Author: Jason Robert Brown

On February 21, 2023, the night of the first preview of the new Broadway production of Parade (a musical about the Leo Frank case that premiered in 1998), audience members waiting to enter the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater were harangued by members of a far-right White Supremacist group, “The National Socialist Movement.” Details can be…

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A gorgeous autumnal Sunday in suburban New Jersey with my magnificent band and truly one of the most amazing singers in the world. Not only did we get to play extended versions of some of our favorite songs, but we also got to accompany Mykal on two glorious songs from his wonderful debut album, A…

An amazing weekend with the folks at Red Mountain Theater in Birmingham AL. I’m always surprised that I have this long, rich relationship with a theater in the Deep South, but Keith Cromwell asked me to come work with his Musical Theater students back in 2006, and it’s been a mutual admiration society ever since…

To my utter astonishment, as of right now, you can turn on Netflix and see the film adaptation of my musical 13! Directed by Tamra Davis, produced by Neil Meron, with a screenplay by Robert Horn based on the original script written with Dan Elish, choreography by Jamal Sims, and new (and old) songs by…