Performing April 28, 29, 30 May 5, 6, 7 The Last Five Years written and composed by Jason Robert Brown is an emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course o five years. The Show's unconventional structure consists of Cathy, the woman, telling her story backwards while Jamie, the man, tells his story chronologically. The two characters only meet once, at their wedding in the middle of the show. presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International