Not that long ago, I did 30 to 40 concerts a year, traveling all over the country, racking up frequent flier miles and staying in weird hotels and eating a lot of late dinners by myself. This year, I did three. (Not counting one performance this summer at my old sleepaway camp.) But I guessRead More »

THE JRB HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 2021 It’s holiday time!  Let’s fling our masks aside with joyous abandon and celebrate (as long as you’ve got a second mask on underneath). Over here at JRBHQ, I’m celebrating a bunch of exciting things: My new Broadway show, MR. SATURDAY NIGHT, starring the extraordinary Billy Crystal, begins previews atRead More »

The night that New York City went into lockdown, March 16, was to have been the 58th concert in my monthly residency at SubCulture, a series that has given me so much joy and fostered so much creativity and collaboration over the past five years that I can scarcely imagine my artistic life without it.Read More »

I am overjoyed to announce the release of COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE, the remixed and remastered soundtrack of our Virtual SubCulture concert from this past April, featuring Shoshana Bean and Ariana Grande! You can pre-save the album today in advance of the digital release this Friday, December 18 – I can’t wait for youRead More »

I only ever saw Brent Carver play two roles, both of them men unjustly imprisoned. His Molina in “Kiss of the Spider Woman” was flamboyant, relentless, emotions splaying like a pinwheel. I was working as a rehearsal pianist on that show, so I saw it probably thirty or forty times. Every time I saw it,Read More »