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BIO

JAKE EHRENREICH is a musician, author and playwright. He is currently featured in the film The Last Laugh alongside Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner, and has appeared on Broadway in Dancin', Barnum, They're Playing Our Song and toured internationally as Ringo in Beatlemania.

A Brooklyn born child of Holocaust survivors, Jake is best known as star and creator of his record breaking musical -
A Jew Grows in Brooklyn, which is now a bestselling book. Jake’s writings also appear in Summer Haven, The Catskills, The Holocaust and the Literary Imagination alongside Nobel Prize Winner Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Jake’s newest CD is A Treasury of Jewish Christmas Songs with Oscar nominee / Grammy winning pianist Roger Kellaway.

NYC declared A Jew Grows in Brooklyn Day in 2012, and Jake received Special Congressional Citation and induction into the Brooklyn Jewish Hall of Fame and in 2016.

STAGE CREDITS

[Off-Broadway]
2012
Performer


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New Streaming Platform OVERTURE+ Helps Theatre Producers and Presenters Bring Content To New Audiences

GFour Productions and Surfcode Technologies have launched OVERTURE+, a streaming platform and content sharing network focused on collaborative content sharing between performing arts producers and presenters.
Jake Ehrenreich's A Treasury Of Jewish Christmas Songs With The Roger Kellaway Trio Plays At Birdland December 24 And 25

A Treasury of Jewish Christmas Songs: A Cool Jazz Tribute with Jake Ehrenreich and the Roger Kellaway Trio celebrates the album release of Jewish songwriters from Irving Berlin's 'White Christmas' to Mel Torme?'s 'The Christmas Song' to Johnny Marks' 'Holly Jolly Christmas' and 'Rudolph the Red- Nosed Reindeer.' Many folks don't think of these composers as Jewish so much as quintessentially American, nor do they think of these Christmas songs as Jewish. But Ehrenreich, who grew up in Brooklyn as a child of Jewish Holocaust survivors, does.
Birdland Presents The Birdland Big Band And More Week Of December 24

Birdland will kick-off their great week of programming with the following acts:
Jake Ehrenreich Presents A TREASURY OF JEWISH CHRISTMAS SONGS This Month

Broadway, film, and television star, recording artist, author, and playwright are just a few of the titles to which Brooklyn Jewish Hall of Famer Jake Ehrenreich can lay claim.
Birdland Announces December 2018 Schedule

Birdland will kick-off their exciting month of programming with the following acts:
Jake Ehrenreich's A TREASURY OF JEWISH CHRISTMAS SONGS Comes to Florida

Broadway, film, and television star, recording artist, author, and playwright are just a few of the titles to which Brooklyn Jewish Hall of Famer Jake Ehrenreich can lay claim. The popular entertainer, whose one-man-show A Jew Grows In Brooklyn has been a perennial hit with South Florida audiences, will be joined by Grammy Award-winner / Oscar nominee Roger Kellaway in a brand new show A Treasury of Jewish Christmas Songs that features many great Christmas songs written by Jewish composers. The show is based on Ehrenreich's newest CD of the same name.
Kravis Center To Offer Six Special Holiday Concerts & Shows For The Whole Family

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts will celebrate the joyous holiday season with six different concerts, shows and special presentations for the whole family:
Aventura Arts & Cultural Center Announces 2018-19 Season

Aventura Arts & Cultural Center Announces 2018-19 Season. The Aventura Arts & Cultural Center is located at 3385 N.E. 188 Street in Aventura.
A Treasury of Jewish Christmas Songs Comes to Actor's Temple with Jake Ehrenreich

Celebrate year round when Broadway, TV and Film Star Jake Ehrenreich performs his Smooth Jazz tribute to the Jewish songwriters behind the Christmas Classics. Based on the highly acclaimed 2017 CD release with Grammy Winner and Oscar Nominee Roger Kellaway. Superb musicianship, multi media and fascinating behind the scene stories.
Activist Avi Hoffman To Create Programming For Holocaust Awareness

Internationally renowned actor and Jewish culture activist Avi Hoffman, who was recently inducted into the Bronx Jewish Hall of Fame, is thrilled to announce 2017 programming that will focus on education, entertainment, tolerance, and Holocaust awareness.
World Renowned Jewish Cultural Entertainers to Discuss the Renaissance & Culture

The Michael Ann Russel Jewish Community Center (MAR-JCC) presents its first installment of the Yiddishkayt Entertainment Series: A Forum for the Celebration of Jewish Culture and Education with The Renaissance of Yiddishkayt and Jewish Culture. World renowned Jewish Cultural entertainers Jake Ehrenreich, Eleanor Reissa and Avi Hoffman will lead the discussion of Yiddishkayt and Jewish Culture.
Jake Ehrenreich To Appear at the Miami Jewish Film Festival

Jake Ehrenreich will open in A Jew Grows in Brooklyn 2.0 at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center on February 2nd. But prior to that opening, he'll visit the Miami Jewish Film festival as a special guest speaker to discuss his participation in the recent film, The Last Laugh, cinematographer Ferne Pearlstein's fascinating look at the importance of laughter under even the most dire of circumstances. 
A JEW GROWS IN BROOKLYN 2.O Debuts at Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center

Jake Ehrenreich, playwright, author and academically recognized expert on Comedy, Catskills and the Holocaust, will present a completely updated version of his beloved autobiographical comedy musical A Jew Grows in Brooklyn, when A Jew Grows in Brooklyn 2.0 opens at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center in Boca Raton for a limited four week run from February 2 - 26.
Bergen Performing Arts Center Presents A JEW GROWS IN BROOKLYN

Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey presents A Jew Grows in Brooklyn-Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 3PM. Purchase tickets at www.ticketmaster.com or Box Office at 201.227.1030.
A JEW GROWS IN BROOKLYN to Play Morris Museum's Bickford Theatre

Join us at the Morris Museum on Sunday, March 13 for the heartwarming comedy musical A Jew Grows in Brooklyn. Starring writer-performer Jake Ehrenreich, the show will be held at 2:00PM and 7:00PM in the Bickford Theatre.
A JEW GROWS IN BROOKLYN Returning to Aventura Arts & Cultural Center

After a record-breaking success at the historic Lambs Theater in the heart of Broadway in 2006-2007, and a reprise in 2012, Jake Ehrenreich returns to South Florida and the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center for a limited run of just four encore performances of his hit show A Jew Grows in Brooklyn. The show will run from January 24-26, 2016.
Penguin Rep Stages A JEW GROWS IN BROOKLYN Tonight at SUNY Rockland

SUNY Rockland Community College's Cultural Arts Theatre in Suffern, New York is the venue tonight, September 26 for a very special Penguin Rep Theatre event: Jake Ehrenreich's comedy musical A JEW GROWS IN BROOKLYN.
Penguin Rep to Stage A JEW GROWS IN BROOKLYN 9/26 at SUNY Rockland

SUNY Rockland Community College's Cultural Arts Theatre in Suffern, New York is the venue on Saturday, September 26 for a very special Penguin Rep Theatre event: Jake Ehrenreich's comedy musical A JEW GROWS IN BROOKLYN.

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