Michael Rubinoff and Mark Selby present the return of TONY AWARD-WINNER Jason Robert Brown on Monday, November 23, 8PM at the Glenn Gould Studio in the CBC Broadcasting Centre, 250 Front St. W. Backed by his band the Caucasian Rhythm Kings, the evening will feature songs from his award winning and internationally performed musicals SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, PARADE, LAST FIVE YEARS and 13, his solo album Wearing Someone Else's Clothes and some new material. Brown will be joined by the Toronto Youth Music Theatre Company Choir and some outstanding Canadian talent to be announced.
"Jason Robert Brown rocked the walls of the Glenn Gould Studio with a performance so filled with energy, guts and emotion that to say the audience was blown away would be an understatement. Brown is the composer-lyricist of such first-rate musicals as The Last Five Years and Parade, but he's also a pianist of rare skill and a vocalist who possesses a uniquely persuasive way with a song. Add stage patter that is free of all tiresome shtick and you have an incredibly winning combination. Watching Brown at the keyboard is an astonishing experience." Richard Ouzounian, The Toronto Star, October 17, 2006
Jason Robert Brown has been hailed as one of Broadway's smartest and most sophisticated songwriters since Stephen Sondheim? The New York Times refers to him as a leading member of a new generation of composers who embody high hopes for the American musical.? With The Last Five Years, Brown won Drama Desk Awards for Best Music and Best Lyrics. Brown received a 1999 Tony Award for his score to Parade, which is currently playing to rave reviews in Los Angeles. Songs for a New World opened Off-Broadway at the WPA Theatre in the fall of 1995, and has since been seen in more than three hundred productions around the world. "Wearing Someone Else's Clothes" is his solo CD (available on Sh-K-Boom Records).
Tickets: online www.ticketweb.ca or by phone 1.888.222.6608, $30, $50 and $75, plus applicable service charges.
Media Contact: Michael Rubinoff 416.789.0333 mrubinoff@mrubinoff.com
For More information visit www.jasonrobertbrown.com , www.torontomusictheatre.com www.glenngouldstudio.cbc.ca
