Thursday, May 16, 2019
Man, oh man, do I love Doris Day’s singing. It’s elegant but earthy, with her rich creamy voice that burrows deep into the chords and finds the perfect place to nestle, cozying up agains…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 11:02PMFriday, April 26, 2019
Let’s be honest: some people sing better than others. And some people sing better than pretty much anyone. And one of those people is Alysha Umphress. I’ve been waiting for the chance to…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 03:56PM2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the American College Theater Festival, and I was honored to be asked to be the keynote entertainer at the Kennedy Center (in the same theater where I condu…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 01:28PMTuesday, April 2, 2019
There is truly nothing more thrilling more me than stepping on to the stage of a historic theater and getting to add my own music to all the glorious sounds that preceded me. As I’ve now d…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 08:02PMSunday, March 24, 2019
A wonderful return to St. Louis after four years, to play at the beautiful Grandel in front of an amazing audience (including Broadway legend and STL native Ken Page!) – and featuring a gr…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 11:16AMHere’s how it works: At about four in the afternoon on a relentlessly rainy late winter day, your doorbell rings and you open the front door so your dog can jump on whoever has just arrive…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 10:27AMSunday, March 3, 2019
What do you do when a last-minute schedule change means your featured guest star suddenly cancels her appearance? If you’re me, you take to Twitter, ask your followers who they would be mo…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 09:12PMFriday, January 25, 2019
It is a very rare thing, what I saw tonight. The world premiere of a new oratorio by one of classical music’s most valuable, surprising and incisive composers, performed by the mighty New …
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 12:35AMMonday, January 7, 2019
On New Year’s Eve, I said goodbye to 2018 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, where Kate Baldwin and Ashley Perez Flanagan sang a ravishing version of my song “Singing You Home,” …
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 06:19PMWednesday, January 2, 2019
It’s been an unbelievable year of shows at the SubCulture residency. So many dazzling artists doing thrilling work and really pushing me to keep up – Carrie Manolakos, Sutton Foster, the…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 11:21PMSaturday, December 29, 2018
Twenty years ago, Carolee Carmello headed the company of my first Broadway show, Parade, and poured her voice of molten brass right into my music for a Tony Award nomination and a performanc…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 02:16PMMonday, November 12, 2018
The amazing Chris McGriff invited me out to the Hill School to share a wonderful night with his amazing students, who had just finished a run of Songs for a New World and couldn’t wait to …
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 11:50AMTuesday, October 23, 2018
You could find a dictionary definition of “charisma,” or you could just watch Ty Taylor. Here is a guy who pulls an audience right to him, whether he’s in a stadium in front of 50,000 …
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 01:16AMSaturday, October 20, 2018
Friday, October 19, 2018
I wrote a song in 2010 to celebrate the fact that Georgia Stitt and I had, at that point, made it through ten years of our relationship. Today marks our 15th wedding anniversary (so we’ve …
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 06:32PMTuesday, September 11, 2018
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I don’t think there could have been a better way to spend the second night of Passover than at SubCulture with my sensational band, a full horn section, and the gorgeous and wonderful …
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 11:41AMThursday, April 21, 2016
You’re going to be underestimated, you know. That’s how this goes, especially when you start young.
SOURCE: time.com at 11:28AMThursday, March 17, 2016
Jason Robert Brown in Concert, with Special Guest Anika Noni Rose
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:44PMMy yearly tribute to the Irish ladies, whose shamrock milkshakes bring all the boys to the yard. Jason Robert Brown in Concert, with Special Guest Anika Noni Rose Now available for download …
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 11:04AMTuesday, March 15, 2016
A sublime and ridiculous evening at SubCulture with the amazing Ana Gasteyer (whose sensational album I’m Hip is available now on iTunes). Not only did Ana rip our hearts out with her …
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 02:11PMSunday, March 6, 2016
I read an article last year about a middle-aged guy who was learning, for the first time, to drive. His realization was this: Driving is not particularly difficult, it’s just incredibl…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 01:18PMSaturday, February 20, 2016
An incendiary night at SubCulture, with the blaze lit by the incomparable Lena Hall, force of nature beyond compare, and stoked by the dazzling Dave Eggar on cello. I don’t remotely su…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 10:20PMFriday, February 5, 2016
In honor of the great Randy Landau’s birthday today, a heretofore unreleased track. Gary, Randy and I did a trio date in Copenhagen in 2009, and this recording comes directly from the …
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 09:26PMTuesday, January 26, 2016
Starting the New Year and the New Residency with a blizzard of notes! Among the high points: the boys and I revisited “I’m In Bizness” for what I’m pretty sure is the…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 05:25PMTuesday, January 5, 2016
I can’t think of a better way to start out the New Year than by making music with my favorite singers and players in the world. Shoshana texted me the day I got to LA and said “Y…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 01:52PM 
