The Last Five Years (The Applause Libretto Library): The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Musical * The Applause Libretto Library

The show has since been produced at almost every major regional theater in the U.S., and has been seen in Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Germany, Italy, Canada, Spain, and the UK.. The show's unconventional structure consists of Cathy, the woman, telling her story backwards while Jamie, the man, tells his story chronologically; the two characters meet only once, at their wedding in the middle of the show. An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years. Jason Robert Brown won Drama Desk Awards for the music and the lyrics after the Off-Broadway premiere in 2002 starring Norbert Leo Butz and Sherie Rene Scott. (Applause Libretto Library)

"Making the Last 5 Years last forever" according to Lee Gelber. The recording of The Last Five Years is haunting - well nigh addictive. The two superb talents, Sherie Renee Scott and Norbert Leo Butz performing the words and music of Jason Robert Brown make the CD and MPMaking the Last 5 Years last forever The recording of The Last Five Years is haunting - well nigh addictive. The two superb talents, Sherie Renee Scott and Norbert Leo Butz performing the words and music of Jason Robert Brown make the CD and MP3 indispensable. To read the words and lyrics by that wunderkind Jason Robert Brown puts the book in a premier location in my . indispensable. To read the words and lyrics by that wunderkind Jason Robert Brown puts the book in a premier location in my . "Three Stars" according to Driftwood. I didn't notice this is lyrics only, no sheet music.. Important to Have, Nothing Learned RC The Applause Libretto Library is important to have around, but if you thought Brown's musical was going to be more than just the songs, it ain't necessarily so. There's a few lines of dialogue, but nothing major-- just the lyrics. Also, Brown's introduction is candid.