Love is blind. Love can tell a million stories. Love's unkind, spiteful in a million ways.
A New Brain
A New Brain opened at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center on May 14, 1998, under the artistic direction of Andre Bishop, and closed on August 23, 1998. It was directed and choreographed by Graciela Daniele, sets by David Gallo costumes by Toni-Leslie James, lighting by Peggy Eisenhauer, sound by Tony Meola. Michael Starobin was orchestrator, Ted Sperling was musical director, and vocal arrangements were by Jason Robert Brown. A cast recording was made on RCA Victor.
| Character | Played by |
| Gordon Schwinn | Malcolm Gets |
| Mr. Bungee | Chip Zien |
| Mimi Schwinn, the Mother | Penny Fuller |
| Rhoda | Liz Larson |
| Roger Delli-Bovi | Norm Lewis, Christopher Innvar |
| Richard, the nice nurse | Michael Mandell |
| Lisa, a Homeless Lady | >Mary Testa |
| Waitress Nancy D., the thin nurse |
Kristin Chenoweth |
| Dr. Jafar Berensteiner | John Jellison |
| The Minister | Keith Byron Kirk |
| Song | Sung by |
| Frogs Have So Much Spring (The Spring Song) | Gordon |
| Calamari | Gordon, Rhoda, Waitress, Mr. Bungee |
| 911 Emergency | Richard, Waitress, Doctor, Rhoda, Minister, Lisa |
| I Have So Many Sons | Gordon |
| Heart and Music | Minister and Gordon with All but Mr. Bungee |
| Trouble In His Brain | Doctor and Mimi |
| Mother's Gonna Make Things Fine | Mimi and Gordon |
| Sailing | Roger and Gordon |
| Family History | Nancy D, Richard, Mimi |
| Gordo's Law of Genetics | Nancy D, Doctor, Minister, Rhoda, Richard, Lisa |
| And They're Off | Gordon with Nancy D, Doctor, Minister, Rhoda, Richard, Lisa |
| Just Go | Gordon and Roger |
| Poor, Unsuccessful and Fat | Richard, Gordon, Mr. Bungee |
| Sitting Becalmed in the Lee of Cuttyhunk | All but Mr. Bungee |
| Invitation to Sleep in My Arms | Gordon, Roger, Rhoda, Mimi |
| Change | Lisa |
| Yes | Gordon, Mr. Bungee with Nancy D, Doctor, Minister, Rhoda |
| In the Middle of the Room | Gordon, Mimi |
| Throw It Out | Mimi |
| Really Lousy Day in the Universe | Roger and Lisa |
| Brain Dead | Gordon and Roger |
| Whenever I Dream | Rhoda and Gordon |
| Eating Myself Up Alive | Richard with Nancy D, Doctor, Minister, Lisa |
| Music Still Plays On | Mimi |
| Don't Give In | Mr. Bungee with Gordon, Roger, Rhoda, Mimi |
| You boys Are Gonna Get Me in Such Trouble/ Sailing (reprise) | Richard, Gordon, Roger |
| Homeless Lady's Revenge | Lisa, Gordon, Roger |
| Time | Roger and Gordon |
| Time and Music | Minister, Gordon, and All |
| I Feel So Much Spring | Gordon, Lisa, Minister, and All |
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