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The Last Five Years is a musical written by Jason Robert Brown. It premiered at Chicago's Northlight Theatre in 2001 and was then produced Off-Broadway in March 2002. Since then it has had numerous productions both in the United States and internationally.
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Synopsis. Drama Desk award-winner The Last Five Years is Jason Robert Brown’s intimate window into a couple’s doomed marriage. Cathy, a struggling actress, and Jamie, a budding novelist on the brink of wild success, are 20-somethings in New York who meet, fall in love, marry, and divorce over the span of five years.
Plot. The show spans the length of five years—the length of Cathy and Jamie's relationship. The story is told from Cathy’s perspective from the end of their marriage, and from Jamie’s when they first meet. As the musical unfolds, Cathy moves backwards in time to the beginning of the relationship as Jamie moves toward the end.
Experience the first ever Broadway production of one of the most beloved musicals of all time in a bold, new production, directed by Tony Award nominee Whitney White. The Last Five Years charts the five-year relationship of Jamie and Cathy, two 20-something New Yorkers who fall head over heels in love.
Nov 19, 2021 · Leigh Barrett's staging reflects a clear-eyed understanding of the power of the material's simplicity, which makes The Last Five Years an exceptional musical experience: thought-provoking as well as captivating.
An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years, the show's unconventional structure consists of Cathy, the woman, telling her story backwards while Jamie, the man, tells his story chronologically; the two characters only meet once, at their wedding ...
Jason Robert Brown’s popular 2001 musical The Last Five Years tells the story of two twenty-somethings who fall in love—and out of it again—over the course of a five year relationship.
