A contemporary
song-cycle musical that ingeniously chronicles the five year life of a marriage,
from meeting to break-up... or from break-up to meeting, depending on how you
look at it. Written by Jason Robert Brown (Parade, Songs For A New World), The
Last Five Years is an intensely personal look at the relationship between a
writer and an actress told from both points of view. The show is presented in
“forward time” as we follow the story of their relationship from Jamie’s
perspective, starting with their first meeting and following through with their
wedding and ultimate breakup. At the same time, Cathy relates the story in
“reverse” - starting with their breakup and moving backwards in time until their
first meeting at the end of the show. Made up mostly of solo turns, with
beautiful music and alternately humorous and heartfelt lyrics, it is only in the
middle of the show that Jamie and Cathy come together as Jamie proposes and the
two are wed.
August 17, 18, 19, 2006 (8:00 p.m.) August 20, 2006 (7:00 p.m.)
August 24, 25, 26, 2006 (8:00 p.m.) August 27 2006 (7:00 p.m.)
The Last Five Years is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by:
MTI 421 West 54th Street New York, NY 10019-4412
Tel.: 1-212-541-4684 Fax: 1-212-397-4684
www.MTIShows.com