Background
Blumenkrantz, Jeff was born on June 3, 1965 in Long Branch, New Jersey, United States. Son of Harold David and Nancy Rachel (Levy) Blumenkrantz.
Blumenkrantz, Jeff was born on June 3, 1965 in Long Branch, New Jersey, United States. Son of Harold David and Nancy Rachel (Levy) Blumenkrantz.
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1986.
Born and raised in New Jersey, Blumenkrantz is a graduate of Northwestern University School of Communication. In 2000, noted Broadway actress and recording artist Audra McDonald included Blumenkrantz"s song "I Won"t Mind" on her Civil Defense, How Glory Goes. This lullaby (with lyrics by Annie Kessler and Libby Saines) has become a staple of McDonald"s repertoire.
Blumenkrantz also contributed a piece to The Seven Deadly Sins, a song cycle commissioned by Carnegie Hall for the singer.
His comic song, "My Book," addressed the sin of sloth. In 2005-2006, he created and hosted The Jeff Blumenkrantz Songbook Podcast, a weekly podcast featuring the songs from his songbook, occasional additional episodes of which were released until at least February 2010.
Blumenkrantz is the recipient of the 2011 Fred Ebb Award for excellence in musical theatre songwriting. Most recently, Blumenkrantz starred opposite Brett Ryback in the Office Broadway musical Murder for Two in the role of "The Suspects," playing 10 characters, as well as the piano.
He played The Beadle in the New York Philharmonic"s March 2014 concert of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, which was broadcast on Public Broadcasting Service.
This project was succeeded in 2008 by the BMI Workshop Songbook Podcast, which Blumenkrantz hosted, showcasing the eponymous songbook, which features the work of members of the BMI Songwriters" Workshop.