Following a successful run at Second Stage theater starring Betsy Wolfe and Adam Kantor, Ghostlight Records has preserved the hit revival of The Last Five Years, created and directed by Jason Robert Brown. The beloved two-character musical, which has received more than 500 regional productions and 3,000 performances around the world,broke box office records for the off-Broadway institution and ranks among the longest-running productions in the company’s 34 year history. The show’s enduring global popularity was also the subject of a recent article in The New York Times. The new recording of The Last Five Years is produced by Jason Robert Brown with Kurt Deutsch and Stacey Mindich serving as executive producers.
Jason Robert Brown’s contemporary musical The Last Five Years tells the emotionally powerful story of two twenty-something New Yorkers who dive head first into a marriage fueled by the optimism that comes with finding “the one.” But in a city where professional and personal passions collide and only the strongest relationships survive, navigating the waters of love and matrimony can sometimes prove too much. Funny, honest and intimate, with an exuberantly romantic score, The Last Five Years takes a bold look at one young couple's hope that love endures the test of time.
