Jay Alan Zimmerman

COMPOSER ● LIBRETTIST ● PLAYWRIGHT ● LYRICIST

About Jay

Jay Alan Zimmerman, aka “Broadway’s Beethoven,” is a composer, author, performer, inventor, speaker, installation artist and accessibility advocate. He created and starred in the musicals BRAIN. STORM. (commissioned and produced by Prospect Theater Company) and the award-winning INCREDIBLY DEAF MUSICAL (Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater and Duke on 42nd Street); wrote the play COMFORT PET for a cast of Disabled actors (Fault Line Theater); debuted ROBOTICUS with a collective of musical robots at Spotify; developed the SEEING MUSIC VISUALIZERS with Google Creative Labs; and has a patent pending on hearing visualization. Visual music installations include WINDOW MUSIC at the NY Academy of Medicine and ART/SONG at chashama Times Square. His NAUGHTY & NICE HOLIDAY SONGBOOK was developed through over a decade of annual debuts at Lincoln Center and is now available on Amazon. He's been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, Playbill, Broadway World, The New Yorker, Voice Of America, and WNYC/NPR/BBC Radio.

Featured Projects

Brain. Storm.

A playfully musicalized TED-style talk exploring how Beethoven’s – and composer Jay Alan Zimmerman’s – deafness affects creating music and connection with the world.

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Incredibly Deaf Musical

This not just a musical. This is my reason for living. It's the story of my love affair with music, what forced us to break up, and why I chose to stay in that relationship even though it’s difficult.
Roboticus

Roboticus is a transformative musical, a thrill ride through the worlds of robotics & transhumanism while the hero transforms into a giant robot before your eyes.
Lip Loss

Lip-Loss is a humorous monologue about Deafness & relationships during covid, performed in sign language by Broadway's John McGinty and open captioned for the hearing.

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jay featured in 9/11 documentary

September 11th — epidemiological studies video by the World Trade Center Health Registry showing a link between 9/11 exposure and hearing issues (find link)

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A sophisticated composer.

CURTAIN UP

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Let Jay Alan Zimmerman inspire you as he inspired me.

THEATRE IS EASY

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Apparently Zimmerman still hears well enough to hold the stage, but not well enough to hear the cheering audience that wanted him to come back for another bow.

THE WASHINGTON POST

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A thoughtful show... elevated by authentic experience.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

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