Brown, Jason Robert – The Last Five Years

Description

Jason Robert Brown, the creator of Parade and Songs for a New World, has written a distinctive new Off-Broadway musical. The Last Five Years tells the story of a failed marriage of 20-somethings: he a successful novelist, she astruggling actress. Her story is told in reverse, his conventionally moving forward. They meet in the middle at the point of their wedding. Brown’s strong writing has found a solid following among musical theatre fans. Oursongbook features piano/vocal arrangements of 12 songs: Goodbye Until Tomorrow · I Can Do Better Than That · If I Didn’t Believe in You · Moving Too Fast · The Next Ten Minutes · Nobody Needs to Know · A Part of That · The SchmuelSong · Shiksa Goddess · Still Hurting · A Summer in Ohio · When You Come Home to Me. Short, bittersweet and nearly perfect, Brown has come up with a winning combination of music and book. – Variety

Contents

1. Still Hurting
2. Shiksa Goddess
3. Moving Too Fast
4. A Part Of That
5. The Schmuel Song
6. A Summer In Ohio
7. The Next Ten Minutes
8. When You Come Home To Me
9. If I Didn’t Believe In You
10. I Can Do Better Than That
11. Nobody Needs To Know
12. Goodbye Until Tomorrow/I Could Never Rescue You