Jason Robert Brown - a most gracious guest

[bwaybri2]

Posted: 8/5/10 at 11:53am

Last week our midwestern community had the fortune of having Jason Robert Brown in residency. During a masterclass for area theatre students he invited a local kid to come up and sing a selection from "13".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaapEC1mDu8&feature=player_embedded

I hope many of you have had the opportunity to hear him speak. He is articulate, passionate, and an educator at heart. I know there has been great discourse on this board about him lately and I wanted to share with you city folks, that he represents the professional musical theatre scene with great passion.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/5/10 at 11:57am

That poor kid, being forced to humiliate himself singing that music. I thought our government had very specific views on torture.

[uncageg]

Posted: 8/5/10 at 12:00pm

She has a beautiful voice. It looked like he thought she might forget the words in the beginning as he was mouthing them for a while and then got into playing the song. I keep passing this cd by in the library, I may have to pick it up and listen to it.

Updated On: 8/5/10 at 12:00 PM

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 8/5/10 at 12:32pm

Awww, that's precious. I'm honestly happy to see this show is getting such a cult following.

[Radioactiveduck]

Posted: 8/5/10 at 7:46pm

Good for you bwaybri.

He came to my college 2 years ago and acted like a douchebag.

[Taryn]

Posted: 8/5/10 at 8:43pm

I'm rather worried about her voice. She's really straining on the top belt notes there. :/