Jason Robert Brown News

Robert Horn has won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Tootsie.

Robert Horn has won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for TOOTSIE.

After Hours Theatre Company And Dogfightpresents an extraordinary multisensory experience, Janel Parrish and Scott Porter starring in THE LAST FIVE YEARS, book, music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, produced by Graham Wetterhahn, and directed by Kari Hayter.  

When David Taylor Gomes and Kyle Holmes set out to write an original musical for their students at Granite Bay High School, they never could have foreseen the impact their work would have on high schools across the nation. Students are reacting to having their voices heard, and the effect is monumental. People are clamoring to see and produce Ranked: A New Musical, which deals with the pressures that teenagers face today in maintaining grades, social status, and their fight to get into the college of their choice. Due to the popularity of Ranked, they decided to bring the original cast together for one more night to perform the show in concert style at The Crest Theatre. Broadway World Sacramento spoke to Holmes and Gomes about the making of Ranked and what we can expect in the future.

Hoy charlamos con Juan Caballer, actor catalan que, con tan solo 25 años, ya lleva a sus espaldas quince musicales representados en Estados Unidos.

Coming into downtown Des Moines on June 3, I saw a parade of students in black heading towards the heart of downtown. Where were these students going? They were heading to the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines for the Iowa High School Musical Theatre Awards Showcase. An event that brings talented students from all corners of the state to celebrate the musicals they had put on through the year.

Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown's acclaimed musical, The Last Five Years, returns to PQA Venues @Riddle's Court (venue 277) this Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 2-26 August (excl. 5, 12, 19) at 14:00, following last year's sell-out run. The very best of Edinburgh's musical theatre talent is involved, with Connor Burnett delighted to be returning to the role of Jamie, and Lori Davidson thrilled to be making her professional debut as Cathie.

PQA Venues @Riddle's Court (venue 277) has a jam-packed and vibrant programme of entertainment with more than 75 top-quality events including shows, workshops, talks and stand-up comedians planned for this August, as it heads into the second year of its five-year Edinburgh Festival Fringe partnership with the Scottish Historic Buildings Trust.

BroadwayWorld has teamed up with Broadway actress Ilana Levine, who makes her entrance onto the podcast stage with her critically acclaimed show Little Known Facts. Ilana's unique brand of celebrity interview, 'Podcast Verite,' is unfiltered, raw, honest and uniquely funny. Her twitter account @ilanalevine was named one of the ' 100 Twitter accounts to follow in 2018.

A stunning, visionary, and thought-provoking production of Jason Robert Brown's Drama Desk Award-winning musical, The Last 5 Years, is now delighting audiences at Syracuse Stage. The production is directed by none other than Jason Alexander, who is, of course, best known for his role in the television series Seinfeld. Alexander's vision results in a production that is refreshing, captivating, and brilliant. This production stands out from others because Alexander cast four actors rather than the traditional two. There is also the incomparable score by the brilliant Jason Robert Brown that is a delight to the ears.

American Theater Group and Producing Artistic Director James Vagias present the Tony Award-winning musical The Bridges of Madison County at the South Orange Performing Arts Center June 20-30. Based on the best-selling novel and hit film starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood, The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller was developed by the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning creative team of Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Songs for a New World) and Marsha Norman (The Color Purple, The Secret Garden, 'night Mother).

Last night, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune celebrated opening night, ahead of tonight's official opening. BroadwayWorld was there for the big night and we're taking you to the red carpet below!

The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization announced today the release of the fifth music video in their YouTube Series, "R&H Goes Pop!" The video features Kyle Selig (Mean Girls, The Book of Mormon), putting a modern twist on "The Sweetest Sounds" from the 1962 Richard Rodgers musical, No Strings, featuring music direction and arrangements by Jacob Fjeldheim.

Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years is set to run at Unternehnmen Mitte June 7 through June 23.

The acclaimed Broadway Sings concert series will continue on July 1 at 8pm, honoring pop superstar Ariana Grande with a bombshell cast of Broadway stars including Isaac Cole Powell (Once on This Island), Carrie St. Louis (Kinky Boots), and Ciara Renee (Pippin). The one-night-only concert will feature completely new arrangements of the hits of the award-winning artist, accompanied by a 14-piece orchestra playing original orchestrations of her music.

Feinstein's/54 Below presents Norbert Leo Butz and Sherie Rene Scott in an original musical collaboration, 'The Sherie Rene Scott / Norbert Leo Butz Project.'  Butz and Scott reunite at Feinstein's/54 Below for 16 performances only, July 9 - 28 at 7PM and July 21 at 9:30PM. 

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Next up for Jason Robert Brown's concert series is the legendary composer Stephen Sondheim, according to The New York Times.

The Broadway at Birdland concert series was proud to present another More About The Melody concert, which celebrated three generations of a brilliant musical family: Richard Rodgers, Mary Rodgers and Adam Guettel. The very special one-night-only event took place on Monday, May 13.

A musical that is both charming and heartbreaking told by two actors in a very unique way.