Spring Production

Jason Robert Brown first came to work with YAA students in 2014 for Songs for a New World. He was the first major Broadway creative to say yes and lend his voice to YAA’s mission of curating world-class arts opportunities for our students. Since then, he has remained a supporter of YAA over the years, participating in our 2023 production of Hal Prince’s Broadway, as well as serving as an Honorary Co-Chair of our Building Dreams Campaign.

YAA is thrilled to celebrate our 15th anniversary alongside our very first guest mentor, Jason Robert Brown, with music from his vast songbook, including: Songs for a New World, 13, Parade, Honeymoon in Vegas, The Bridges of Madison County, The Last Five Years, and many, many more.

This will be a once-in-a-lifetime performance that will represent everything that YAA stands for: Artistry, Excellence, Mentorship, and Community!

About JRB:
JASON ROBERT BROWN, the four-time Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist of The Last Five Years, Parade, Songs for a New World, 13, The Bridges of Madison County, Honeymoon In Vegas and The Connector, has performed as a soloist or with his band in venues around the world, including sold-out shows at the London Palladium and Carnegie Hall. His albums as a singer-songwriter include Wearing Someone Else’s Clothes and How We React and How We Recover on Ghostlight, and Coming From Inside the House and Live In Concert with Stephen Sondheim on Concord.