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Jay Friedman
His theatrical career began when he wrote a modern day adaptation of the fairytale, “Rapunzel.” This was optioned by Roger L. Stevens, the Founder of the Kennedy Center and Producer of “West Side Story." Soon thereafter, he was commissioned by The Dramatic Publishing Company to compose the score for the only authorized versions of T.R.R. Tolkien 's musical stage adaptation of “The Hobbit” and A.A. Milne's "Winnie The Pooh." It was Jackie Kennedy who gave Friedman's career a jump-start. She approved him as the Producer-Creator and Composer of the Emmy Award winning Television Documentary based on the life of JFK, “The Young Man From Boston.” Later, Bobby Kennedy chose Friedman as the Producer-Writer-Composer of the TV Series, "The 1000 Days of JFK." Along with winning Emmy Awards, UPI and Catholic Association Awards, Friedman has written over 5000 pieces of music and 15 produced musicals, later published by such companies as the Dramatic Publishing Company and Samuel French. Mr. Friedman gets hundreds of productions a year of his works, many of which have been performed at such places as the Lincoln Center and Kennedy Center. Some of Mr. Friedman's projects for which he wrote either the music or music and lyrics include: the musical version of “The Emperor's New Clothes” with Multi-Academy Award Winner, Paul Francis Webster; “Pinocchio and Mounette,” with Bob Merrill ( Funny Girl and Carnival); “One Shining Moment” with Multi-Academy-Tony- Award Winner, Leslie Bricusse (Longest running Musical at Chicago's Drury Lane); “The Bad Children” with Shirley Jackson; “Lady Windemere's Fan,” the musical, written with Dorothy Parker; “Shakespeare and the Indians,” written with Tony Award Winner, Dale Wasserman (Man of La Mancha and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest); “A Walk In The Sky” written with Dale Wasserman; “Walden Pond,” written with Academy Award Winner, Eddie Heyman; "The Piano Bench" (A one-person musical review of Friedman's life and the people with whom he has worked);"The Princess of Forever"(Based on the New York Times Best Selling Novel, "The Legend of Holly Claus" by Brittney Ryan) - for which Friedman composed the music and lyrics and co-wrote the libretto with Brittney Ryan (This premiered at FAO Schwarz last Nov. and was presented by the Mayor of El Paso, Texas to a sold out audience of over 2000 people in Texas.) Through a collaboration with Frank Sinatra, he was introduced to Gene Kelly, who became his producing partner. He has recently been commissioned to write the musical screenplay and the music and lyrics for an upcoming motion picture based on Rouben Terzian's product line called, “The Only Hearts Girl's Club.” This will follow the format of the successful “High School Musical” but will be targeted for a younger audience. He has also been commissioned to write the piano concerto and choral rhapsody for the Statue of Humanity, ala the Statue of Liberty, which will be erected in Long Beach, Ca. He is in Pre-Production and Executive Producing and writing the score for the Motion Picture Documentary, "Angels In The Sky," with Multi-Academy Award- Emmy-Tony-Grammy Winner, Jonathan Tunick, and Jack Epps (Top Gun) and Three-Time Motion Picture Academy Award documentary maker, Mark Jonathan Harris. It is based upon the founding of the Israeli Air Force that led to Israel's Independence in 1948. It is being produced by Michael Flint and Keren Perlmutter. Additionally, he is preparing a season of three musical/concerts a year, which includes: "Heroes and Villains," "The Working Girl's Guide To Finding A Mate" and"Trust Your Goosebumps, Cornelius Puck." Each of these musicals will have a star attached. These will then be licensed as a Season of Three musicals a year to Producers all over the world. Some of these will be taken to Broadway. Others will be produced as motion pictures with accompanying books and CD's, TV Specials and series along with specific product lines designed for each of the three musicals. He is in pre-production on a Broadway Musical, "Revenge." It is based on"The Count of Monte Cristo; and, a new style motion pictures for which he wrote the screenplay, music and lyrics, “In Love Again." He created a reality T.V. Series, "So You Want To Be On Broadway" and another,"So You Want To Be A Hero," which finds heroes of all kinds. Mr. Friedman has completed several books: “Heroes and Villains"; “Trust Your Goosebumps, Cornelius Puck;" “Pinocchio and Mounette;” and, “The Kennedy Conspiracy." He is currently working on a musical, "Why?" ala "A Chorus Line" about 18 young people (ages 6-18) of all denominations. Monies earned from this will go to help the over 150 million homeless young people around the world. Along with this, he is working on a Children's Encyclopedia of Health called, “Think and Bea"(Their Adventures Through the Human Body). These short picture-books will be produced as a children's action-adventure TV series that takes place in the human body. The books are being written with doctors, throughout the world, who specialize in each specific organ. Mr. Friedman attended the University of Texas In El Paso, where he majored in Pre-Med, History and Pre-Law. He was President of the Student Council and Honor Society, Commander of the R.OT.C. Corp and elected to Who's Who In American Colleges and Universities. He won the Distinguished Military Award and was an Officer in the US Army. Friedman attended Law Schools at the University of Texas and New York University and received a Masters Degree in Public Health Administration at UCLA. This degree was given to pursue his interest in elevating the spirit, mind and body through first class-value-based-entertainment that focuses on achieving the highest level of spiritual, mental, physical, emotional and environmental health. He is the President of The Center for Top Performance whose Board of Advisors include Nobel Prize Laureates, Olympic and Professional Athletes and Celebrities. He also has a real estate license and is involved in real estate development, the toy business and is the Founder and Chairman of Picture Book Productions, LLC, which presents a revolutionary new 3-D Art Form that combines Hollywood with Broadway to bring value-based entertainment at minimal production costs and ticket prices to people throughout the world who could not formerly afford to attend First Class Theatrical Entertainment. PBP
has recently work shopped its second Musical, "Trust Your Goosebumps,
Cornelius Puck." This musical used the new three-dimensional visual-art
form of Jeffrey K. Bedrick and a pre-recorded orchestral track with
live musicians. The musical starred Tony Award Winner, Bobby Morse.
PBP's first musical, using the new art form, was "Pinnochio and
Mounette." Twenty thousand people attended its three-week premier
production and ten thousand books with CD's were sold. (To learn more, please contact Mr. Friedman at: ajayprod@earthlink.net)
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Allan
Jay Friedman is an Award Winning Producer-Writer-Composer-Lyricist,
who The New York Daily News said is known for his innovation in new
art forms.