Broadway's 'GREAT COMET', DEAR EVAN HANSEN Make J.P. Morgan's #NextList2017

What are the places and experiences that will prove most memorable to art patrons worldwide? J.P. Morgan has its top picks in the firm's just-released #NextList2017.

More than 15,000 J.P. Morgan client advisers from around the world weighed in with recommendations for what's new and next on the arts and culture scene for the list's debut. The primary criteria? Timeliness, quality, innovation and worldwide client appeal topped the list. From more than 1,000 submissions, the nominees were narrowed to six finalists.

"The #NextList2017, which includes key arts-related experiences, books and music, is a new concept for the company-a way to provide clients with a lens to the undiscovered," says Darin Oduyoye, Chief Communications Officer for J.P. Morgan Asset Management. "Every holiday season, our goal is to spark new ideas, thinking and conversation worldwide. We hope clients and employees alike will be inspired and seek out these new experiences."

"Broadway applauds J.P. Morgan for proclaiming two of our newest productions as 'must-see' experiences for its clients worldwide," said Charles Flateman, Senior Vice President of The Shubert Organization.

The #NextList2017 experiences are:

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

This show continues Broadway's hot streak of blazingly original new musicals. Inspired by a 70-page section of War and Peace, the rollicking story of romance and passion brings audiences back to Russia in 1812, when war ripped people apart but also acted as a catalyst in the forging of tighter bonds. Featuring multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban in his Broadway debut, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 fuses rock, pop, soul and electronic dance into a thoroughly modern soundtrack that showcases master novelist Leo Tolstoy's most enduring characters.

La Cité du Vin Museum

Located in Bordeaux, France, La Cité du Vin Museum is a feast for the senses, a 10-story architectural marvel devoted to the history and culture of wine-complete with a five-language wine resource library. Through immersive settings and exhibitions for wine lovers (and more), La Cité du Vin Museum reveals the world of wine and celebrates the ingenuity and craft of winemaking as integral to the fabric of history and life.

The Desert and the Cities Sing: Discovering Today's Israel

Few countries balance their extraordinary history and traditions with all the wonders and potential of the modern world better than Israel. The Desert and the Cities Sing is a boxed set that takes advantage of several modern as well as ancient media formats to paint a portrait of a country that has given the world an endless number of ideas, artists and innovators. The collection, a collaboration by authors Lin Arison, Diana C. Stoll and photographer Neil Folberg, features four full-color books, 25 frameable photographs, four documentary films and much more.

Dear Evan Hansen

Broadway's latest smash musical tells the story of a socially awkward teenager living in a social media world who finds himself caught unwittingly-and then willingly-at the center of a local tragedy. Written by the up-and-coming songwriting duo of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Dear Evan Hansen features songs that capture the gamut of adolescent emotion, often all in one song, as Evan Hansen seeks relevance and authenticity in a community reeling from loss and grasping for meaning.

In Situ Restaurant

In Situ embodies the altogether modern phenomenon of food as art and experience, acting as culinary curator. Located within the newly renovated and expanded San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, In Situ elevates the great chefs of the world to artist status through faithful and flawless replications of famous dishes. Every day, Master Chef Corey Lee expertly recreates recipes from famous kitchens around the world, transforming food into something sublime.

Tippet Rise Art Center

The Tippet Rise Art Center was founded on a belief that not only do art, music, architecture and nature each share a potential for transcendence on their own, but that they should be experienced together for a new kind of spiritual wholeness. Located in Fishtail, Montana, the venue blends music and art in performance spaces that place the majesty of the natural world on center stage. To visit Tippet Rise Art Center is to witness first-hand how art and nature are inextricably linked. The result? A feast for the senses.

In addition to the six experiences included here, the #NextList2017 includes the following holiday listening and reading suggestions:

LISTENING:

Simply Christmas by Leslie Odom, Jr.

As Aaron Burr in the revolutionary Broadway smash Hamilton, Leslie Odom, Jr. brought humanity and sympathy to an oft-vilified historical figure. In Simply Christmas, the Tony and Grammy Award-winner Odom shows off his effortless and expressive voice, turning holiday favorites, such as Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and Winter Song, into new, soulful classics.

At the Edge of the Beginning by Idan Raichel

Discover Israeli pianist, producer and peacemaker Idan Raichel's newest release, an intimate portrait of all the hope, excitement and anxiety of starting a grand, brand new phase of life as husband and father. Melding electronics, traditional Hebrew texts, Arabic and Ethiopian music, Raichel's unique sound has won him fans the world over.

READING:

Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice, by Clayton M. Christensen
Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders, by Joshua Foer
Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One, by Jenny Blake
Etel Adnan: The Weight of the World, by Etel Adnan
The Real Madrid Way: How Values Created the Most Successful Sports Team on the Planet, by Steven G. Mandis
Plant: Exploring the Botanical World, by Phaidon

Visit www.jpmorgan.com/nextlist2017 for further details, and join the conversation on social media using #NextList2017.