Composer

Jeff Blumenkrantz is a Tony-nominated composer whose songs have been recorded and performed by such notable singers as Audra McDonald, Victoria Clark, Lauren Kennedy, Megan Mullally, Maria Friedman, and Sutton Foster. His songs can be heard online on The Jeff Blumenkrantz Songbook Podcast, and his piano/vocal songbook is available for purchase online, in New York at Colony Music, and in London at Dress Circle.

Jeff's career as a songwriter began at Northwestern University, where he was a four-year contributor to the celebrated Waa-Mu Show.

While pursuing a career as an actor in New York, he joined The BMI Workshop and participated in the Dramatists Guild's Musical Theatre Development Program and Jonathan Larson Fellowship and is the 2001 recipient of the BMI Advanced Workshop Harrington Award.

His one act musicals, Woman with Pocketbook, written with Annie Kessler and Libby Saines, and Precious Little Jewel, written with Libby Saines, have been performed at regional theatres and have both won the Ten Minute Musical Competition.

"I Won't Mind," a song with lyrics by Annie and Libby, was recorded by Audra McDonald on her CD, How Glory Goes, and also was included in her PBS concert, Audra McDonald: Live at the Donmar. Please visit the "I Won't Mind" page for more information about the song and how you can purchase the sheet music. "I Won't Mind" is also included in The Jeff Blumenkrantz Songbook and the How Glory Goes songbook.

Jeff received a 2003 Tony Award nomination for the songs he contributed to the score of Urban Cowboy, the musical.

In 2004, Jeff was commissioned by Carnegie Hall to contribute a song to The Seven Deadly Sins, a song cycle premiered by Audra McDonald at Zankel Hall in June of that year. Jeff's song, entitled "My Book," deals with the sin of Sloth. You can listen to the webcast of the concert on NPR.

In 2005, he participated in RIPFest, a movie musical festival where seven creative teams each created a ten minute movie musical with only two and a half weeks from conception to premiere. His film, Freefall, directed by Lonny Price with screenplay by David Simpatico, can be seen on youtube.com.

That same year, Jeff was one of twenty-odd writers who contributed material to the Transport Group's highly acclaimed production of The Audience in the spring of 2005.

He also received a commission from the Guggenheim Works and Process to write a musical setting of a Paul Muldoon poem ("Myself and Pangur") for their Muldoon celebration.

2005 also marked the publication of The Jeff Blumenkrantz Songbook, a piano/vocal folio of twenty songs, and the first episode of The Jeff Blumenkrantz Songbook Podcast, a performance and interview show featuring Jeff's songs sung by some of musical theatre's great talents.

Jeff gives frequent concerts of his songs at such venues as Birdland, The Zipper, and The Duplex. He has contributed special material for concert performances by Megan Mullally and Victoria Clark, and he served as the bandleader for the pilot episode of The Megan Mullally Show.

In 2008, Jeff produced The BMI Workshop Songbook Podcast, which featured twenty new songs from the members and alumni of the famed musical theatre writers' workshop.

He is currently collaborating with lyricist/librettist Beth Blatt on a new musical entitled Hashi.

Jeff's songs and/or arrangements can be heard on the following recordings:

To contact Jeff regarding private coachings
or leading audition master classes,
please contact him directly at jeff@jeffblumenkrantz.com
or by clicking on the "email jeff" link at the bottom of this page.

Click here for reviews of Jeff's music.

Jeff's Writing Representation:

Beth Blickers
@Abrams Artists
646.486.4600

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