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Jason Robert Brown to Perform on Tomorrow's MTV Movie Awards with Ariana Grande

By: Apr. 09, 2016
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Ariana Grande revealed in an interview with MTV News that Jason Robert Brown is set to perform with her on tomorrow's broadcast of the MTV Movie Awards. The pair, who first worked together on 13 THE MUSICAL, will be performing a rendition of "Dangerous Woman." Watch the full interview below!

The "2016 MTV Movie Awards," hosted by Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, airs on Sunday, April 10 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT from outdoors on the Warner Bros. backlot in Burbank, Calif.

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 recently revived "The Last Five Years", his debut song cycle "Songs for a New World", and the seminal "Parade", winner of the 1999 Best Score Tony. The New York Times refers to Jason as "a leading member of a new generation of composers who embody high hopes for the American musical."

His latest Broadway musical "Honeymoon In Vegas," starring Tony Danza and based on Andrew Bergman's film, followed a triumphant production at Paper Mill Playhouse. A film version of Jason's epochal Off-Broadway musical "The Last Five Years" was released in 2015, starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan and directed by Richard LaGravenese, and a film of Jason's musical "13" is currently in development.Jason studied composition at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., with Samuel Adler, Christopher Rouse, and Joseph Schwantner. He lives with his wife, composer Georgia Stitt, and their daughters in New York City. Jason is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild and the American Federation of Musicians Local 802 & 47. Visit him on the web at www.jasonrobertbrown.com.




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