It's about one moment, about hitting the wall, making a choice, or taking a stand. Jason Robert Brown transports his audience from the deck of a 1492 Spanish sailing ship to a ledge 57 stories above 5th Avenue to meet a startling array of characters from a woman in a hopeless marriage to a young man hoping that basketball will get him out of the ghetto. Songs for a New World are the stories and characters that resonate all around us.