Last 5 Years, with Lee and Paz, to Benefit Broadway Cares

By Andrew Gans
16 Dec 2009

Michael K. Lee, Jennifer Paz and Jason Robert Brown
Michael K. Lee, Jennifer Paz and Jason Robert Brown

A one-night-only performance of Jason Robert Brown's The Last 5 Years will be presented next month at the David Henry Hwang Theater in downtown Los Angeles to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

The Jan. 9, 2010, performance will co-star 2009 Ovation Award nominees Michael K. Lee and Jennifer Paz. Composer Brown will be featured at the piano. Show time is 8 PM.

The evening will be directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera.

The Last 5 Years— which features book, music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown — charts the rise and fall of the marriage between Kathy and Jamie over a period of five years. The conceit of The Last 5 Years has the woman beginning her story at the end of the relationship and working her way back, while Jamie's story starts from the first date and works forward. They sing together only once, in the middle of the play, at their wedding. Song titles include "Still Hurting," "A Summer in Ohio," "The Next Ten Minutes," "I Can Do Better Than That," "Nobody Needs to Know" and "Goodbye Until Tomorrow."

For tickets, priced $45-$65, call (818) 358-2730 or visit www.eastwestplayers.org/BroadwayCares. The David Henry Hwang Theater is located at 120 Judge John Aiso Street in downtown Los Angeles.