Jason Robert Brown

Everett Evans’s review is here. Artistry, emotion ring true in ‘Bridges’ By Everett Evans, Houston Chronicle January 21, 2016 12:45pm On Broadway in spring 2014, “The Bridges of Madison County” impressed as a distinguished piece of musical theater writing, expertly realized – indeed, one of the most beautiful and moving new musicals of recent years. So it’s a pleasure to report that the national tour, now at Hobby Center, is every bit as exquisite. Bartlett Sher’s artfully understated direction has been carefully recreated by Tyne Rafaeli. Most crucially, Elizabeth Stanley and Andrew Samonsky give sterling performances in their lead rolesRead More »

Happy New Year! I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be starting another season as the Artist-in-Residence at SubCulture! The first three concerts of 2016 – January 25th, February 20th and March 14th – are already on sale, and we’ll be announcing some amazing guests in the weeks ahead. January 25, come join me and the Caucasian Rhythm Kings as we welcome two thrilling artists to the fold. The amazing Tituss Burgess is gonna do some serious singing, and also some very funny singing. The only Emmy nominee who has also played a crab on Broadway, Tituss will be performing everyRead More »

In a concert at Hollywood’s Catalina Bar and Grill on January 4, JRB was joined by surprise guest Ariana Grande. Grande, the winner of Best New Artist at the American Music Awards, performed three songs with JRB’s band (Jason Robert Brown, piano; Jamie Eblen, drums; Randy Landau, bass; and Andrew Synowiec, guitar) and headliner Shoshana Bean, including two from the musical in which she made her Broadway debut, “13”. Video courtesy of Frankie J Grande.

Hello Brownies of Southern California! After several years in New York City, I’ve come back with a two-pronged attack on your fine, strangely cold city. As you may know, I’m here conducting The Bridges of Madison County at the Ahmanson Theater on its national tour. We’ve got a sensational cast and a truly magnificent orchestra, and we’ll be here in LA until January 17. (You can get ticket info by clicking on that link right there in the last sentence.) But there was no way I could spend six weeks here and not make music with my glorious friend ShoshanaRead More »

It’s time for the final SubCulture show of 2015, and I have wonderful guests and lots of surprises! And TWO shows! (Forgive the abundance of exclamation points in the following note; I’m just very excited.) Tomorrow night, NOVEMBER 2, at SubCulture on Bleecker St at 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm: We’ve got the stars of the tour of The Bridges of Madison County: ELIZABETH STANLEY and ANDREW SAMONSKY, singing with the full original orchestration all crammed on to one teeny stage! We’ve got ROZZ MOREHEAD, who continues to deny that she starred in Urban Cowboy The Musical with me, andRead More »