cardinals? Happy Thanksgiving! Merry Christmas! Best wishes for 2007! Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.! All right, that about catches us up. I actually had to Google “world series” to find out it was the Cardinals. You might think that’s pathetic, but I’m not as clueless about pop culture as I used to be. I know who Taylor Hicks is! (He’s Clay Aiken’s boyfriend, duh.) TheRead More »