Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Conceived by Daisy Prince
Original Orchestrations by Brian Besterman
and Jason Robert Brown
Songs for A New World lies between a musical and a song cycle, but it is neither; it is an abstract musical, a series of songs all connected by a theme: "the moment of decision." The show has four performers who do not literally play the same characters throughout the show but who do have consistently developing character arcs nonetheless. Composer Jason Robert Brown has said "It's about one moment. It's about hitting the wall and having to make a choice, or take a stand, or turn around and go back."