Opening scene for a musical. (90s?)

Opening.
Lone man, center stage, in shadows, sits on a wooden chair, back to the audience. He speaks:

"All things have origin. All things begin somewhere. A certain locality. With birth into the realm of being at a specific time. With the possession of some amount of meaning. A reason for existing - although, often, it is clouded and uncertain.
All things have origin. And that which begins, ends."

A singer, with acoustic guitar, walks on stage, above the seated man and sings "Brothers in Search," then exits.