JASON ROBERT BROWN has been hailed as “one of Broadway’s smartest and most sophisticated songwriters since Stephen Sondheim” (Philadelphia Inquirer), and his “extraordinary, jubilant theater music “ (Chicago Tribune) has been heard all over the world, whether in one of the hundreds of productions of his musicals every year or in his own incendiary live performances.

Mr. Brown is the recipient of the 1999 Tony Award for his score to Parade, a musical written with Alfred Uhry and directed by Harold Prince, which premiered at Lincoln Center Theatre in December 1998, and subsequently won both the Drama Desk and New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards for Best New Musical. “Parade” was also presented on a national tour in 2000, which Jason conducted. He is the composer/lyricist of Songs For A New World, The Last Five Years, a contributor (and received an addition Tony Nomination) for Urban Cowboy and 13. Mr. Browns collaboration with singer Lauren Kennedy, Song of Jason Robert Brown, is available on PS Classics.

Mr. Brown’s first solo album, Wearing Someone Else’s Clothes featuring his band The Caucasian Rhythm Kings, was named one of Amazon.com’s best of 2005, and is available from Sh-K-Boom Records. His songs, including the cabaret standard Stars and the Moon, have been performed and recorded by Audra McDonald, Betty Buckley, Karen Akers, Renée Fleming, Philip Quast, Jon Hendricks and many others. Upcoming projects include a musical adaptation of the 1992 film Honeymoon in Vegas in collaboration with screenwriter/director Andrew Bergman.

The Covina Center for the Performing Arts is thrilled to open our Inaugural Special Event Series with this immensely gifted and nationally recognized composer/lyricist, Tony Award Winner and recording artist.