Actor: Broadway: Into the Woods, Threepenny Opera, Damn Yankees, How to Succeed…, A Class Act. Off-Broadway: Murder for Two (Lortel nomination), Anyone Can Whistle (Encores!), Forever Plaid. NY Philharmonic: Sweeney Todd (Live from Lincoln Center), Candide (Great Performances). TV/Film: "30 Rock," "The Good Wife," Joseph … Dreamcoat, "Will and Grace," "Law and Order(s)." Composer: 2011 Fred Ebb Award, Urban Cowboy (Tony nomination), The Jeff Blumenkrantz Songbook Podcast, I've Been Played: Alysha Umphess Swings Jeff Blumenkrantz. www.jeffblumenkrantz.com ... read more
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 our time, including the generation-defining The Last Five Years, his debut song cycle Songs for a New World, and the seminal Parade, winner of the 1999 Tony Award for Best Score and the 2023 Tony for Best Revival of a Musical. This year will see the premieres of two new JRB musicals: The Connector, created with Jonathan Marc Sherman and Daisy Prince, which just completed a ... read more