Author: Jason Robert Brown
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ELSIE FEST SETLIST: CONEY ISLAND 9/5/16
Playing to a huge crowd on Coney Island at the end of a beautiful late-summer day? With my full band, including an incredible horn section? And a guest spot from the ever-spectacular Lindsay Mendez? And a preview of next week’s L5Y concert with the one and only Tony Award-winning magical Cynthia Erivo? HELL YES, ELSIE…
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RESIDENCY SET LIST: MEGAN HILTY COMES DOWNTOWN 8/15/16
Megan and I have been going back and forth for about a year to find one night that we were both able to do a show together, and we finally landed here: Show #18, a muggy Monday night in August, with two hundred folks packing SubCulture to the gills to enjoy some fantastic music-making. I…
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RESIDENCY SET LIST: JRB & SHAINA TAUB 7/27
When I told Randy that Shaina Taub would be joining us for this concert, he said, “Oh, man, she’s the real thing.” Truer words ne’er have been spoken. I first saw Shaina when she performed “The Visitors” at the Lilly Awards last November. Her confidence and command as a performer was really impressive, but it…
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RESIDENCY SET LIST: POST-TONY EXTRAVAGANZA 6/18
Last night, four guys with beards (and one unbelievable woman) opened their mouths at SubCulture and amazing things came out. I wanted to celebrate some great writing on Broadway this season, and I wanted to make some great music with fantastic people, and I got my wish in spades. Back in April 2015, I shared…
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A SONG ABOUT YOUR GUN
After Columbine, after Virginia Tech, after Fort Hood, after Tuscon, after Aurora, after Sandy Hook, after San Bernadino, and now, after two horrifying shootings over the weekend in Orlando, I have finally learned the words I need to say. I started writing this song after the massacre in San Bernadino last December, but I couldn’t…