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If Only the Cool Kids Could See Him Now (at Least Hear His Songs) By BRUCE WEBER New York Times, October 1, 2008 He was never much of a student, but Jason Robert Brown was a precocious kid. Growing up in Monsey, N.Y., about an hour north of Manhattan, he became enthralled by music at…

Making the Band, the Broadway Edition By ROBERT SIMONSON New York Times, September 24, 2008 JASON ROBERT BROWN, the Tony Award-winning composer of the musical “Parade,” has been spending a lot of time with a bunch of teenagers. Day after day, at Carroll Studios, at the far end of West 55th Street near 12th Avenue…

[VOTING IS NOW CLOSED! FINALISTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON!] [UPDATE to the UPDATE: That’s it, kids! No more submissions will be accepted! There are so many awesome performances in this contest already, you’ll just have to listen. Here are the VOTING RULES: 1. If you want to vote for anyone, you must send an email…

Preview September 16, open October 5. Don’t take my word for it. Here’s Michael Kuchwara’s interview with our producer, Bob Boyett, from the San Francisco Chronicle: ’13’ explores the anxiety filled early teen years By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer Monday, July 28, 2008 (07-28) 09:17 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) They sing a litany of…

It hadn’t occurred to me that anyone would offer to do another cast album for Parade. I figured, the 1998 recording is still in print, it sounds unbelievably good, and, given the kind of doldrums in which the recording industry finds itself these days, I’m amazed that anyone records musical theatre at all anymore. So…