Jason Robert Brown News

Albert Halls Bolton is set to transform its theatre space for the venues first in-house production since its impressive renovation.

In a local community theater premiere, The Barn Players will bring the Tony Award winning musical THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY to their stage, August 23rd through September 2nd at The Arts Asylum: 1000 East 9th Street, (off Harrison Street), Kansas City, MO 64106.

The Performer's Warehouse (PW) is excited to present Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown's striking and intimate musical, The Last Five Years, as the first production in their Emerging Artists Series. The show will run Today, July 26 - Sunday, August 5 (Matinees 3:00PM & Evening Performances 7:30PM) and features rising professional actors Jacob Valleroy and Jess Berzack.

Fabulist Theatre presents: The Our Time Cabaret. A celebration of stories and songs from the time of the suffragette to the modern women of the #MeToo movement.

The Royal Players of Benton, AR announce the upcoming 2018-2019 season.  Filled with musicals, plays, family entertainment, and thought-provoking content, there is something for everyone in the upcoming season. 

The Broadway at Birdland concert series is proud to announce "More About The Melody," hosted by Broadway cellist Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf. The one-night-only event will take place on Monday, August 6 at 7:30pm.

Full casting has been announced for Vivo D'Arte's upcoming promenade production of Jonathan Larson's Tony-Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical 'RENT' at the world's oldest working paper mill set to open next month

The Keegan Theatre closes out its 21st season with the Tony Award-winning musical THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, opening on August 4, 2018. An acclaimed musical based on the best-selling novel, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY 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.

Caitlin Tipping and Connor Burnett will play Cathy and Jamie respectively in a new production of Jason Robert Brown's musical, The Last Five Years, running at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at PQA VENUES @Riddle's Court (venue 277) from 8 - 19 August at 14:00. The show, about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years, is renowned for its unconventional structure - Cathy tells her story backwards while Jamie tells his one chronologically. The two characters meet once only, in the middle of the show.

Jeremy Jordan - pause for the fangirl screams - is coming back to Broadway this fall in American Son, marking Jordan's first role in a dramatic play on Broadway. In order to celebrate, let's take a look back on his career: from Broadway classics to Hollywood heroes, he's done it all! Check it out below.

The musical, "Bridges of Madison County," is set on an old family farm in Iowa, which is pretty much exactly like the Berwick farm where the Hackmatack production of this 2014 Tony Award winning musical will take place.

Audra McDonald is a busy, working mother of four who also happens to have six Tonys among her many awards and still finds time to support social causes that mean a lot to her, as well as bringing her activism into her set list in ways both overt and subtle. She played a one-night concert with the Minnesota Orchestra on July 13, 2018. But if you missed it, read on for how you can experience it, too.

The Southgate Community Players are opening their 2018-2019 season with Jason Robert Brown's song cycle style show, Songs for a New World. Performed by two men and two women, the characters and their stories are tied together by the idea that one moment can change anyone's life. This small but talented ensemble combined with the touching repertoire and intimate venue promise for an evening that will take you to a "new world' of emotions you won't want to miss!

Four of Broadway's most celebrated stars will join Mark Cortale's "Broadway @ The Art House" concert series this month in Provincetown. Judy Kuhn, Tony-nominated star of "Fun Home" and Broadway's original "Les Miz" and the voice of Disney's "Pocahontas" returns to P-Town on July 15 & 16 at 7:00 PM; Adam Pascal, star of the original Broadway cast of "Rent," as well as the film version lights up the Art House stage on July 17 at 6:00 PM; Christine Ebersole, the two-time Tony Award winning star of "Grey Gardens" and "War Paint" appears on July 19 & 20 at 6:00 PM; Will Swenson, Tony nominee for the revival of 'Hair' and most recently a star of the hit musical comedy "Disaster!," performs on July 28 & 29 at 7:00 PM. Sirius XM radio star Seth Rudetsky joins each performance as pianist and host.

Producing Artistic Director Elizabeth Flemming, Associate Artistic Director Ethan Paulini and Managing Director Frank Hartley will present a new adaptation of Alice in Wonderland in Alice's Tea Cup called Alice in Alice's. This brand new adaptation features Book, Music and Lyrics by Joe Barros and Rick Edinger. Performances begin August 11 and run through September 12 at Alice's Tea Cup - Chapter II, 165 E. 64th St in Manhattan. Showtimes are 9am on Saturdays and Sundays and 3pm on Wednesdays. Tickets are $18 for general admission and include a tea and scone.

I'm not sure how veteran musical theater director Todd Pearthee did it but the Modell Lyric has announced their inaugural Music Theatre Summer Camp for students in grades 9 to 12 from the Baltimore metropolitan community with Pearthree directing the musical GODSPELL. Mandee Ferrier Roberts is the Musical Director and dance instruction is being provided by the Ballet Theatre of Maryland and CJay Philip.

Jackalope Theatre Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Gus Menary and Managing Director Nora Leahy, announces its 2018/19 season. The company's 11th season features two world-premiere productions and a Midwest-Premiere. The season begins with the world premiere of In The Canyon by Jackalope Theatre company member Calamity West, directed by Elly Green, then continues with the midwest premiere of Dutch Masters by Greg Keller, directed by Wardell Julius Clark, and concludes with the world premiere of Life On Paper by Kenneth Lin, directed by Jackalope Artistic Director, Gus Menary.

Triple threat performer Susan Egan is no stranger to theatre audiences. She originated Belle in Beauty and the Beast on Broadway and is now reviving it 20 years later for 5 Star Theatricals. She took time out of her busy rehearsal schedule to discuss the role and explain why it means so very much to her and her career.

A new video has been released, filmed during the cast's sitzprobe, of Vivo D'Arte's immersive promenade production of Jonathan Larson's cult classic musical RENT. Staged at the world's oldest working paper mill, the production opens tonight. Watch the video below!

Jonathan Larson's beloved musical about impoverished artists making a living in New York City will be produced as an immersive production at the world's oldest working Papermill.