Research Catalog

Title

Second Stage Theatre: The Last Five Years : Works & Process at the Guggenheim / performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson.

Publication

2013.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Cronson, Mary Sharp
• Pacheco, Patrick
• Brown, Jason Robert
• Brown, Jason Robert
• Kantor, Adam
• Wolfe, Betsy
• Boggess, Summer
• Carney, Thomas (Thomas Kim)
• Gotay, David
• Landau, Randy
• Sieger, Gary
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Description

1 videodisc (91 min.) sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Panel discussion 1: Jason Robert Brown discusses the creation and revival of The Last Five Years, other times he performed in the Works & Process at the Guggenheim series, he describes the show and the motivation for writing it, comparison to his other shows including Parade and Songs for a New World, his own breakup and divorce, winning the Tony for Parade and how it affected his career, changing the song I Could be in Love with Someone Like You to a new song Shiksa Goddess the day before previews started. Panel discussion 2: Jason Robert Brown discusses how he knows if a song is right for a show or not, how long it took him to write this musical, what was he hoping to achieve with the unconventional structure of this musical, the challenges with the structure of this show and the audience reactions, what he learned from Hal Prince (director of Parade), what he wanted to express with his song Shiska Goddess, and how New York City plays a character in the show. Panel discussion 3: Adam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe discuss their careers leading up to The Last Five Years, how they got this show, Betsy Wolfe talks about moving to New York and auditioning with comparisons to the song Climbing up hill, Adam Kantor talks about getting Rent while still in school at Northwestern University, Jason Robert Brown talks about performing concert versions of this musical and playing piano for the original performances, working as a director, what he wanted to see in this production as the director, and directing 13 in the West End. Panel discussion 4: The band being built into the stage and musicians needing to memorize all the music, his identity as a Jewish writer, the music he listened to growing up, thinking he would be an actor as a child, the cost of creativity to his relationships, meeting Stephen Sondheim and his story of having dinner with him after seeing Sondheim's show, and setting up Betsy's final number I can do better than that.

Series Statement

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection

Uniform Title

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Alternative Title

• Last Five Years
• Works & Process, The Last Five Years

Subject

• Brown, Jason Robert
• Musicals

Genre/Form

• Filmed performances.
• Panel discussions.
• Musicals.
• Video.
• Dance.
• Nonfiction films.

Note

• Widescreen.
• Title and credits taken from house program and DVD label.

Credits (note)

• Written and directed by Jason Robert Brown ; music director, Tom Murray ; music coordinator, Christian Hebel.

Source (note)

• Mary Sharp Cronson.

Biography (note)

• The Last Five Years premiered off-Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theatre in 2002 ; The revival plays a limited engagement at Second Stage Theatre beginning March 7, 2013.

Contents

• Introduction (approximately 1 min.) / by Mary Sharp Cronson.
• Panel discussion 1 (approximately 11 min.) / panel: Jason Robert Brown ; Patrick Pacheco (moderator).
• I could be in love with someone like you [and] Shiksa Goddess (9 min.) / performed by Jason Robert Brown (I could be in love with someone like you) and Adam Kantor (Shiksa Goddess)
• Panel discussion 2 (13 min.) / panel: Jason Robert Brown ; Patrick Pacheco (moderator).
• Next ten minutes (9 min.) / performed by Adam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe.
• Panel discussion 3 (15 min.) / panel: Jason Robert Brown, Adam Kantor, Betsy Wolfe ; Patrick Pacheco (moderator).
• Schmuel (Tailor song) [orchestration only] (3 min.) / performed by Jason Robert Brown and musicians.
• Panel discussion 4 (15 min.) / panel: Jason Robert Brown ; Patrick Pacheco (moderator).
• I can do better than that (7 min.) / performed by Betsy Wolfe.
• Audience exiting (2 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-7863

OCLC

858877779

Title

Second Stage Theatre: The Last Five Years : Works & Process at the Guggenheim / performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson.

Production

2013.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Digital File Characteristics

video file DVD video

Series

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Original Version

Original format: 1 DV cassette.

Credits

Written and directed by Jason Robert Brown ; music director, Tom Murray ; music coordinator, Christian Hebel.

Performer

Panel: Jason Robert Brown (writer and director), Adam Kantor (performer), Betsy Wolfe (performer) ; Patrick Pacheco (moderator, arts journalist, NY 1 "Onstage").

Musicians: Jason Robert Brown (piano/conductor), Summer Boggess (cello 1), Thomas Carney (violin), David Gotay (cello 2), Randy Landau (bass), Gary Sieger (guitar).

Event

Videotaped in performance at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York on 2013 February 11 (7:30 pm).

Biography

The Last Five Years premiered off-Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theatre in 2002 ; The revival plays a limited engagement at Second Stage Theatre beginning March 7, 2013.

Local Note

For program notes see *MGZB Works and process at the Guggenheim [programs].

Source

Gift; Mary Sharp Cronson. NN-PD

Added Author

Cronson, Mary Sharp, producer.

Cronson, Mary Sharp, speaker.

Pacheco, Patrick, moderator.

Brown, Jason Robert, composer.

Brown, Jason Robert, speaker.

Brown, Jason Robert, director.

Brown, Jason Robert, conductor.

Brown, Jason Robert. Last 5 years.

Kantor, Adam, performer.

Kantor, Adam, speaker.

Wolfe, Betsy, speaker.

Boggess, Summer, performer.

Carney, Thomas (Thomas Kim), performer.

Gotay, David, performer.

Landau, Randy, performer.

Sieger, Gary, performer.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Cronson, Mary Sharp, donor.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-7863