Finn's 'A New Brain' at Jerry Herman Ring Theater
By: Beau Higgins Nov. 24, 2006
A NEW BRAIN
November 28 - December 3 • Only 7 Performances!
Music and Lyrics by William Finn. Book by William Finn and James Lapine.
Originally produced by Lincoln Center Theatre, New York City.
Vocal arrangements by Jason Robert Brown.
It was only three days after winning the Tony Award for his Broadway musical Falsettos that composer William Finn was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. Faced with this terminal diagnosis, Finn teamed up with playwright James Lapine to create this autobiographical musical about a composer who worries that he'll die without leaving anything of value behind.
The result is a lovely musical comedy that manages to be one of the most life-affirming, most heartfelt musicals written in the last decade—perhaps a show only someone who has actually faced death could have written. "The truths I learned I couldn't have learned any other way," Finn has said. "You have to greet each day with enormous gratitude and hope and happiness." The score ranges from gorgeous power ballads to wildly comic pop/jazz production numbers. USA Today writes, "Finn's score is filled with beguiling melody and witty words. . . Potent original voices in today's musical theater are rare, and Finn remains one of them. Brain overflows with invention, buoyant music, class and stage smarts." (For mature audiences.)
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11.3% of votes
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