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The Last Five Years » Original Off-Broadway Cast

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Show Details

• Show: The Last Five Years (5)
• Music: Jason Robert Brown (38)
• Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown (38)
• Book: Jason Robert Brown (38)

Recording Details

• Date: 2002
• Type: Audio / Stage Cast
• Language: English
• Location: US / NY / New York
• Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown (38)
• Conductor: Jason Robert Brown (38)
• Producer: Kurt Deutsch (34),  Jeffrey Lesser (14),  Bill Rosenfield (46)
• Liner Notes: Richard Maltby Jr. (34)
• Performer: Norbert Leo Butz (9),  Sherie Rene Scott (14)

Recording Releases

	Buy MP3 Album (or listen to Sound Clips) Format: CD Label: Sh-K-Boom 4001-2 Released: 2002-04-16 Barcode: 0791558400120 Buy from:
	Shows/Hide Tracks: 01. Still Hurting 02. Shiksa Goddess 03. See I'm Smiling 04. Moving Too Fast 05. A Part of That 06. The Schmuel Song 07. A Summer in Ohio 08. The Next Ten Minutes 09. A Miracle Would Happen When You Come Home to Me 10. Climbing Uphill 11. If I Didn't Believe in You 12. I Can Do Better Than That 13. Nobody Needs to Know 14. Goodbye Until Tomorrow I Could Never Rescue You

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Posted 2007-08-05 20:52:48:
Amazon.com Editoral Review: Jason Robert Brown burst on the musical-theater scene with a bang when his first Broadway show, Parade, won the Tony for original score in 1999. This new offering is more modest in scale than Parade, but it allows Brown to refine his skills. A two-character, one-act play, The Last 5 Years retraces a relationship through a complex structure that involves varying viewpoints and a chronology that unfurls backward and forward. Brown himself plays the piano and leads a small ensemble, while Norbert Leo Butz (Thou Shalt Not) and Sherie René Scott (Aida) sing the composer's heartbreaking melodies. Brown's lyrics need a bit of work (he can be oddly crass at unexpected moments), but he knows how to write songs that incorporate a pop sensibility and a distinctly theatrical narrative drive. That in itself is quite an achievement. --Elisabeth Vincentelli > 2 Comments

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