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May 22, 2009
Upcoming Release: Kate Pazakis's "Unzipped: Live at the Zipper"
Upcoming Release: Kate Pazakis's "Unzipped: Live at the Zipper"
Adam Hetrick's article here.
PS Classics to Release Pazakis' "Unzipped: Live at the Zipper"
By Adam Hetrick
21 May 2009
"Unzipped: Live at the Zipper," the live debut recording from downtown belter Kate Pazakis, will be released by PS Classics on July 7.
Known for her rangy belt, Pazakis (Jerry Springer the Opera) recorded the live album during her engagement at the now-closed Zipper Factory in December 2008. Brian J. Nash (Silence: The Musical) is musical director for the album, which is executive produced by Jen Namoff and Danny Gordon.
Prior to the July in-store arrival, iTunes will begin selling "Unzipped: Live at the Zipper" digitally on June 2.
In addition to "Hand in My Pocket," "Stay With Me" and "So Far Away," Pazakis' album features several arrangements and a new song from Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown (Parade, The Last Five Years). The songwriter's "Clarissa's Last Stand" was penned with Pazakis in mind.
Brown will join Pazakis as a special guest for the album release party at Le Poisson Rouge. Pazakis will perform as part of the 8 PM evening that will feature musicians Brian J. Nash, MaryAnn McSweeney, Ray Marchica, Dan Davin, as well as backup singers Victoria Huston-Elem and Eric Michael Krop.
Kate Pazakis has been seen Off-Broadway in A Broadway Diva Christmas, Newsical and The Sexless Years. She was also part of the Actors Fund's benefit performance of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and the Carnegie Hall staging of Jerry Springer the Opera. In addition to hosting the weekly "Mostly Sondheim" evenings at the Duplex, Pazakis is a regular performer on The Rosie O'Donnell Family Cruise.
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Founded in 2000 by Tommy Krasker & Philip Chaffin, PS Classics is a four-time Grammy nominee for its cast recordings of Nine: The Musical, Assassins, Grey Gardens and Company. PS Classics is distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment. Visit www.psclassics.com for more information.
PS Classics to Release Pazakis' "Unzipped: Live at the Zipper"
By Adam Hetrick
21 May 2009
"Unzipped: Live at the Zipper," the live debut recording from downtown belter Kate Pazakis, will be released by PS Classics on July 7.
Known for her rangy belt, Pazakis (Jerry Springer the Opera) recorded the live album during her engagement at the now-closed Zipper Factory in December 2008. Brian J. Nash (Silence: The Musical) is musical director for the album, which is executive produced by Jen Namoff and Danny Gordon.
Prior to the July in-store arrival, iTunes will begin selling "Unzipped: Live at the Zipper" digitally on June 2.
In addition to "Hand in My Pocket," "Stay With Me" and "So Far Away," Pazakis' album features several arrangements and a new song from Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown (Parade, The Last Five Years). The songwriter's "Clarissa's Last Stand" was penned with Pazakis in mind.
Brown will join Pazakis as a special guest for the album release party at Le Poisson Rouge. Pazakis will perform as part of the 8 PM evening that will feature musicians Brian J. Nash, MaryAnn McSweeney, Ray Marchica, Dan Davin, as well as backup singers Victoria Huston-Elem and Eric Michael Krop.
Kate Pazakis has been seen Off-Broadway in A Broadway Diva Christmas, Newsical and The Sexless Years. She was also part of the Actors Fund's benefit performance of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and the Carnegie Hall staging of Jerry Springer the Opera. In addition to hosting the weekly "Mostly Sondheim" evenings at the Duplex, Pazakis is a regular performer on The Rosie O'Donnell Family Cruise.
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Founded in 2000 by Tommy Krasker & Philip Chaffin, PS Classics is a four-time Grammy nominee for its cast recordings of Nine: The Musical, Assassins, Grey Gardens and Company. PS Classics is distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment. Visit www.psclassics.com for more information.
April 1, 2009
Review: JRB at Birdland (NYT 4/2/09)
Review: JRB at Birdland (NYT 4/2/09)
Stephen Holden's review, including a rave for my fellow Birdlandians Jessica Molaskey and John Pizzarelli, here.
Jazz-Pop With a Couple’s Repartee
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: April 1, 2009
...It was a triple-barreled evening at Birdland, where Ms. Molaskey and company are playing two shows a night (at 9 and 11) through Saturday, and Jason Robert Brown, the dynamic Broadway composer and singer-songwriter, is playing 7 p.m. shows. Mr. Brown is the leader of his own musical clan that on Tuesday included Gary Sieger on guitar, Randy Landau on bass, and the guest singers Lauren Kennedy (from his Off-Broadway show “The Last Five Years”), Allie Trimm (an alumna of his recent Broadway show “13”) and Kate Pazakis. The Molaskey-Pizzarelli and Brown crews are connected, Ms. Molaskey having been in Mr. Brown’s 1998 Broadway musical, “Parade.”
Mr. Brown has had his successes, but after the recent failure of “13,” he is still waiting for the Big One. And so is the devoted following that cheered him on. His next major opportunity is a work in progress adapted from the Nicolas Cage movie “Honeymoon in Vegas.” He said from the stage that he was looking for a producer to raise $12 million to bring it to Broadway. The sample tune he offered, “When You Say Vegas,” was a funny, barbed chamber-of-commerce pitch for the wonders of Sin City delivered with Rat Pack crassness.
I didn’t see “13,” but “Being a Geek” and “What It Means to Be a Friend” (sung plaintively by Ms. Trimm), the set’s two songs extracted from that show, stand by themselves as believable adolescent slices of life expressed in modern Broadway prosody. Mr. Brown, like Billy Joel in the early 1970s, specializes in rapid-fire lyrics crammed with social observation and plays the piano with a similarly frantic virtuosity. Now 38, he continues to exude the hunger of a young man in a hurry. The talent is there; the home run of which he is capable remains to be slammed into the bleachers. But when?
Jessica Molaskey and John Pizzarelli perform through Saturday, with sets by Jason Robert Brown, at Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton; (212) 581-3080.
Jazz-Pop With a Couple’s Repartee
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: April 1, 2009
...It was a triple-barreled evening at Birdland, where Ms. Molaskey and company are playing two shows a night (at 9 and 11) through Saturday, and Jason Robert Brown, the dynamic Broadway composer and singer-songwriter, is playing 7 p.m. shows. Mr. Brown is the leader of his own musical clan that on Tuesday included Gary Sieger on guitar, Randy Landau on bass, and the guest singers Lauren Kennedy (from his Off-Broadway show “The Last Five Years”), Allie Trimm (an alumna of his recent Broadway show “13”) and Kate Pazakis. The Molaskey-Pizzarelli and Brown crews are connected, Ms. Molaskey having been in Mr. Brown’s 1998 Broadway musical, “Parade.”
Mr. Brown has had his successes, but after the recent failure of “13,” he is still waiting for the Big One. And so is the devoted following that cheered him on. His next major opportunity is a work in progress adapted from the Nicolas Cage movie “Honeymoon in Vegas.” He said from the stage that he was looking for a producer to raise $12 million to bring it to Broadway. The sample tune he offered, “When You Say Vegas,” was a funny, barbed chamber-of-commerce pitch for the wonders of Sin City delivered with Rat Pack crassness.
I didn’t see “13,” but “Being a Geek” and “What It Means to Be a Friend” (sung plaintively by Ms. Trimm), the set’s two songs extracted from that show, stand by themselves as believable adolescent slices of life expressed in modern Broadway prosody. Mr. Brown, like Billy Joel in the early 1970s, specializes in rapid-fire lyrics crammed with social observation and plays the piano with a similarly frantic virtuosity. Now 38, he continues to exude the hunger of a young man in a hurry. The talent is there; the home run of which he is capable remains to be slammed into the bleachers. But when?
Jessica Molaskey and John Pizzarelli perform through Saturday, with sets by Jason Robert Brown, at Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton; (212) 581-3080.
March 25, 2009
JRB at Birdland 3/31-4/4!
JRB at Birdland 3/31-4/4!
Oh yes, people, it's time for the Annual Spring Hysteria at Birdland, and I hope you'll be coming! You've got five nights to choose from next week, and they'll all be packed with the usual brand of ludicrously enthusiastic caterwauling that Jim Caruso calls "entertainment."
From March 31 - April 4, we'll be raising a ruckus at the House That Jazz Built Back When Jazz Could Still Build Things. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday nights, my guest singer will be the luminous Lauren Kennedy, who'll be singing from The Last Five Years, Honeymoon In Vegas, and her album Songs of Jason Robert Brown. On Thursday and Friday nights, Lauren is making the dangerous choice of letting Shoshana Bean take her place; Sho and I have been doing concerts together in Los Angeles and she's gonna ROCK YOUR FACE OFF. (I literally couldn't type that without laughing. I'm so not hip.)
And at all of the shows, the fantastic Kate Pazakis will be joining us, premiering a song I wrote for her debut album coming out later this spring!
So come out and see me and the girls and the Always Lamentably Underpaid Caucasian Rhythm Kings as we destroy the piano and the sound system at a legendary jazz club in midtown. It's the least you can do since you didn't make it to 13.
All shows are at 7 pm at BIRDLAND, 315 W. 44th St. (between 8th and 9th Avenues) in Manhattan. Call 212-581-3080 for reservations and information.
And hey, while you're hanging around the club, you can come see my Envy-Inducing Wife, GEORGIA STITT, who's performing with an awesomely talented ensemble of singers on Monday, March 30 at 9 pm. And if you stick around after my shows, JESSICA MOLASKEY and JOHN PIZZARELLI will be following me and trying to class up the joint. (I may stick around and join them for a number, even!)
Lots of other excitement going on in the Land Of JRB, but right now it's all about Birdland, so call and get your tickets so I don't have to look at your hangdog faces glaring through the window because the show sold out and you couldn't get in. Which, incidentally, ALWAYS HAPPENS. Rock your faces off!
See you next week!
Jason Robert Brown
From March 31 - April 4, we'll be raising a ruckus at the House That Jazz Built Back When Jazz Could Still Build Things. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday nights, my guest singer will be the luminous Lauren Kennedy, who'll be singing from The Last Five Years, Honeymoon In Vegas, and her album Songs of Jason Robert Brown. On Thursday and Friday nights, Lauren is making the dangerous choice of letting Shoshana Bean take her place; Sho and I have been doing concerts together in Los Angeles and she's gonna ROCK YOUR FACE OFF. (I literally couldn't type that without laughing. I'm so not hip.)
And at all of the shows, the fantastic Kate Pazakis will be joining us, premiering a song I wrote for her debut album coming out later this spring!
So come out and see me and the girls and the Always Lamentably Underpaid Caucasian Rhythm Kings as we destroy the piano and the sound system at a legendary jazz club in midtown. It's the least you can do since you didn't make it to 13.
All shows are at 7 pm at BIRDLAND, 315 W. 44th St. (between 8th and 9th Avenues) in Manhattan. Call 212-581-3080 for reservations and information.
And hey, while you're hanging around the club, you can come see my Envy-Inducing Wife, GEORGIA STITT, who's performing with an awesomely talented ensemble of singers on Monday, March 30 at 9 pm. And if you stick around after my shows, JESSICA MOLASKEY and JOHN PIZZARELLI will be following me and trying to class up the joint. (I may stick around and join them for a number, even!)
Lots of other excitement going on in the Land Of JRB, but right now it's all about Birdland, so call and get your tickets so I don't have to look at your hangdog faces glaring through the window because the show sold out and you couldn't get in. Which, incidentally, ALWAYS HAPPENS. Rock your faces off!
See you next week!
Jason Robert Brown
March 23, 2009
Broadway's 13 to Make Regional Debut in Houston
Broadway's 13 to Make Regional Debut in Houston
Adam Hetrick's article here.
Broadway's 13 to Make Regional Debut at Theatre Under the Stars
By Adam Hetrick
Playbill Online, 23 Mar 2009
A revised production of 13, the recent teen-targeted Broadway musical from Tony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown, will receive its first post-Broadway production at Houston's Theatre Under the Stars in September.
The TUTS production, running Sept. 10-12, will follow the blueprint of the Broadway incarnation of 13, which employed a cast and band composed of teens. Auditions will be held in Houston April 25-26 for actors and for young musicians on April 26 and May 3.
Prior to its Houston premiere, Tony-winning composer Brown and 13 librettists Dan Elish and Robert Horn will test out a revised version of the coming-of-age musical at the French Woods Performing Arts Camp in Hancock, NY this summer. Brown informed Playbill.com that he and his collaborators "loved the show we put on Broadway, but felt that 13's future life would be well served by taking one more shot at certain sections of the piece, particularly those sections that might not make as much sense to an audience outside of New York City."
Following the summer test run, a finalized version of 13 will be available for licensing from Musical Theatre International. That version will premiered at the Theatre Under the Stars as part of its Apprentice Conservatory Training at the Humphreys School of Musical Theatre.
Press notes for the Broadway run of 13 read: "Evan Goldman has it all — he's popular, has the perfect family and lives in the greatest city in the world — New York. That is until his parents get divorced and he's forced to move with his Mom… to Indiana. Uprooted from his old life, he has to make new friends and somehow maneuver his way through the minefield of High School to become part of the 'in-crowd.' A grown-up story about growing up, featuring the only all-teenage cast ever to hit Broadway!"
13 was developed at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and Goodspeed Musicals' Norma Terris Theatre in Connecticut. The musical premiered on Broadway Sept. 16, 2008, and ran through Jan. 4, 2009.
For further information phone (888) 558-3882 or visit www.TUTS.org.
Broadway's 13 to Make Regional Debut at Theatre Under the Stars
By Adam Hetrick
Playbill Online, 23 Mar 2009
A revised production of 13, the recent teen-targeted Broadway musical from Tony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown, will receive its first post-Broadway production at Houston's Theatre Under the Stars in September.
The TUTS production, running Sept. 10-12, will follow the blueprint of the Broadway incarnation of 13, which employed a cast and band composed of teens. Auditions will be held in Houston April 25-26 for actors and for young musicians on April 26 and May 3.
Prior to its Houston premiere, Tony-winning composer Brown and 13 librettists Dan Elish and Robert Horn will test out a revised version of the coming-of-age musical at the French Woods Performing Arts Camp in Hancock, NY this summer. Brown informed Playbill.com that he and his collaborators "loved the show we put on Broadway, but felt that 13's future life would be well served by taking one more shot at certain sections of the piece, particularly those sections that might not make as much sense to an audience outside of New York City."
Following the summer test run, a finalized version of 13 will be available for licensing from Musical Theatre International. That version will premiered at the Theatre Under the Stars as part of its Apprentice Conservatory Training at the Humphreys School of Musical Theatre.
Press notes for the Broadway run of 13 read: "Evan Goldman has it all — he's popular, has the perfect family and lives in the greatest city in the world — New York. That is until his parents get divorced and he's forced to move with his Mom… to Indiana. Uprooted from his old life, he has to make new friends and somehow maneuver his way through the minefield of High School to become part of the 'in-crowd.' A grown-up story about growing up, featuring the only all-teenage cast ever to hit Broadway!"
13 was developed at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and Goodspeed Musicals' Norma Terris Theatre in Connecticut. The musical premiered on Broadway Sept. 16, 2008, and ran through Jan. 4, 2009.
For further information phone (888) 558-3882 or visit www.TUTS.org.
February 10, 2009
The JRB February '09 Newsletter!
The JRB February '09 Newsletter!
Hellobama, one and all!
Lots of gigs to tell you about, but first, to answer the question that's being emailed to me at least ten times a day: The 13 vocal selections folio will be released in stores next month! Yes, finally, Hal Leonard is releasing the music to twelve songs from the show; it's 128 pages of total awesomeness, so just hang on for another month and you can get it at your local music store or Amazon or wherever. Now you can dress up like Allie Trimm and sing "What It Means To Be A Friend" at your next audition for Five Guys Named Moe. Yay!
Okay, concerts! First, the Caucasian Rhythm Kings and I are doing it up in Southern California. On FEBRUARY 20 AND 21, Shoshana Bean is joining us for wild revelry at the Covina Center in Covina, CA. We'll be doing a big show with some other special guests and new songs and lots of the indulgent solos you've come to love. What more do you need? We've got metric modulations, Jewish chicks belting, occasional unintentional polytonality, and Randy playing a big shiny bass with no frets. It's a total sensory experience. You can click here for more info on the show, or click here for tickets! Concerts start at 8 pm at the Covina Center, 104 N. Citrus Ave, Covina CA 91723.
I'm also hosting a masterclass in musical theatre performance in Covina on the 21st, and slots are still available (I think...). Click here for more info.
The next night, FEBRUARY 22, we're doing a special concert at USC (where I teach), with a whole different program and guests. The tickets will be first-come, first-serve, with priority going to USC students. Doors open at 6:30 pm for a 7 pm concert, and the show's at Bovard Auditorium on the USC campus. For directions, you can click here.
Not on the West Coast? Don't fret!
MARCH 13 brings me and the boys back to the Stockbridge Theatre in Derry, NH for a madcap musical mélange. The last time we went to New Hampshire, the whole area got hit by a crazy blizzard and only about nine people could make it to the show, so there are a lot of eager New Englanders who are gonna be ready for a party, and we're gonna give it to 'em! Click here for tickets!
Not even in the United States? Well, we're showing Europe some love as well. The Caucasian Rhythm Kings make their official Danish debut on MARCH 21, at the KONCERTHUSET in Copenhagen (that's København to the locals). In addition to me and the boys, a whole host of Scandinavian musical theater stars will be coming to sing in impressively unaccented English, and we really hope you'll be there too! I mean, really, how long of a trip is it? Go take one of those trains you Europeans are famous for and meet us in Copenhagen! Click here for billetter.
And finally (for now), it wouldn't be spring without a return engagement at New York's legendary Birdland – a full week of concerts from MARCH 31 THROUGH APRIL 4, with Lauren Kennedy and a pile of other amazing singers. I have a crazy idea about what I'm going to do for these concerts, but I don't want to tell you yet in case I chicken out. (Incidentally, here's the company I'm in: if you come to Birdland on March 30, you'll see my amazingly talented partner-in-child-rearing GEORGIA STITT rocking the house; and if you stay after my concerts, the basically perfect JESSICA MOLASKEY does her show at 9 pm with the JOHN PIZZARELLI QUARTET. Not too shabby. Larry Fuller is going to be so mad having to play the piano after I knock it out of tune every night.) You want tickets, you say? Merely make with the clicky-clicky right here and your wishes shall be granted.
Have I said too much? There's nothing more I can think of to say to you, but all you have to do is go to JasonRobertBrown.com to know that every word is true!
I hope to see you all soon!
Goodbiden!
Jason Robert Brown
Lots of gigs to tell you about, but first, to answer the question that's being emailed to me at least ten times a day: The 13 vocal selections folio will be released in stores next month! Yes, finally, Hal Leonard is releasing the music to twelve songs from the show; it's 128 pages of total awesomeness, so just hang on for another month and you can get it at your local music store or Amazon or wherever. Now you can dress up like Allie Trimm and sing "What It Means To Be A Friend" at your next audition for Five Guys Named Moe. Yay!
Okay, concerts! First, the Caucasian Rhythm Kings and I are doing it up in Southern California. On FEBRUARY 20 AND 21, Shoshana Bean is joining us for wild revelry at the Covina Center in Covina, CA. We'll be doing a big show with some other special guests and new songs and lots of the indulgent solos you've come to love. What more do you need? We've got metric modulations, Jewish chicks belting, occasional unintentional polytonality, and Randy playing a big shiny bass with no frets. It's a total sensory experience. You can click here for more info on the show, or click here for tickets! Concerts start at 8 pm at the Covina Center, 104 N. Citrus Ave, Covina CA 91723.
I'm also hosting a masterclass in musical theatre performance in Covina on the 21st, and slots are still available (I think...). Click here for more info.
The next night, FEBRUARY 22, we're doing a special concert at USC (where I teach), with a whole different program and guests. The tickets will be first-come, first-serve, with priority going to USC students. Doors open at 6:30 pm for a 7 pm concert, and the show's at Bovard Auditorium on the USC campus. For directions, you can click here.
Not on the West Coast? Don't fret!
MARCH 13 brings me and the boys back to the Stockbridge Theatre in Derry, NH for a madcap musical mélange. The last time we went to New Hampshire, the whole area got hit by a crazy blizzard and only about nine people could make it to the show, so there are a lot of eager New Englanders who are gonna be ready for a party, and we're gonna give it to 'em! Click here for tickets!
Not even in the United States? Well, we're showing Europe some love as well. The Caucasian Rhythm Kings make their official Danish debut on MARCH 21, at the KONCERTHUSET in Copenhagen (that's København to the locals). In addition to me and the boys, a whole host of Scandinavian musical theater stars will be coming to sing in impressively unaccented English, and we really hope you'll be there too! I mean, really, how long of a trip is it? Go take one of those trains you Europeans are famous for and meet us in Copenhagen! Click here for billetter.
And finally (for now), it wouldn't be spring without a return engagement at New York's legendary Birdland – a full week of concerts from MARCH 31 THROUGH APRIL 4, with Lauren Kennedy and a pile of other amazing singers. I have a crazy idea about what I'm going to do for these concerts, but I don't want to tell you yet in case I chicken out. (Incidentally, here's the company I'm in: if you come to Birdland on March 30, you'll see my amazingly talented partner-in-child-rearing GEORGIA STITT rocking the house; and if you stay after my concerts, the basically perfect JESSICA MOLASKEY does her show at 9 pm with the JOHN PIZZARELLI QUARTET. Not too shabby. Larry Fuller is going to be so mad having to play the piano after I knock it out of tune every night.) You want tickets, you say? Merely make with the clicky-clicky right here and your wishes shall be granted.
Have I said too much? There's nothing more I can think of to say to you, but all you have to do is go to JasonRobertBrown.com to know that every word is true!
I hope to see you all soon!
Goodbiden!
Jason Robert Brown
January 1, 2009
A GUIDE TO THE MUSIC ON JRB.COM
A GUIDE TO THE MUSIC ON JRB.COM
This site's been up for over a year now, and in that time, we've been posting lots of songs and snippets for your collective enjoyment. Here's a quick roundup of where you can find all the music we've put online so far:
from Songs for a New World:
Stars and the Moon, Jessica Molaskey (original cast recording, 1996)
She Cries, Jason Robert Brown (live, 2002)
The River Won't Flow, Brian D'arcy James, Billy Porter, Andréa Burns, Amy Ryder (demo, 1994)
King of the World, Billy Porter (demo, 1994)
Surabaya-Santa, Kristine Zbornik (live, 2002)
The Flagmaker, 1775, Julia Murney (live, 2003)
from Parade:
All The Wasted Time, Brent Carver & Carolee Carmello (original cast recording, 1999)
I Have Something To Say/Special To The New York Herald! (cut from the show) JRB (demo, 1996)
It Goes On And On Evan Pappas (original cast recording outtake, 1999)
from The Last Five Years:
Shiksa Goddess, Norbert Leo Butz (original cast recording, 2002)
Moving Too Fast, Jason Robert Brown (live, 2002)
from Urban Cowboy:
That's How Texas Was Born, Jason Robert Brown (original cast recording, 2003)
Mr. Hopalong Heartbreak, Jenn Colella (original cast recording, 2003)
from "13":
What It Means To Be A Friend, Krista Pioppi (demo, 2004)
"13" Medley: Being A Geek/Brand New You/Thirteen, members of the original Los Angeles cast (radio commercial, 2006)
Being A Geek, Ricky Ashley & Boys (Los Angeles cast recording, 2007)
from The Moneyman:
Coming Home (The Ballad of Michael Milken), Jason Robert Brown, Lauren Mufson (demo, 1996)
The X-Shaped Desk, The Caucasian Rhythm Kings and Orchestra (demo, 1996)
Reborn (The Fallen Angel), Jason Robert Brown (demo, 1996)
Milken On The Floor, The Caucasian Rhythm Kings and Orchestra (demo, 1996)
Money Gonna Make You A Real Man, Jason Robert Brown (demo, 1996)
I Rise, Lauren Mufson, Jason Robert Brown (demo, 1996)
Mexico, The Caucasian Rhythm Kings and Orchestra (demo, 1996)
Assorted other songs:
And I Will Follow, Lauren Kennedy (Songs of Jason Robert Brown, 2003)
Someone To Fall Back On, Jason Robert Brown (Wearing Someone Else's Clothes, 2005)
Chanukah Suite, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon, conductor (live radio broadcast, 2005)
In This Room, Lauren Kennedy & Rozz Morehead (studio recording, 2004)
More Than A Hamburger, Alise Wojciechowski (studio recording, 1998)
Theme from Rose's Dilemma, Jason Robert Brown & The Caucasian Rhythm Kings (studio recording, 2003)
from Songs for a New World:
Stars and the Moon, Jessica Molaskey (original cast recording, 1996)
She Cries, Jason Robert Brown (live, 2002)
The River Won't Flow, Brian D'arcy James, Billy Porter, Andréa Burns, Amy Ryder (demo, 1994)
King of the World, Billy Porter (demo, 1994)
Surabaya-Santa, Kristine Zbornik (live, 2002)
The Flagmaker, 1775, Julia Murney (live, 2003)
from Parade:
All The Wasted Time, Brent Carver & Carolee Carmello (original cast recording, 1999)
I Have Something To Say/Special To The New York Herald! (cut from the show) JRB (demo, 1996)
It Goes On And On Evan Pappas (original cast recording outtake, 1999)
from The Last Five Years:
Shiksa Goddess, Norbert Leo Butz (original cast recording, 2002)
Moving Too Fast, Jason Robert Brown (live, 2002)
from Urban Cowboy:
That's How Texas Was Born, Jason Robert Brown (original cast recording, 2003)
Mr. Hopalong Heartbreak, Jenn Colella (original cast recording, 2003)
from "13":
What It Means To Be A Friend, Krista Pioppi (demo, 2004)
"13" Medley: Being A Geek/Brand New You/Thirteen, members of the original Los Angeles cast (radio commercial, 2006)
Being A Geek, Ricky Ashley & Boys (Los Angeles cast recording, 2007)
from The Moneyman:
Coming Home (The Ballad of Michael Milken), Jason Robert Brown, Lauren Mufson (demo, 1996)
The X-Shaped Desk, The Caucasian Rhythm Kings and Orchestra (demo, 1996)
Reborn (The Fallen Angel), Jason Robert Brown (demo, 1996)
Milken On The Floor, The Caucasian Rhythm Kings and Orchestra (demo, 1996)
Money Gonna Make You A Real Man, Jason Robert Brown (demo, 1996)
I Rise, Lauren Mufson, Jason Robert Brown (demo, 1996)
Mexico, The Caucasian Rhythm Kings and Orchestra (demo, 1996)
Assorted other songs:
And I Will Follow, Lauren Kennedy (Songs of Jason Robert Brown, 2003)
Someone To Fall Back On, Jason Robert Brown (Wearing Someone Else's Clothes, 2005)
Chanukah Suite, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon, conductor (live radio broadcast, 2005)
In This Room, Lauren Kennedy & Rozz Morehead (studio recording, 2004)
More Than A Hamburger, Alise Wojciechowski (studio recording, 1998)
Theme from Rose's Dilemma, Jason Robert Brown & The Caucasian Rhythm Kings (studio recording, 2003)
December 17, 2008
The JRB Holiday 2008 Newsletter!
The JRB Holiday 2008 Newsletter!
Hellobama and Happy Holidays to you all!
I've just returned from the East Coast, where we had a triumphant premiere for The Trumpet of the Swan at the Kennedy Center, plus Georgia and I got to go to the Kennedy Center Honors, which was the most surreal event I've ever attended. You can check out our reviews on my website, and also listen to a swell story from All Things Considered, where Andrea Seabrook interviews me, Richard Thomas and Marsha Norman.
As you may have heard by now, the celebrated Broadway production of 13 is closing on January 4, so if you haven't been lucky enough to see it yet, hie thee hence. There's a wonderful video about the making of the original cast album that you can watch right on the Sh-K-Boom site.
Also on JasonRobertBrown.com, my first annual Holiday Gift List, for you last-minute showtune shoppers out there.
I'm aiming for a quieter and calmer year in 2009 than the one I've just had, so I'll be in Southern California a lot more of the time, teaching at USC and hanging out with my fantastic family. But there are a couple of concerts coming up, including two at the Covina Center for the Arts (with a masterclass too!), a night at the Stockbridge Theatre in New Hampshire, a week in New York at Birdland, and a very exciting concert in Copenhagen, Denmark! There aren't a whole lot of details yet, but you can find out some stuff on the Schedule page at JasonRobertBrown.com.
I wish you all a wonderful holiday, and the best possible 2009, and thank you as always for your support! More to come!
Goodbiden!
Jason Robert Brown
I've just returned from the East Coast, where we had a triumphant premiere for The Trumpet of the Swan at the Kennedy Center, plus Georgia and I got to go to the Kennedy Center Honors, which was the most surreal event I've ever attended. You can check out our reviews on my website, and also listen to a swell story from All Things Considered, where Andrea Seabrook interviews me, Richard Thomas and Marsha Norman.
As you may have heard by now, the celebrated Broadway production of 13 is closing on January 4, so if you haven't been lucky enough to see it yet, hie thee hence. There's a wonderful video about the making of the original cast album that you can watch right on the Sh-K-Boom site.
Also on JasonRobertBrown.com, my first annual Holiday Gift List, for you last-minute showtune shoppers out there.
I'm aiming for a quieter and calmer year in 2009 than the one I've just had, so I'll be in Southern California a lot more of the time, teaching at USC and hanging out with my fantastic family. But there are a couple of concerts coming up, including two at the Covina Center for the Arts (with a masterclass too!), a night at the Stockbridge Theatre in New Hampshire, a week in New York at Birdland, and a very exciting concert in Copenhagen, Denmark! There aren't a whole lot of details yet, but you can find out some stuff on the Schedule page at JasonRobertBrown.com.
I wish you all a wonderful holiday, and the best possible 2009, and thank you as always for your support! More to come!
Goodbiden!
Jason Robert Brown
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