I was fresh out of college when I met composer-lyricist-arranger-musical director-orchestrator-conductor-musician Jason Robert Brown. On that sweltering July evening, in a Greenwich Village cabaret, I remember thinking two things: first, that I was hearing a stunningly creative voice that would shine in the coming generation of writers; second, he looked like he would be aRead More »

Strange. Brave. Incongruous. Any of these descriptions might apply to the Los Angeles Master Chorale’s final concert this season, titled "The New Broadway: Sondheim and Generation Next." To be performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall next Sunday and June 15, the program will feature songs by three composers who are critically acclaimed but not yetRead More »

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Jason Robert Brown, composer of "The Last Five Years" and winner of the Tony award for his score to "Parade" will be performing along with some hot-stuff Broadway talent, including Carolee Carmello, Brian d’Arcy James, and Darius deHaas, on April 26, 8pm, at Le Jazz Au Bar, 41 E. 58th [Park/Mad] 212.308.9455. There’ll be someRead More »

You’d think that any young composer who’d been plucked from relative obscurity to replace Stephen Sondheim in a new Broadway musical, then landed a Tony Award for his efforts, would thank his lucky stars. Not Jason Robert Brown. "Broadway is an inhospitable place to work," said Brown, 33, who stepped in for a departing SondheimRead More »