- SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD by Jason Robert Brown--
a co-production with Miracle Theatre,
June 18-July 3, 2010
- JASON ROBERT BROWN IN CONCERT
on Sunday, June 27, 2010, 7:00 pm
at Miracle Theatre.
- THE LAST FIVE YEARS by Jason Robert Brown,
starring ISAAC LAMB and COURTNEY FREED.
One night only: Friday, July 2, 2010 at 10:30 pm
at Miracle Theatre.
- MUSICAL THEATRE WORKSHOPS FOR YOUTH
Award-winning directors Paul Angelo and Andrew Bray lead two workshops for young people ready to stretch themselves as actors/singers, focusing on Jason Robert Brown's Broadway shows "13" and "Parade."
July 19-30--ages 10-14
August 2-13--ages 15-19 - END-OF-SUMMER CABARET
Thursday, August 19 @ 8 pm
Join us for an incredible evening as some of Portland's best actors break out in song.
Lents Commons, 9201 SE Foster Rd., Portland
Who is this guy, anyway? Well...
JASON ROBERT BROWN has been hailed as “one of Broadway's smartest and most sophisticated songwriters since Stephen Sondheim” (Philadelphia Inquirer), and his
“extraordinary, jubilant theater music “ (Chicago Tribune) has been heard all over the world, whether in one of the hundreds of productions of his musicals every year or in his
own incendiary live performances. The New York Times refers to Jason as “a leading member of a new generation of composers who embody high hopes for the American musical.”
His four major musicals as composer and lyricist include: “13”, a musical written with Robert Horn and Dan Elish, which began its life at the Mark Taper
Forum in 2007 and opened on Broadway in 2008; “The Last Five Years”, which was cited as one of Time Magazine’s 10 Best of 2001 and won Drama Desk Awards
for Best Music and Best Lyrics; "Parade", a musical written with Alfred Uhry and directed by Harold Prince, which premiered at Lincoln Center Theatre
in 1998, and subsequently won both the Drama Desk and New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards for Best New Musical, as well as garnering Jason the Tony Award
for Original Score; and "Songs for a New World", a theatrical song cycle directed by Daisy Prince, which played Off-Broadway in 1995, and has since been
seen in hundreds of productions around the world. His next project is “Honeymoon In Vegas”, a musical adaptation of the 1992 film, written with Andrew
Bergman. An orchestral adaptation of E.B. White’s novel “The Trumpet of the Swan”, written with Marsha Norman, premiered at the Kennedy Center.
Jason is the winner of the 2002 Kleban Award for Outstanding Lyrics and the 1996 Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Foundation Award for Musical Theatre. Jason’s
songs, including the cabaret standard “Stars and the Moon,” have been performed and recorded by Audra McDonald, Betty Buckley, Karen Akers, Renée Fleming,
Philip Quast, Jon Hendricks and many others. Jason’s first solo album, “Wearing Someone Else’s Clothes”, featuring his band The Caucasian Rhythm Kings, was named one of Amazon.com’s best of 2005, and is available from Sh-K-Boom Records. His collaboration with singer Lauren Kennedy, “Songs of Jason Robert Brown”, is available on PS Classics. Jason’s piano sonata, “Mr. Broadway” was commissioned and premiered by Anthony De Mare at Carnegie Hall. Jason is also the composer of the incidental music for David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Kimberly Akimbo” and ”Fuddy Meers,” Marsha Norman’s “Last Dance,” David Marshall Grant’s “Current Events,” Kenneth Lonergan’s “The Waverly Gallery,” and the Irish Repertory Theater’s production of “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” and he was a Tony Award nominee for his contributions to the score of “Urban Cowboy the Musical.” He has also contributed music to the hit Nickelodeon television series, “The Wonder Pets.” His scores are published by Hal Leonard. Jason currently teaches musical theater performance and composition at the University of Southern California.
As a conductor and arranger, Jason’s recent New York credits include “Urban Cowboy the Musical” on Broadway; Oliver Goldstick’s play, "Dinah Was," directed by David Petrarca, at the Gramercy Theatre and on national tour; and William Finn’s "A New Brain," directed by Graciela Daniele, at Lincoln Center Theater. Jason was the musical director of the pop vocal group, The Tonics, with whom he performed at the 1992 tribute to Stephen Sondheim at Carnegie Hall (recorded by RCA Victor); he was the conductor and orchestrator of Yoko Ono’s musical, "New York Rock," at the WPA Theatre (on Capitol Records); and he orchestrated Andrew Lippa’s "john and jen," Off-Broadway at Lamb’s Theatre (Varese Sarabande). In 1994, Jason was the conductor and arranger of Michael John LaChiusa’s "The Petrified Prince," directed by Harold Prince, at the Public Theatre. Additionally, Jason served as the orchestrator and arranger of Charles Strouse and Lee Adams’s score for a proposed musical of "Star Wars." Jason also took over as musical director for the Off-Broadway hit "When Pigs Fly." Jason has conducted and created arrangements and orchestrations for Liza Minnelli, John Pizzarelli, Tovah Feldshuh, and Laurie Beechman, among many others.
Jason studied composition at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., with Samuel Adler, Christopher Rouse, and Joseph Schwantner. He lives with his wife and daughters in Los Angeles, California. Jason is a proud member of the Dramatist’s Guild and the American Federation of Musicians Local 802 & 47. Visit him on the web at www.jasonrobertbrown.com.
