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SETLIST: A VEGAS DEBUT WITH UMPHRESS, LAS VEGAS NV, 6/28/25
Written on July 2, 2025 at 12:03 am, by Jason Robert Brown
I’ve spent a lot of time in Las Vegas over the years – I was the music supervisor for six industrial shows for State Farm Insurance that played at the Thomas & Mack Arena – and I actually wrote a whole show about that wacky town, but I’ve never actually performed a concert there, inRead More »
SETLIST: McLEAN ON McLEAN IN MCLEAN VA 6/14/25
Written on July 1, 2025 at 4:00 am, by Jason Robert Brown
Sometimes I ask what it is that the world needs from me, how can I be of service to this complicated and conflicted planet, and sometimes the answer comes with bracing clarity. On June 14, I was given the opportunity to perform at the Alden Theatre in the McLean Center in McLean, VA, exactly tenRead More »
THE CONNECTOR RETURNS! (FOR ONE NIGHT)
Written on May 14, 2025 at 1:57 pm, by Jason Robert Brown
SCOTT BAKULA, HANNAH CRUZ, BEN LEVI ROSS AND THE ORIGINAL CAST AND ORCHESTRA OF THE CONNECTOR TO REUNITE FOR A ONE-NIGHT ONLY CONCERT BENEFITTING THE COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS BOOK BYJONATHAN MARC SHERMANMUSIC AND LYRICS BYJASON ROBERT BROWNCONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY DAISY PRINCE BENEFIT CONCERT TO FEATURE ORIGINAL CAST MEMBERS: SCOTT BAKULA, JOANNA CARPENTER, MAX MENDOZARead More »
UPDATING “THE LAST FIVE YEARS”
Written on April 9, 2025 at 3:05 am, by Jason Robert Brown
Once I finish a show, it stays finished! Done! Close the book, put it away, here the Maestro laid down his pen. Except sometimes. I mean, there’s always one line that I never got right. Or a character whose actions don’t quite make sense. Or just something … missing. I did a blog post manyRead More »
SET LIST: REUNION WITH ANIKA NONI ROSE (Costa Mesa CA, 1/16-18/25)
Written on January 30, 2025 at 9:34 pm, by Jason Robert Brown
When I did the first concert in my SubCulture residency in December 2014, I knew I was starting a new phase in my musical life, but I didn’t realize that I was actually closing a chapter as well. That night was the last time that Anika Noni Rose and I performed together for ten years.Read More »