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ABOUT PERFORMANCE

Love and passion are the most popular emotions in musical plots. The author of the musical “The Last Five Years” looks at a love story from a different angle. He describes a narrative of love and relationship experiences from the point of view of writer Jamie and actress Cathy, two typical New Yorkers whose first marriage has just fallen apart. They are both looking for “the one”, which in a city where career comes first seems to be close to impossible.

The musical had its world premiere in 2001 in Chicago, and a year later it was featured off-Broadway. Jason Robert Brown reflected his own experiences in his work and the whole musical is composed as series of flashbacks showing moments of happiness, as well as times of relationship crises. Jason Robert Brown is not ranked as a well-known composer in the Czech Republic, but overseas he belongs among the popular theatre artists who are no strangers to musicals. 

CAST AND CREATIVE

Jamie Wellerstein - Tomáš Novotný
Catherine Hiatt - Klára Jelínková
Subway New York Band - Conductor, Clarinet - Marek Prášil
Piano - Jiří Janík
1. violoncello - Daniel Nosek
2. violoncello - Tomáš Svozil
Guitar - Mario Šeparović
Bass guitar - Antonín Jančár

music, libretto and song lyrics - Jason Robert Brown
Czech translation - Tomáš Novotný
Stage director - Janka Ryšánek Schmiedtová
Musical preparation - Marek Prášil
Motion cooperation - Adéla Laštovková Stodolová
Set and Costume Designer - Lucie Žilák Labajová
Dramaturg - Tomáš Novotný
Assistant director - Kateřina Svetlíková
Rehearsal accompanist - Michaela Kadlecová
Photo by: Martin Popelář