TheaterMania.com
Search
Find Theater In Your Area

The Last Five Years
Tickets and Information


SHOW INFORMATION

This show has not yet been rated.

CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 25, 2003
Closed May 25, 2003
TICKETS TO THIS SHOW CHECK FOR DISCOUNTS

WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

It's been said that there are two sides to every romance, and the award-winning musical, The Last 5 Years, tells both of them. This modern falling-in-and-out-of-love story, written and composed by Tony Award-winner Jason Robert Brown, is like two separate musicals in counterpoint. In it, a couple simultaneously tells the story of their relationship - one from start to finish, the other from finish to start.

There are no matinees April 19 and 20. There are additional Sunday evening performances on May 11, 18, and 25 at 7:30 p.m.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



TheaterWorks
233 Pearl St
Hartford, CT 06103


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Jason Robert Brown's Off-Broadway musical The Last 5 Years, which won him Drama Desk awards for Best Music and Best Lyrics in 2002, has taken up temporary residence in Hartford at a gem of a theater that many people are now discovering as the place to see great shows. TheaterWorks may have been "found out," but it's still small and intimate and is still presenting fabulous works to Connecticut audiences. The Last 5 Years is its latest success.

Told almost entirely in song, this 90-minute, intermissionless story is moved along seamlessly from scene to scene by Jamie (Joe Cassidy) and Cathy (Sally Wilfert), who tell of their five-year relationship/marriage in alternating sequences. Putting [...]


Reviewed by Jeffrey LaGrange on May 7, 2003

What are other members saying?

No user reviews have been posted yet.
Write a review


RELATED ARTICLES ON THEATERMANIA


By providing information about entertainment and cultural events on this site, TheaterMania.com shall not be deemed to endorse,
recommend, approve and/or guarantee such events, or any facts, views, advice and/or information contained therein.

©1999-2012 TheaterMania.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use & Privacy Policy