Songs for a New World

E899768

Songs for a New World is a song cycle-style musical by Jason Robert Brown that explores pivotal, life-changing moments in the lives of diverse characters through a series of thematically linked songs.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Songs for a New World canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical ⓘ
song cycle ⓘ
composer Jason Robert Brown ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Jason Robert Brown ⓘ
directorOfPremiere Daisy Prince ⓘ
features diverse characters ⓘ
frequentlyPerformedIn concert form ⓘ
frequentlyProducedBy educational theatres ⓘ
regional theatres ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
hasCharacteristic non-linear narrative ⓘ
song cycle-style structure ⓘ
thematically linked songs ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn contemporary musical theatre cabaret repertoire ⓘ
hasRecording 1996 original cast recording ⓘ
hasRevival 2015 London production ⓘ
2018 Off-Broadway Encores! Off-Center production ⓘ
hasTheme choices and consequences ⓘ
hope and despair ⓘ
identity and transformation ⓘ
pivotal life-changing moments ⓘ
risk and courage ⓘ
hasType concept musical ⓘ
revue-style musical ⓘ
labelOfRecording RCA Victor ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Jason Robert Brown ⓘ
notableSong “Christmas Lullaby” ⓘ
“Hear My Song” ⓘ
“I’d Give It All for You” ⓘ
“Just One Step” ⓘ
“King of the World” ⓘ
“On the Deck of a Spanish Sailing Ship, 1492” ⓘ
“Opening: The New World” ⓘ
“She Cries” ⓘ
“Stars and the Moon” ⓘ
“Surabaya-Santa” ⓘ
“The River Won’t Flow” ⓘ
“The World Was Dancing” ⓘ
numberOfActs 1 ⓘ
originalCastIncludes Andrea Burns ⓘ
Billy Porter ⓘ
Brooks Ashmanskas ⓘ
Jessica Molaskey ⓘ
originalCastSize 4 ⓘ
premieredAt Off-Broadway ⓘ
WPA Theatre ⓘ
premiereDate 1995-10-11 ⓘ
producerOfPremiere WPA Theatre ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jason Robert Brown → notableWork → Songs for a New World ⓘ
Michael Starobin → notableWork → Songs for a New World ⓘ