Jeffrey James News

The Red Fern Theatre Company will present the World Premiere of RARE BIRDS by Adam Szymkowicz (Clown Bar, Hearts Like Fists, Pretty Theft, Nerve). Directed by Scott Ebersold, (The View UpStairs, Nerve) performances begin March 23 at The Theater at the 14th Street Y in the East Village.

Six talented writers are joining The Playwriting Collective in 2017! Starting in February Alex Rubin, Jeffrey James Keyes, John Carhart, Kate Garfield, Wi-Moto Nyoka, and Katie Fabel will meet for a 6-week period with Artistic Directors Joshua Young and Phillip Christian in an effort to create several new full-length plays. The Playwriting Collective puts the playwright first and cultivates work that is transmedia. This year the participating playwrights will be motivated to indulge their imaginations and tell stories that are armed with all the weapons of modern stagecraft.

The Amernet String Quartet will be in concert today, September 13 at 8:30 PM at National Opera Center, 330 Seventh Avnue, between 28th and 29th Streets in Manhattan, performing the inaugural Pix 'N Music concert, presented by Chamber Players International and Jeffrey James Arts Consulting.

Planet Ant Theatre will kick off its 2016-17 season with Paul Downs Colaizzo's startlingly funny play Really Really September 9 - October 1.

Planet Ant Theatre will kick off its 2016-17 season with Paul Downs Colaizzo's startlingly funny play Really Really September 9 - October 1.

The Amernet String Quartet will be in concert on Tuesday, September 13 at 8:30 PM at National Opera Center, 330 Seventh Avnue, between 28th and 29th Streets in Manhattan, performing the inaugural Pix 'N Music concert, presented by Chamber Players International and Jeffrey James Arts Consulting.

The Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, the nation's premier short play competition, takes place August 9 - 14 at the East 13th Street Theater (Classic Stage Company).

The Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, the nation's premier short play competition, takes place August 9 - 14 at the East 13th Street Theater (Classic Stage Company). Chosen from 1,500 submissions from the U.S. and abroad, 30 finalist plays, each running 10-30 minutes in length, will be presented.

Mariam Batsashvili in Concert - Seventh 2016 5@5 at DiMenna Solo Piano Performance on July 16 at DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York, New York

Director Jimmy Maize (Spoon River Anthology at The Invisible Dog) and BOSS (En Garde Arts) will lead actresses Libby Winters (American Idiot) and Ito Aghayere (Lortel Nomination for Familiar at Playwrights Horizons) in Uniforms by Jeffrey James Keyes (The End of Days &Imaginary Friends) next month in the Samuel French 41st Annual Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival in New York City.

The Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, the nation's premier short play competition, announces the 30 finalists for its 41st festival.  Chosen from 1,500 submissions from the U.S. and abroad, these 30 plays will be presented during a week-long festival August 9 - 14. All performances will take place at the East 13th Street Theater (Classic Stage Company).

Mariam Batsashvili in Concert - Seventh 2016 5@5 at DiMenna Solo Piano Performance on July 16 at DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York, New York

Piano music by Beth Anderson and Laurie Spiegel will be presented by Joseph Kubera tonight, March 25, at 7:30 PM at National Opera Center, 330 Seventh Avenue in Manhattan. This is presented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting in cooperation with the composers.

Piano music by Beth Anderson and Laurie Spiegel will be presented by Joseph Kubera on March 25 at 7:30 PM at National Opera Center, 330 Seventh Avenue in Manhattan. This is presented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting in cooperation with the composers.

An all-new episode of THEATER TALK features portraits of times and personalities - William Shakespeare in the year 1606, and New York nightlife newspaper columnist Leonard Lyons in the 40-year period between 1934 and 1974.

Icelandic violinist Hlif Sigurjonsdottir will be in concert on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 8:00 PM at Marc A. Scorca Hall of National Opera Center, 330 Seventh Avenue in Manhattan. This is presented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting.

Rehearsals started this week at The 5th Avenue Theatre for the exultant classic musical, Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music, the iconic show sweeping Seattle for the holidays. Boasting such beloved songs as 'Do Re Mi,' 'My Favorite Things,' 'Sixteen Going on Seventeen,' and 'Climb Ev'ry Mountain,' this production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music will be presented as only The 5th can do, complete with a sensational live orchestra, stunning costumes, and incredible sets. Under the direction of David Bennett and with choreography by Trina Mills and music direction by Kat Sherrell, this musical will feature an exuberant all-local cast of fresh faces and favorite performers that includes Anne Allgood as the Mother Abbess, joining the previously announced David Pichette as Max Detweiler and Jessica Skerritt as the Baroness Elsa Schraeder, with Hans Altwies as Captain Georg von Trapp and Kirsten deLohr Helland as Maria.