Jay Michaels Global Communications, LLC–creating visibility for independent theater, film, music, and literature has been the battle-cry of this boutique promotion & production firm for more than 20 years. As a production company, JMGC creates the opening salvo with production pitch decks and investor packages, plus contracts and prospectus. JMGC takes you to the next level by working as your general manager in producing industry presentations and showcases. As a promotional firm, JMGC — through a diverse internal multi-media platform, can supply coverage to artists and their productions while growing its external network of promotional sites and groups. JMGC has clients on and off-Broadway, in film and television, across the country and around the world.
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Jay Michaels began his career during the original off-off Broadway and underground movements in New York City and has become one of indie theatre and films’ most visible personalities. Beginning as a special events assistant at the New York Daily News and PBS, he moved on to positions including promotional staff for The Joyce Theater’s Drama Desk Award-winning American Theater series; national tour manager for Cats, Edwin Drood, and Les Miserables; a television media buying associate; senior event marketing executive for international galas and fundraisers including speechwriting for the Weisslers, the Nederlander and Shubert organizations, James Earl Jones, Jon Stewart, Vera Wang, Mayors Lindsay and Dinkins; and Hillary Clinton to name a few. Michaels also managed promotional events for Broadway shows, Guys & Dolls (1992), Damn Yankees (1994), Vagina Monologues (2005) and Beginnings (2018) as well as Audra McDonald at Broadway’s Town Hall (2019). As a general manager, Michaels ran the events for Genesis Repertory Ensemble, Inc., The Jan Hus Playhouse, The Chelsea Opera Theater, The Mazer Theater in the Lower East Side, Queens’ Greek Cultural Center, and Brooklyn’s Block Arts Center. Michaels is a recipient of the Jean Dalrymple Award; the Robin H. Miller Award; the Federation’s Marketing STAR Award; the Performing Arts Society Award; an honorary board member of Pace University; a Directing Fellow with former Pearl Theater Company; and Fearcon ‘s Film Festival ‘s HOST Award two years in a row.
His boutique PR firm, Jay Michaels Global Communications, services a vast array of independent international talent and their projects including some of New York’s most prominent indie stage companies. As a stage and film producer, Michaels has helmed productions as some of New York most respected theatres and work with the likes of Daryl Roth, Jim Kierstead, Ken Davenport, Bill Oberst, Jr., David Canary, and Tovah Feldshuh. JMGC is also in partnership with ACW-TV. Michaels served as on-air film and classic TV commentator for Sun Television Studios; Octane Media; and currently, star of ACW-TV’s Jay Watch. He is also host of Under the Influence and In the PassionPit podcasts and the Classic Cinema Challenge. Michaels is a professor of communications at several universities and a published author.
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