Category: Theater
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THE LONG ROAD TO FIRST PREVIEW
Bergman and I started working on Honeymoon in Vegas in 2003. In the eleven years between now and then, we have benefited from the assistance, love, time and talent of an intimidatingly large number of people. I want to thank those people now, by name, for everything they brought to the process, because no one…
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SET LIST: BROADWAY CLOSE UP at MERKIN HALL, NYC (10/27/14)
I have a lot of history with Merkin Concert Hall. When I was 20 years old, my first job in New York City was as the accompanist for a community choir called the Rottenberg Chorale, which was conducted by the great Elayne Robinson Grossman. I was hired for the job by Sean Hartley, who worked…
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JRB ON YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
Kaufman and Hart’s wonderful comedy You Can’t Take It With You won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1937 and has been a staple of theaters all across America ever since. A new production started previews tonight on Broadway, starring James Earl Jones, Elizabeth Ashley and Kristine Nielsen, and I was lucky enough to write…
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VIDEO: JRB & STEPHANIE BLOCK AT THE VULTURE FESTIVAL
Jesse Green invited me to do a live interview with him at this year’s Inaugural Vulture Festival sponsored by New York Magazine. He also asked if I would bring along an additional singer, and it seemed like the perfect opportunity to get to know Stephanie J. Block, who I’ve seen do such amazing work for…
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NYT: “You’ve Got Another Chance, Broadway” JRB Profile 1/16/14
Lorne Manly’s profile in the New York Times Arts and Leisure section is on the NYT website, along with a wonderful video of the Bridges sitzprobe. You’ve Got Another Chance, Broadway Jason Robert Brown, Back in New York, With ‘Madison County’ by LORNE MANLY, Jan. 16, 2014 The composer Jason Robert Brown is never happier…