Verkaik, Erivo And More Announced As Jason Robert Brown's Special Guests, May 26!

Hailed as "one of Broadway's smartest and most sophisticated songwriters since Stephen Sondheim" (Philadelphia Inquirer), three-time Tony Award winning composer, lyricist, conductor, arranger, orchestrator, director and performer Jason Robert Brown will present a very special show on 26th May 2015 at London's Royal Festival Hall showcasing some of his best loved work.

Today, the special guest artists for Jason Robert Brown's concert have been announced. Taking the stage, Broadway and West End sensation Willemijn Verkaik (star of Women On The Verge Of A nervous Breakdown, Wicked), Cynthia Erivo (The Colour Purple, I Can't Sing), Eleanor Worthington Cox (Youngest ever recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award), Laura Pitt-Pulford (The Sound Of Music) and West End stars Oliver Tompsett and Matt Henry who will all bring his dazzling scores to life with full orchestra.

Highlights will include the highly praised The Bridges of Madison County, the recently revived The Last Five Years, 13 which brought Jason to London in 2012 as both composer and director (his debut) and the seminal Parade.

It is no wonder that Jason Robert Brown's talent has been hailed as "extraordinary", (Chicago Tribune) with The New York Times referring to him as "a leading member of a new generation of composers who embody high hopes for the American musical."

Other standout work includes 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, and Honeymoon In Vegas, based on Andrew Bergman's film, which begins previews in November on Broadway.

Jason Robert Brown said, "It is long past time for me to come back to London! I have so much new music to share, and I have missed the love and support that I always get from my fans in the UK. I cannot wait to get on the stage of this amazing hall with some truly extraordinary singers and players - I have a feeling it will be well worth the wait!"

Jason has continued to capture audiences across the capital. Having debuted at the Purcell Room at the Southbank Centre, he then went on to play two sold out shows at the West End's Garrick Theatre, and now presents his very first show at the prestigious Royal Festival Hall.

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