Category: News

An interviewer actually chided me the other day for not updating my blog more often. I pointed out to him that I was a little busy rewriting Parade, but that genuinely seemed not to satisfy him. The first interview Alfred and I did together in London was a disaster. The interviewer started by implying that…

I’ve been asked by several readers what I know about the production of Songs for a New World now playing at Open Circle Theatre in Washington DC, a production which has a cast of twenty-four and contains an additional song than the published version. Luckily, Joel Markowitz of DC Theatre Scene got Suzanne Richard, the…

Hey there, JRBites and JRBanians! It’s been over two months, and some of you were starting to get concerned, so here is a quick update on what’s goin’ down in JRB-land! To answer the most common question: What’s going on with 13? Lawyers, lawyers, lawyers. Really. You remember that joke about how many lawyers it…

It’s so cool, people. Lara Pulver (who starred in The Last Five Years at the Menier Chocolate Factory last year) and Jayne Wisener (who’s playing Johanna in the Sweeney Todd movie) and Shaun Escoffery (who’s basically a rock star, for God’s sake) and opera star Steven Page, led by a really exciting newcomer, Bertie Carvel.…

Brad Hathaway’s review here. Songs for a New World May 16-17, 2007 A Potomac Stages pick for thrilling performances with the composer at the piano Reviewed by Brad Hathaway Signature Theatre has presented concert stagings of musicals before, but it was outdoor in a park in Arlington. Now, they present a rousing, touching and often…