Jason Robert Brown Teases Tonight's SubCulture Gig With Shaina Taub; Hints at Something Big For September

Three-time Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown continues his ongoing series of concerts at SubCulture tonight, with his special guest Shaina Taub.

Theatregoers will remember Taub as the quirky singer/songwriter who joined new vaudevillians Bill Irwin and David Shiner in last season's return engagement of OLD HATS. Her other Off-Broadway appearances include NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 and the current HADESTOWN, but she's also highly regarded as an emerging artist whose songs and vocals convey thought-provoking social commentary.

Brown took to Facebook to give a tease of what's in store for Audience members at tonight's 8pm performance. SubCulture is located at 45 Bleecker Street, Downstairs. Visit subculturenewyork.com.

Brown also took to Twitter to hint at something big coming in September.

Jason Robert Brown is the ultimate multi-hyphenate - 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 BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, for which he received the 2014 Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Orchestrations; the seminal chamber musical THE LAST FIVE YEARS, now a feature film starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan; his debut song cycle SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD; and PARADE, winner of the 1999 Best Score Tony. The New York Times refers to Brown as "a leading member of a new generation of composers who embody high hopes for the American musical."

His other musicals include HONEYMOON IN VEGAS and 13, a film version of which is currently in development. His "novel symphony" THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN, has been performed by the National Symphony Orchestra and around the world. He conducted PARADE at Avery Fisher Hall in an all-star concert performance in February, 2015, and he is in the midst of recording a followup to his solo album, "Wearing Someone Else's Clothes." His sold-out series of concerts at the Abrons Arts Center in 2012 yielded a television special and accompanying album, Jason Robert Brown In Concert With Anika Noni Rose. Visit jasonrobertbrown.com.

Shaina Taub is a Vermont-raised, New York-based songwriter and performer. Winner of a Jonathan Larson Grant and Ars Nova's 2012 Composer-in-Residence, she made her Lincoln Center solo concert debut in their 2015 American Songbook series. Her musical adaptation of TWELFTH NIGHT, commissioned by The Public Theater, conceived with and directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah, will be presented this summer at the Delacorte Theater as part of their Public Works initiative. She wrote songs for and co-starred in Bill Irwin and David Shiner's OLD HATS, directed by Tina Landau at the Signature Theatre and A.C.T.. She earned a Lucille Lortel Award nomination as Princess Mary in NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812, performed and arranged the songs of Tom Waits in A.R.T.'s production of THE TEMPEST, directed by Teller of Penn & Teller, and sang with Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in her psycho-opera, STOP THE VIRGENS, at St. Ann's Warehouse and the Sydney Opera House. Audra McDonald currently performs Taub's song, "Bear & Otter," in concert. She has received fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Yaddo Colony, and The Sundance Institute, and is a songwriter for "Sesame Street." Taub is currently writing a new musical about Alice Paul and the American women's suffrage movement. Her new album, "Visitors," is available now. Visit shainataub.com.