Billy Porter is the latest stage icon to join the roster of special guests joining composer-lyricist Jason Robert Brown for his October 25 concert at Carnegie Hall. The concert will mark the 30th year of Brown's career in New York theatre, which has resulted in such titles as Songs for a New World, Parade, The Last Five Years, 13, The Bridges of Madison County, Mr. Saturday Night, and more. The performers will be backed by the 22-piece Orchestra of St. Luke's, conducted by Brown and Georgia Stitt.

Also on hand will be Tony winners Kelli O'Hara (Days of Wine and Roses), J. Harrison Ghee (Some Like It Hot), Heather Headley (The Color Purple), and Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen); and Tony nominees Shoshana Bean (Hell's Kitchen) and Raúl Esparza (Company).

Brown won the 1999 Tony for Best Original Musical Score for Parade and 2014 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations for The Bridges of Madison County. The 2023 revival of Parade also earned the Tony for Best Revival of a Musical.

This year has seen the premieres of two new Brown musicals: The Connector, created with Jonathan Marc Sherman and Daisy Prince, which completed a run at Off-Broadway's MCC Theater in April; and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, written with Taylor Mac and directed by Rob Ashford, recently seen at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre and headed for a 2025 Broadway bow. His Off-Broadway hit, The Last Five Years, is heading to Broadway later this season.

Creative Partners Productions and Live Nation are producing the upcoming concert.

Tickets are available at CarnegieHall.org.