Jason Robert Brown

She stars on Broadway. She stars on TV. But now she climbs to the pinnacle of show business success: On Monday, August 15, mega-talent Megan Hilty joins JRB and the whole gang of dingbats at SubCulture for a fantastic night of music, memories and melodrama. We’re really bringing out the big guns for the 18th concert in the JRB Residency: Megan Hilty (Wicked, 9 to 5, Smash) is ready to reduce the entire venue to splinters, collaborating with the Aspirationally Legendary Caucasian Rhythm Kings. Songs from JRB shows, songs from other people’s shows, and the usual collection of “What theRead More »

Hello my beloved Brownies! Yes, it’s hot. Yes, it’s humid. Yes, the Republican Convention. Yes, yes, yes to all of that misery BUT there is relief on the horizon! This Wednesday night, July 27, as part of my SubCulture residency, I’m sharing the stage with the amazing singer/songwriter/pianist/genius child Shaina Taub for an amazing show. If you’ve never heard Shaina do her thing, you have exquisite pleasures ahead of you. I first heard her only last year singing at the Lilly Awards and I’ve become a rabid fan. (And her new album is ALL THE THINGS. All of them.) I’mRead More »

I have been so torn, so overwhelmed about how to react to the terrible shootings in Orlando this week; I have felt helpless and hopeless and, in a strange way, imprisoned by inaction. When I mentioned this on Facebook, many of my friends wrote me to say that an artist can only respond to the world with his or her art, and that in fact it was my responsibility to continue speaking, continue singing, continue to give the people who listen some kind of words and music that would allow them to share that emotion together. In April, I premieredRead More »

Hi-ho, neighbors and fellow citizens! It is Tony Time in New York, when the spring weather finally hits and the whole country seems to pay attention to Broadway for exactly two weeks, so let’s jump on that train posthaste. I am delighted to announce… THE 2016 SUBCULTURE POST-TONY EXTRAVAGANZA! On Saturday, June 18 at 8 pm, come down to SubCulture, 45 Bleecker St. in Manhattan, and spend the night with me, my amazing band, and, as my extra-special guests this month, the creators of two of this year’s most exciting new Broadway scores: Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen, who madeRead More »

I’m so proud and excited to announce that, one week from today, Sunday, May 15 at 7:30 pm, my guest at SubCulture will be the amazing Tony Award-winning star of The Color Purple and one of my favorite shows ever written, Once On This Island, LA CHANZE! It’s going to be a beautiful night with new songs and old, and the amazing Todd Reynolds on super-fiddle as well as legend Randy Landau on the bass creatures. We’ve got a whole bunch of covers, a little nostalgia and a little look into the future, and it all happens at the bestRead More »