Author: Jason Robert Brown
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WHAT I THINK ABOUT WRITING MUSIC FOR THE THEATER
I read an article last year about a middle-aged guy who was learning, for the first time, to drive. His realization was this: Driving is not particularly difficult, it’s just incredibly dangerous. This is more or less what I think about music in the theater. It is actually music’s simplicity that makes it so potent.…
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SETLIST: WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY 2/25/16
It All Fades Away from The Bridges of Madison County I Could Be In Love With Someone Like You from Wearing Someone Else’s Clothes Long Long Road from Wearing Someone Else’s Clothes I Love Betsy from Honeymoon In Vegas The Old Red Hills of Home from Parade King of the World from Songs for a…
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SUBCULTURE SET LIST: LENA HALL & DAVE EGGAR IN THE HOUSE (2/20/16)
An incendiary night at SubCulture, with the blaze lit by the incomparable Lena Hall, force of nature beyond compare, and stoked by the dazzling Dave Eggar on cello. I don’t remotely support people taking video during the show, but how can I not share this with you? Nothing’s Bigger Than Kong from King Kong (2016)…
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SOUND BLOG: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RANDY LANDAU
In honor of the great Randy Landau’s birthday today, a heretofore unreleased track. Gary, Randy and I did a trio date in Copenhagen in 2009, and this recording comes directly from the soundboard (it was pretty late in the show, as you can tell from my voice). It’s not a perfect performance from any of…
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JRB RESIDENCY SET LIST: TITUSS BURGESS & GUY KLUCEVSEK 1/25/16
Starting the New Year and the New Residency with a blizzard of notes! Among the high points: the boys and I revisited “I’m In Bizness” for what I’m pretty sure is the first time this decade (in fact, I don’t see any record of us having performed it as a trio since 2006!); the NY…