Jason Robert Brown and Stephen Sondheim: Live in Concert (Live from Town Hall/ 2019) Album available from Concord Theatricals Recordings " stream and buy vinyl here: https://found.ee/JRBSte…
Jason Robert Brown in concert!
I'll tell you what I hear. I hear my band in college, with a big Earth, Wind & Fire-style horn section, playing a riff that I eventually turned into "The River Won't Flow." 1988, I was e…
I have played a few concerts in my life where I felt something shift, like every concert afterward would be informed by what had happened onstage that night. The general structure of my conc…
I got asked if I would come watch a run-through of a new musical because the producers were considering replacing the musical director and wondered if I would be open to taking over. The cat…
The world I travel in is filled with gay men and women, trans people, and folks who inhabit basically every millimeter of the gender-and-sexuality spectrum. They are my collaborators, my fr…
It seems unlikely, I know, but I lived in Los Angeles for almost a decade and I really loved it, and one of the things I loved was my relationship with some of the local theater companies. …
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 actuall…
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…
SCOTT BAKULA, HANNAH CRUZ, BEN LEVI ROSSÂ AND THE ORIGINAL CAST AND ORCHESTRA OF THE CONNECTOR TO REUNITE FOR A ONE-NIGHT ONLYÂ CONCERT BENEFITTING THE COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS …
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... Read more.. …
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 …
Creating Ethan's first published story, featuring Bruno Mars, Kathleen Marshall, Donald Fagen, the Wood Knight, the Shippensburg Greyhounds, a Yeti playing the bass, Stefan Fatsis, Miles, an…
I had been warned that the crowd at the early show was likely to be kind of subdued. Monday night in Pittsburgh, mostly subscribers, older folks, nothing bad but good to know in advance. To …
Let's start this story by referring to the picture below this paragraph. That video still represents the real beginning of my career in the New York theater. See that dark-haired kid on the …
Let's explore Robin's song "I'm Watching You," featuring Steve Reich, cool digital art, explicit dissonance, my immodest dog, the President and Vice-President in the comforting embrace of a …
Exploring "See Yourself," the big "I want" song, featuring Mike Nichols, an ode to Randy Landau, the versions of the song I would have written in Bizarro World, a Yeti with a five-string bas…
I don't know about how it works in your house, but in our little corner of show business, the first Tuesday of September feels like someone shot a starter pistol in Times Square and suddenly…
Analyzing the opening number, "The Whole World Changed," featuring Yehudi Menuhin, Philip Glass, cameos from two of my previous scores, our next Commander-in-Chief cast in resin, a Yeti with…
Analyzing the opening number, "The Whole World Changed," featuring Yehudi Menuhin, Philip Glass, cameos from two of my previous scores, our next Commander-in-Chief cast in resin, a Yeti with…
Last week, I started a new video series called "The Deep Dive," where I'm delve into the writing process of The Connector in obsessive, microscopic detail. Here's Issue #1, where I spend ab…
What I wrote before I wrote what I wrote. With special guest appearances by Everest The Yeti, Maurizio Pollini, and Sting. Cast album and sheet music can be found here: https://found.ee/The…
THE CONNECTOR Deep Dive Issue #1: Cluster JRB discusses the first measure of the show in excruciating detail, along with some fun tidbits that get us up to m. 28 of the opening number. All o…
For over fifty years, the 92nd St. Y on the Upper East Side of Manhattan has hosted virtually every luminary of the musical theater through its Lyrics and Lyricists series. I am so proud to…
Often in these pages I have spoken about seeing Closer Than Ever at the Cherry Lane Theater in 1989 and the powerful effect it had on me. Among the many repercussions of that evening was my …