BroadwayRadio Special: Interview with Jason Robert Brown

James Marino and talks with Jason Robert Brown about his new album, "How We React and How We Recover" on the Ghostlight Records label. Guest: Jason Robert Brown Jason: Website | IBDB | IMDB | Twitter | Facebook Ghostlight Records Bio: JASON ROBERT BROWN is the ultimate multi-hyphenate – an equally skilled composer, lyricist, conductor, arranger, orchestrator, director and performer – best known for his dazzling scores to several of the most renowned musicals of his generation, including the generation-defining “The Last Five Years”, his debut song cycle “Songs for a New World”, and the seminal “Parade”, for which he won the 1999 Tony Award for Best Score. [Read More] Red Mountain Theatre Company (Birmingham, Alabama): Website | IBDB Kimberly Akimbo is a play written in 2000 by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting SubCulture A Brief History of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (related to song "Over") Projects in the works: -- The Connector - Powerhouse Theater - Vassar College Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown Book by Jonathan Marc Sherman Directed by Daisy Prince -- Mr. Saturday Night, musical adaptation of the film, collaborating with Billy Crystal and Amanda Green Billy Crystal on the WTF postcast with Marc Maron -- two other projects Jason can't talk about yet (!) -- Songs for a New World (New York City Center 2018 Encores! Off-Center Cast Recording) coming January 25, 2019 on Ghostlight Records Interview recorded on October 15, 2018   Music: 00:00 Music Of Heaven from Wearing Someone Else's Clothes (2005) 03:02 Hope from How We React and How We Recover (2018) 05:05 Fifty Years Long from How We React and How We Recover (2018) 07:54 Grow Old With Me from Wearing Someone Else's Clothes (2005) 09:39 A Song About Your Gun from How We React and How We Recover (2018) 17:14 Over from Wearing Someone Else's Clothes (2005) 21:08 Wait 'Till You See What's Next from How We React and How We Recover (2018)