SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD " St James Theatre
St James Theatre, London****Music and lyrics by Jason Robert BrownDirected by Adam LensonCynthia ErivoThere is a great deal of debate over how to define a piece like Jason Robert Brown's iconic debut work; 'Songs for a New World'. Some see it as a concept album, a young composer experimenting with snippets from a variety of unfinished or dismissed projects, others see it as a thematic song cycle, a collection of idea…