As far as I know, Jason Robert Brown's strongest work is "The Last Five Years," and I suspect this is because the show's subject is Jason Robert Brown. (The show is flawed.) The best song, "A Summer in Ohio," is a love letter from an actress to her NYC writer spouse. The actress is trying to talk herself into a sense of enthusiasm for her summer-stock gig, and the song works because of its specificity: I could have a mansion on a hill... I could have a villa in Seville.... But it wouldn't be as a nice as A summer in Ohio With a gay midget named Karl Playing Tevye and Porgy.... The song also features a terrific bridge: I saw your book at a Borders in Kentucky... Under a sign that said NEW AND RECOMMENDED... I stole a look at your picture on the inside sleeve... And then I couldn't leave... Richard, who was with me, got uncharacteristically quiet... Then he said, "All things considered... I guess you don't have to buy it." So I smiled li...