The Broadway debut of Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years is only a few more months away, and Brown is clearly over the moon for their leading lady, Tony winner Adrienne Warren.
In a new video released January 2, Brown teased what is to come with Warren's performance, stating that "Adrienne is this intensely vulnerable creature. Getting to watch her be that vulnerable creature, it's spiritual in a lot of ways. The ability of a star is to let us feel like, even though we are watching them and there are lots of lights on them, and the hair, and the makeup, and everything, in spite of that, we're seeing them as they are. There is something very real about what Adrienne does, there's something beautifully combustible about the relationship between those two people, and you know, they're going to sing down! They're going to be singing for the ages. I'm very happy."
Watch the full video below:
Performances begin March 18, 2025, at the Hudson Theatre ahead of an April 6 opening night. The Last Five Years tracks a five-year relationship between Cathy and Jamie from beginning to end via intertwining solo songs, with Jamie's story unfolding chronologically and Cathy's in reverse. Nick Jonas is starring opposite Warren.
Director Whitney White leads the creative team, with choreographers Jeff Kuperman and Rick Kuperman (The Outsiders), scenic designer David Zinn (Stereophonic), costume designer Dede Ayite (Jaja’s African Hair Braiding), lighting designer Stacey Derosier (The Counter), sound designer Cody Spencer (The Outsiders), wig and hair designer Mia Neal (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom). Cody Renard Richard will serve as production stage manager, and Baseline Theatrical’s Andy Jones and James Hickey will handle general management.
The musical, which premiered at Skokie, Illinoise's Northlight Theatre before a 2002 Off-Broadway run at Minetta Lane Theatre starring Norbert Leo Butz and Sherie Rene Scott, has become a particular favorite among theatre fans. The upcoming Main Stem run will be the work's first, following an Off-Broadway revival in 2013 and a film adaptation in 2014.
Seaview, ATG Productions, and The Season are producing.
Tickets are available at TheLastFiveYearsBroadway.com.
