The Last Five Years

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musical stage work

The Last Five Years is a contemporary two-person musical by Jason Robert Brown that chronicles a couple’s five-year relationship through intersecting, reverse-chronological and forward-chronological narratives.

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The Last Five Years (film)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	musical ⓘ stage work ⓘ
awarded	Drama Desk Award ⓘ surface form: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
bookWriter	Jason Robert Brown ⓘ
centralTheme	romantic relationship over five years ⓘ
characterOccupation	Cathy Hiatt – struggling actress ⓘ Jamie Wellerstein – novelist ⓘ
composer	Jason Robert Brown ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Jason Robert Brown ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector	Richard LaGravenese ⓘ
filmAdaptationLeadActor	Anna Kendrick ⓘ Jeremy Jordan ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear	2014 ⓘ
firstProductionDate	2001 ⓘ
genre	chamber musical ⓘ contemporary musical theatre ⓘ
hasFilmAdaptation	The Last Five Years self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Last Five Years (film)
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Jason Robert Brown ⓘ
mainCharacter	Cathy Hiatt ⓘ Jamie Wellerstein ⓘ
narrativeDevice	forward chronology for Jamie ⓘ reverse chronology for Cathy ⓘ
numberOfActs	1 ⓘ
numberOfCharacters	2 ⓘ
offBroadwayOpeningDate	2002 ⓘ
offBroadwayTheatre	Minetta Lane Theatre ⓘ
premiereCity	Skokie, Illinois ⓘ
premiereLocation	Northlight Theatre ⓘ
settingPeriod	late 20th century ⓘ
song	A Miracle Would Happen ⓘ A Part of That ⓘ A Summer in Ohio ⓘ Goodbye Until Tomorrow ⓘ I Can Do Better Than That ⓘ I Could Never Rescue You ⓘ If I Didn’t Believe in You ⓘ Moving Too Fast ⓘ Nobody Needs to Know ⓘ See I’m Smiling ⓘ Shiksa Goddess ⓘ Still Hurting ⓘ The Next Ten Minutes ⓘ The Schmuel Song ⓘ When You Come Home to Me ⓘ
structure	two intersecting timelines ⓘ
subjectMatter	artistic ambition ⓘ career vs. relationship conflict ⓘ marriage and divorce ⓘ

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