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Jason Robert Brown's "LAST 5 FIVE YEARS" and "TICK, TICK ... BOOM!" 2009 London
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This is a rare May 2009 programme (playbill) from the London revival of the JASON ROBERT BROWN musical "THE LAST FIVE YEARS" performed in repertory withthe Original London production of the JONATHAN LARSON musical "TICK, TICK ... BOOM!"
at the Duchess Theatre in London. (The
Original Off-Broadway production of "The Last Five Years"
opened March 3rd, 2002 at New York's Minetta Lane Theatre and ran for two months, closing May 5th, 2002. The
Original Off-Broadway production of "Tick, Tick ... Boom!" opened May 23rd, 2001 at the Jane Street Theatre in New York City and ran for 215 performances. Both London productions ran for a limited engagement of only seven performances
.) .....
"THE LAST FIVE YEARS" (opened May 6th and closed May 10th, 2009), w
ith a beautiful score by the Tony Award winning JASON ROBERT BROWN ("Parade" 1999, "The Bridges of Madison County" 2014), starred PAUL SPICER as "Jamie" and JULIE ATHERTON as "Cathy" ..... Loosely based on JASON ROBERT BROWN's own failed first marriage, the show is a two-character musical which tells the history of a relationship from two different perspectives. The male's narrative begins at the beginning of the story and progresses through marriage, infidelity, and divorce, while the female narrative begins at the end of the relationship and ends with the couple's first date; the two actors' only direct interaction takes place mid-point, during the wedding sequence ..... CREDITS: Book, Music and Lyrics by JASON ROBERT BROWN ("Parade", "Songs for a New World", "The Last 5 Years", "Urban Cowboy", "13", "The Bridges of Madison County", "Honeymoon in Vegas"); Sets and Costumes designed by MORGAN LARGE; Directed by AMELIA SEARS; Produced by JAMIE HENDRY PRODUCTIONS, NEIL ECKERSLEY and PAUL SPICER for SPECKULATION ENTERTAINMENT .....
"TICK, TICK ... BOOM!"
(opened May 13th and closed May 17th, 2009) starred JULIE ATHERTON, PAUL KEATING and LEON LOPEZ. Written by JONATHAN LARSON, the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of "Rent", the musical tells the story of an aspiring composer named "Jon" who lives in New York City in 1990. Jon is worried that he has made the wrong choice in pursuing a career in the performing arts. The story, according to the composer's father, is autobiographical. Larson had been trying to establish himself in theatre since the early 1980's. "Tick, Tick ... Boom!" was originally produced as a solo work in September 1990 at New York's Off-Broadway Second Stage Theatre and in November 1991 at the Village Gate Theatre. Larson performed the show as a "rock monologue", a new form of theatre at the time. His performance attracted the attention of a young producer named Jeffrey Seller, who became a fan of Larson's work. In early 1996, he saw the New York Theatre Workshop production of Larson's musical "Rent" and convinced his fellow producers to bring it to Broadway. After Larson's death in 1996, producer Victoria Leacock asked David Auburn, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Proof", to reconfigure "Tick, Tick ... Boom!" Auburn restructured the monologue into a three actor musical, with one actor playing "Jon", and the other two actors playing "Michael" and "Susan" as well as several additional roles in the show. The revised show premiered at New York's Jane Street Theatre on May 23rd, 2001 and has since been seen throughout the United States and in productions in London, Seoul, Tokyo, Toronto, Copenhagen, Cologne and Madrid as well as in the Philippines, Hungary, Mexico and the Netherlands ..... CREDITS: Book, Music and Lyrics by JONATHAN LARSON; Sets and Costumes designed by MORGAN LARGE; Directed by HANNAH CHISSICK; Produced by JAMIE HENDRY PRODUCTIONS, NEIL ECKERSLEY and PAUL SPICER for SPECKULATION ENTERTAINMENT
..... DETAILS: The 44 page playbill measures 6 3/4" X 91/2" inches and includes full production credits, cast lists, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, individual photos and bios of each of the actors and bios of each member of the creative team ..... CONDITION: With the exception of a small tear in the bottom edge of the cover, this playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.