Category: About Jason

I am sure that Jason Robert Brown is as tired of references to his age as he is to his being labeled part of the current ‘Bratpack’ of musical theater writers. But I am afraid that I can’t resist: his accomplishments in the past decade have been incredible for an individual of any age, much…

InTheater asked a distinguished group of artists, producers, and critics to share their thoughts on theater at the turn of the millennium. Parade’s Harold Prince and Jason Robert Brown were among them. HAROLD PRINCE: Producing Results The Chelsea Theatre Center’s alliance with my office in producing the revised Candide in Brooklyn in 1973 was among…

Interview for THE DRAMATIST magazine, November 1999 by Gregory Bossler Jason Robert Brown made his Broadway debut as a composer with Parade and received the 1999 Tony Award for Best Score. His first musical, Songs for a New World, debuted Off-Broadway at the WPA Theatre in 1995. For his work on that show and others…

Lincoln Center Theater’s Platform series presents conversations with artists working at LCT before an audience of interested theatergoers. Admission is free and open to all. Platforms are held in the lobby of the Vivian Beaumont Theater. The following is a transcript, edited for clarity, of the January 13, 1999 Platform with Jason Robert Brown: THOMAS…