The
Sh-K-Boom Room PRESENTS JASON ROBERT BROWN
The Sh-K-Boom Room
PRESENTS JASON ROBERT BROWN
PERFORMING AT THE CUTTING
ROOM TUESDAYS, JUNE 18th & 25th at 7:00 pm
The
Sh-K-Boom Room, the concert series produced by SH-K-BOOM RECORDS,
will present an evening with Tony Award winning composer/lyricist
Jason Robert Brown, considered one of the leaders of a new generation
of Broadway writing talent, in concert at THE CUTTING ROOM (19 West
24th Street, NYC) on Tuesdays, June 18th & 25th, both shows at 7:00
pm. The concert will feature Jason and his band, as well as special
guest star vocalists. There will be a $20 cover at the door. Please
RSVP reservations to BoomRoom@sh-k-boom.com.
SH-K-BOOM RECORDS will
nationally release the Original Cast Recording of Mr. Brown's musical,
THE LAST 5 YEARS on June 11. Mr. Brown recently won two 2002 Drama
Desks Awards for Outstanding Music & Lyrics for the show. ęThe CD
is currently available in New York stores and online at http://www.Sh-K-Boom.com/.
"The Last 5 Years" stars two of the most dynamic and acclaimed musical
theatre performers in recent years, Norbert Leo Butz, a 2002 Tony
Award nominee, and Sherie Ren Scott, best known as the award-winning
star of Disney's smash Broadway musical AIDA.
The Sh-K-Boom Room is
an ongoing live concert series dedicated to bridging the gap between
pop music and theatre. Sh-K-Boom concerts expose audiences to Broadway
artists as they have never been seen before, performing their own
original pop/rock material. The series began in October 2000, with
sold-out midnight concerts every Thursday at venues such as Studio
54, The Cutting Room and The Village Theater.ę These events often
champion worthy causes for the theatre and music industries, including
The Actors' Fund of America, City Harvest, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights
AIDS, and City at Peace.ę For a full schedule of upcoming events,
visit "The Sh-K-Boom Room" at http://www.Sh-K.Boom.com/.
Jason Robert Brown is
the recipient of the 2002 Kleban Award and two 2002 Drama Desk Awards
for his work on "The Last 5 Years." Mr. Brown is the Tony Award-winning
composer and lyricist of "Parade," a musical written with Alfred Uhry
and directed by Harold Prince, which premiered at Lincoln Center Theater
in 1998, and won the Drama Desk and New York Drama Critics' Circle
awards for Best New Musical. His first musical, "Songs for a New World,"
directed by Daisy Prince, played Off-Broadway at the WPA Theatre in
1995, and has since been seen in more than 80 productions, including
the British premiere last summer at the Bridewell Theatre. Both shows
were recorded by BMG/RCA Victor. In 1998, Jason was a recipient of
the Gilman and Gonzales-Fallan Musical Theatre Award. He composed
incidental music for David Lindsay-Abaire's "Fuddy Meers and Kimberly
Akimbo," Kenneth Lonergan's "The Waverly Gallery" and the Irish Repertory
Theatre's "Long Day's Journey Into Night." He was musical director
of the vocal group The Tonics, conductor and orchestrator of Yoko
Ono's musical "New York Rock" at the WPA Theatre, conductor and arranger
of Michael John LaChiusa's "The Petrified Prince" directed by Harold
Prince at the Public, and he orchestrated Andrew Lippa's "john and
jen" at Lambs Theatre. His songs, including the new standard "Stars
and the Moon," have been performed by Betty Buckley, Karen Akers,
Donna Murphy, Audra McDonald and others. He is a member of the Dramatists'
Guild, and is honored to be an Artist-in-Residence at the Cathedral
of St. John the Divine.
Sh-K-Boom Records was
founded by Kurt Deutsch in 2000. The label is committed to giving
a voice to the new generation of Broadway composers and stars. "The
Last 5 Years" is their first cast recording, following solo recordings
by three of Broadway's biggest stars: Alice Ripley's "Everything's
Fine," the self-penned debut album from the Tony Award nominated star
of "The Rocky Horrorę Show," "The Who's Tommy" and "Side Show;" Adam
Pascal's "Model Prisoner," a collection of original rock songs by
the Tony Award nominee from the original cast of "Rent" who is currently
starring on Broadway in "Aida;" and Sherie Ren Scott's "SHERIE RENE...
Men I've Had," featuring songs by Elton John, Randy Newman, Pete Townshend,
Jonathan Larson and Kander & Ebb. These discs have been previously
available at Sh-K-Boom's website and are now being released nationally
for the first time through Image Entertainment. The label also produces
a wildly successful series of concerts called "The Sh-K-Boom Room,"
featuring major Broadway talent performing new material and original
compositions.
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