PRESS
As performers, if we’re going to put ourselves out there, I think we need to be available around the clock.” – Jason Raize, ZoogDisney chat
Interviews
“Raize of Light” by Patrick Pacheco, InTheater magazine
January 23, 1998:
“Long Live the Kings” by Kathy Henderson, InTheater magazine
February 8, 1999:
- “Heart of a Lion” by Associated Press, Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), November 13, 1997
- “A Lion’s Share” excerpt by Sheryl Kahn, InTheater magazine, November 21, 1997
- “The Two Kings of Pride Rock: Jason Raize and Samuel E. Wright” by Marc Warren, Afro-American Newspaper, date unknown
- “A Jungle Out There” by Michael Grossberg, The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH), March 26, 1998
- “Broadway Benefit May 3 To Help Kosovo War Victims” by Randy Gener, BroadwayNow.com, April 1999
Chats
- Jason’s TalkCity chat, June 1, 1998
- Jason’s Hollywood Spotlight chat, June 15, 1998
- Jason’s ZoogDisney chat, July 10, 2000
News
- ” ‘Lion’s’ Raize to Star in Avildsen project” by Michael Fleming, Daily Variety (Los Angeles, CA), February 26, 1998
- “Bizet and Hammerstein’s Carmen Jones Seduces at NYC’s York Jan. 26-28″ by Kenneth Jones, Playbill.com, January 26, 2001
Photos 1-2 were published in In Theater‘s January 1998 cover story on Jason. Photos 3-5 were taken by Bruce Glikas and published in In Theater‘s February 1999 cover story on Jason and Samuel E. Wright.
Reviews
- “Top 40 Spotlight: Jason Raize” by Karen Bard, Gavin.com, January 17, 2000
Buzz
- “Broadway’s Neo-Rat Pack Finds the Neo-China Club” by Monique P. Yazigi, The New York Times (New York, NY), December 14, 1997
In Memoriam
- “Jason Raize, Broadway’s Original Simba in The Lion King, Dead at 28” by Kenneth Jones, Playbill.com, February 9, 2004
- “Remembering Jason Raize” by Meredith Lee (creator of JasonRaize.Net), New York University’s Washington Square News (New York, NY), February 13, 2004