Songs for a New World

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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.

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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

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