Category Archives: Last 5 Years
“THE LAST FIVE YEARS” IN AP’S TOP 10!
Written on December 18, 2013 at 4:06 am, by Jason Robert Brown
Thanks to Mark Kennedy of the Associated Press, who has named the Second Stage Theatre production of The Last Five Years as one of the ten best-in-theater of 2013. I am so proud of this production and so grateful for the way it has been received. Here’s what the AP writes: “The Last Five Years:”Read More »
“L5Y” RELEASE DATE & “BRIDGES” SITZPROBE
Written on July 31, 2013 at 5:49 pm, by Jason Robert Brown
Two really fun bits of news today. First, we now have announced an official release date for the new Off-Broadway cast recording of The Last Five Years starring Adam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe – the CD will be available on September 24 in both stores that still sell CDs, as well as on iTunes andRead More »
FILMING “THE LAST FIVE YEARS”
Written on July 18, 2013 at 3:46 am, by Jason Robert Brown
Yesterday, principal photography wrapped on the film version of The Last Five Years, adapted and directed by Richard LaGravenese (the writer of one of my favorite movies of all time, The Fisher King), and starring the luminous Anna Kendrick and the magnificent Jeremy Jordan. (Sadly, I wasn’t around for the end of the shoot, butRead More »
A NEW CAST ALBUM FOR “THE LAST FIVE YEARS”
Written on May 1, 2013 at 11:49 pm, by Jason Robert Brown
Fantastic news to announce today: the new production of The Last Five Years that’s currently running at Second Stage Theatre in NYC will be recorded for a cast album, so that everyone will be able to have their own private experience of the amazing performances by Betsy Wolfe and Adam Kantor, not to mention theRead More »
THE STRANGE PULL OF A SIMPLE LOVE STORY (NYT 4/28/13)
Written on April 25, 2013 at 9:06 pm, by Jason Robert Brown
Read Erik Piepenburg’s article in the New York Times here. By ERIK PIEPENBURG New York Times, published April 25, 2013 “The Last Five Years” is a modest musical with a huge following. Jason Robert Brown’s two-person show follows the doomed marriage of Jamie, an arrogant Jewish novelist, and Cathy, an insecure gentile actress. TheRead More »