Category: Last 5 Years
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“THE LAST FIVE YEARS” IN AP’S TOP 10!
Thanks to Mark Kennedy of the Associated Press, who has named the Second Stage Theatre production of The Last Five Years as one of the ten best-in-theater of 2013. I am so proud of this production and so grateful for the way it has been received. Here’s what the AP writes: “The Last Five Years:”…
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“L5Y” RELEASE DATE & “BRIDGES” SITZPROBE
Two really fun bits of news today. First, we now have announced an official release date for the new Off-Broadway cast recording of The Last Five Years starring Adam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe – the CD will be available on September 24 in both stores that still sell CDs, as well as on iTunes and…
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FILMING “THE LAST FIVE YEARS”
Yesterday, principal photography wrapped on the film version of The Last Five Years, adapted and directed by Richard LaGravenese (the writer of one of my favorite movies of all time, The Fisher King), and starring the luminous Anna Kendrick and the magnificent Jeremy Jordan. (Sadly, I wasn’t around for the end of the shoot, but…
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A NEW CAST ALBUM FOR “THE LAST FIVE YEARS”
Fantastic news to announce today: the new production of The Last Five Years that’s currently running at Second Stage Theatre in NYC will be recorded for a cast album, so that everyone will be able to have their own private experience of the amazing performances by Betsy Wolfe and Adam Kantor, not to mention the…
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THE STRANGE PULL OF A SIMPLE LOVE STORY (NYT 4/28/13)
Read Erik Piepenburg’s article in the New York Times here. By ERIK PIEPENBURG New York Times, published April 25, 2013 “The Last Five Years” is a modest musical with a huge following. Jason Robert Brown’s two-person show follows the doomed marriage of Jamie, an arrogant Jewish novelist, and Cathy, an insecure gentile actress. The…