City Lights performer goes solo for theater company’s concert series
Singer songwriter producer and actor AJ Jaffari has been both on stage and behind the mic for City Lights Theater Company He ll be in the former role for a solo concert celebrating his new album Stay Awhile on Sunday Aug as part of the company s Lights and Music Concert Series which spotlights local musicians Related Articles San Jose honoring retiring CMT Artistic Director Kevin Hauge Bay Area arts great shows and concerts to catch this weekend The Stones Beatles have a musical shootout in this rocktastic show Enjoy hot fun in the summertime with these Bay Area events Historic East Bay theatre at peril of closure without more funding board president says The concert also features a special appearance by City Lights actor Bart Perry who will open for Jaffari The two performers appeared together in the theater s production of the Harvey Fierstein Cyndi Lauper musical Kinky Boots Both have also performed at City Lights fundraising parties and at Big Band concerts with the Nineteen ensemble In addition Perry played Dr Frank-N-Furter in Richard O Brien s The Rocky Horror Show last summer A veteran podcaster Jaffari is the regular voice of City Lights Filament podcast where he regularly interviews actors and other artists from the company s mainstage productions He also co-hosts Broadway with AJ and Sarah which features reviews and discussions of Bay Area theater productions Jaffari s City Lights concert will focus on songs from his new release as well as others that Jaffari has written and issued in the past scant years My new album is a collection of songs deeply personal to me which delve into love in a way I haven t before he mentioned in a release I definitely felt more vulnerable with this album I wrote them all about specific moments in my life over the lesson of twoish years The concert starts at p m at City Lights Theater S Second St in downtown San Jose Tickets are - with a discount for City Lights season subscribers at cltc org stay-awhile
