![]() TR: Who is your favorite character and what is your favorite song in “13”? Once we started doing readings and rehearsals of the show, I picked up things that the kids would say to each other and sometimes threw them in. JRB: My biggest research was into Archie’s condition – we never say it in the show, but he has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and it was very important to me that I understand the specifics of his condition if I were going to write a part for someone with that kind of illness.Īs far as research about how kids talked or how they acted, well, I didn’t have to work too hard to remember what it was like when I myself was 13. TR: What research did you do to prepare for the show? Jason Roberts Brown: I wrote “13” because I was starting to feel burned out on writing Broadway shows, and I wanted to write something that made me feel like I did when I was a teenager at performing arts camp, when I really first fell deeply in love with musicals. The Record: What inspired you to write “13”? Megumi Iwai-Louie (7) had the chance to discuss the musical with Brown. He wrote the music and lyrics for “13: The Musical,” the Broadway show starring an all-teenager cast and band which the Middle Division is performing this week. Jason Robert Brown is a Tony Award-winning composer, lyricist, and playwright. ![]()
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