Jason Robert Brown: The Last Five Years - Vocal Selections

I came across this musical, and other works by Jason Robert Brown, when I was writing my dissertation on Stephen Sondheim last year and it is amazing! The Last Five Years is a story told from different angles and doesn't go from beginning to end in a straightforward way (it reminds me a lot of Merrily We Roll Along by Sondheim). The show follows the relationship of Jamie and Cathy and is told from both characters. From Jamie's point of view, it strats at the first meeting and ends in the present whereas with Cathy, it starts in the present and works back in time to their first meeting - only at the wedding, which is in the middle of the one act show, do the ...  Read the complete review