Photo Coverage: Encores! A NEW BRAIN Cast Reunites for Album Listening Party
By: Walter McBride Feb. 18, 2016
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Over the summer, Jonathan Groff led the Encores! Off-Center production of William Finn and James Lapine's A NEW BRAIN, and fans who didn't make it to the show need not worry any longer. The production's two-disc cast recording (featuring the entire 95-minute show) from PS Classics is now available. Order your copy today at www.psclassics.com/cd_anewbrain.html.
The production also starred Jenni Barber, Quentin Earl Darrington, Bradley Dean, Dan Fogler, Ana Gasteyer, Josh Lamon, Aaron Lazar, Alyse Alan Louis and Rema Webb. The company just reunited for a listening party and you can check out photos from the special night below!
A NEW BRAIN, inspired by William Finn's personal experiences, is a medical tragedy seen through the iris of a Looney Tunes short. After struggling composer Gordon Michael Schwinn (Jonathan Groff) collapses face-first into a plate of spaghetti, he is diagnosed with a brain tumor and is forced to come to terms with his creative ambitions and the lovable screw-ups in his life: an overbearing mother (Ana Gasteyer), a ruthless kiddie-show host (Dan Fogler), and a boyfriend who'd "rather be sailing" (Aaron Lazar).
The musical opened at Lincoln Center Theater on June 18, 1998, and ran for 78 performances, winning the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
'A New Brain' CD Release Party
William Finn and Jonathan Groff
William Finn and Jonathan Groff
William Finn and Jonathan Groff
William Finn, Jeffrey Lesser and Jonathan Groff
Seymour Red Press and wife with Jeanine Tesori
Jeanine Tesori and Jonathan Groff
William Finn and Jeanine Tesori
William Finn and Jeanine Tesori
Rema Webb and James Lapine
Rema Webb and Jenni Barber
Rema Webb and Jenni Barber
Rema Webb and Jenni Barber
Rema Webb and Jenni Barber
Rema Webb and Jonathan Groff
Jeffrey Lesser, Rema Webb and Jonathan Groff
Jenni Barber, Alyse Alan Louis, William Finn and Rema Webb
Jenni Barber, Alyse Alan Louis, William Finn and Rema Webb
James Lapine, Jeffrey Lesser and William Finn
The cast & Creative team
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