Jeff Blumenkrantz

Jeff Blumenkrantz (born June 3, 1965) is an American actor, composer, and lyricist. His stage credits include roles in the Broadway productions *Into the Woods* (1987), *The Threepenny Opera* (1989), *Damn Yankees* (1994), *How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying* (1995), *A Class Act* (2001), and *Bright Star* (2016). Blumenkrantz has also appeared in such television shows as *Succession*, *Pose*, *Mr. Robot*, *The Blacklist*, *Fosse/Verdon*, *The Detour*, *Will & Grace*, *30 Rock*, *The Good Wife*, *Ugly Betty*, *Just Shoot Me!*, and *Law & Order*, and the films *The Big Sick* and *Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat*. As a songwriter, Blumenkrantz is most noted for his work on the 2003 musical adaptation of *Urban Cowboy*, which earned him a Tony Award nomination for Best Original Score (shared with Jason Robert Brown and others).