Long before Jason Robert Brown twice won Tony awards for the best score for new Broadway musicals (Parade and The Bridges of Madison County),
he put together this revue of songs for an Off-Broadway run in the
mid-1990s. The songs aren't connected in any way except for an
underlying theme: each song is about a moment of decision;
sometimes it's about a decision that has to be made; sometimes it's
about a decision made in the past. Some songs are hysterically funny;
some are poignant and touching. Some are driven with intense rhythms;
some are lyrical. Brown's musical style draws on a number of genres
including pop, jazz, Latin, gospel, R&B, rock, and folk. Opera
Workshop will end the show with one of Brown's later songs, "Coming
Together," a moving and uplifting anthem written in response to the 9/11
terrorist attacks.