I don't want costumes and makeup between me and the audience - I want more direct communication. There's something for me about being honest on stage, and I'm at my most honest when I'm behind a piano. So I prefer my concert performances. Jason Robert Brown audiencecommunicationconcert share on social
I never wanted to write 'Mamma Mia!' or 'The Book of Mormon' - they're not my thing, I don't care about them. What I do is very different. Jason Robert Brown bookcaremamma Change image and share on social
I've never been particularly good at explaining or even understanding what this sort of rage is that is so accessible to me. I'm not an out-of-control person, but I can access in my work very easily a feeling of real fury. Thank goodness I've channeled it into my work, I guess. Jason Robert Brown accessaccessiblechannele share on social
My work is very popular with performers, and there are theatre people who get what I'm doing and what tradition I'm working in. I'm very grateful to them - they're my people, who understand why I work the way I do. Jason Robert Brown gratefulpeopleperformer share on social
Being a musician - and I like to think of myself as a musician with a capital M - you need to be an omnivore, and I think the best musicians will listen to anything and love everything, and I do. Jason Robert Brown capitallistenlove Change image and share on social
What I aspire to do, and what I try the hardest to do, is write stuff that's very personal in its way. I figure I can only say things the way I say them, so I'm trying to do something that is kind of anti-generic. Jason Robert Brown antiaspirefigure share on social
There are actors I have very strong chemical responses to, and I strive always to figure out ways to work with them and get them to sing my stuff. Jason Robert Brown actorchemicalfigure Change image and share on social
Writing music and lyrics, you tend to become a control freak - sitting alone in your room with a bare light bulb over your head, writing communist manifestos. Jason Robert Brown barebulbcommunist Change image and share on social
I did musicals in high school, certainly. And then I just kept wanting to do them. I felt at home in the theater, in that way that, you know, you're supposed to if that's the kind of person you are. Jason Robert Brown felthighhome Change image and share on social
In terms of my religious preference, if a year goes by and I don't have a Seder or I don't light the menorah, I feel a loss. Jason Robert Brown feellightloss Change image and share on social
