Category: Parade
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Here We Are makes me wish Sondheim was still alive (specifically so he could finish this)
I’ve been following the progress of what is now Here We Are, Stephen Sondheim’s final musical, for years, and I naively presumed it would never happen. So when I found out that my planned November trip to Broadway overlapped with the world premiere of Here We Are, I knew we needed to make it happen.…
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I saw Parade (review)
The creative team behind the latest revival of Parade is a holy trinity of sorts. This is Broadway composer Jason Robert Brown’s most well-known work. He also wrote the score to one of my favorite musicals of all time, the masterpiece The Bridges of Madison County. This production stars Broadway superstar Ben Platt (Dear Evan…
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Jason Robert Brown returns to Broadway
A revival of Jason Robert Brown‘s musical Parade, starring Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen), is transferring to Broadway from the New York City Center run. OMG Jason Robert Brown is one of the BEST composers out there. Parade is probably his best known work, but I came to appreciate his songwriting when I heard (and…