Contemporary Quiz #1

[jesseeinstein]

Posted: 12/7/03 at 8:37pm

What was Jason Robert Brown's VERY FIRST musical!
Clue: It's not what you think!

[Mattio98]

Posted: 12/7/03 at 9:22pm

it wasnt parade?

[LiTtLeDaNcEr729]

Posted: 12/7/03 at 10:55pm

I thought it was Songs for a New World

Posted: 12/7/03 at 11:42pm

THE MONEYMAN, 1996.

Jason wrote this, ballet actually, prior to SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD. It's about Michael Miliken and Wall Street in the '80s. He discarded the book and when last heard he was waiting for a new one. It has not been recorded nor produced, to my knowledge.

Prior to SONGS, as Arranger/Orchestrator he is associated with

A NEW BRAIN, 1998
JOHN & JEN, 1996
NEW YORK ROCK, 1995.

Bulldog.

[jesseeinstein]

Posted: 12/8/03 at 6:30am

Hate to be the bearer of bad news Bulldog, but you're wrong!
Jason's first show was called "Invocations" and was produced by a summer camp called French Woods Festival. I don't remember the exact date unfotunately, but it was definately before anything else that he's written. Oh, and Bulldog, sorry to throw this in your face, but Songs for a New World was first technically. The Moneyman was a project that was ongoing, and "She Cries" from SFANW was actually started in 1992.

[bob8rich]

Posted: 12/8/03 at 8:00am

Thanks for all the info! I am a big JRB fan and am pleased to learn something new about him.

Posted: 12/8/03 at 8:02am

OK.

Does this mean I should start including summer camp shows in the quizzes?





Updated On: 12/8/03 at 08:02 AM

[jesseeinstein]

Posted: 12/8/03 at 10:36pm

Well technically, it was his first produced show! So it counts!