Singer/songwriter, producer and actor AJ Jaffari has been each on stage and behind the mic for Metropolis Lights Theater Firm. He’ll be within the former position for a solo live performance celebrating his new album, “Stay Awhile,” on Sunday, Aug. 3, as a part of the corporate’s Lights and Music Live performance Sequence, which spotlights native musicians.
The live performance additionally incorporates a particular look by Metropolis Lights actor Bart Perry, who will open for Jaffari. The 2 performers appeared collectively within the theater’s 2023 manufacturing of the Harvey Fierstein/Cyndi Lauper musical “Kinky Boots.” Each have additionally carried out at Metropolis Lights fundraising events, and at Massive Band concert events with the Nineteen ensemble. As well as, Perry performed Dr. Frank-N-Furter in Richard O’Brien’s “The Rocky Horror Show” final summer season.
A veteran podcaster, Jaffari is the common voice of Metropolis Lights’ “Filament” podcast, the place he frequently interviews actors and different artists from the corporate’s mainstage productions. He additionally co-hosts “Broadway with AJ and Sarah,” which options critiques and discussions of Bay Space theater productions.
Jaffari’s Metropolis Lights live performance will give attention to songs from his new launch, in addition to others that Jaffari has written and launched previously few 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 stated in a launch. “I definitely felt more vulnerable with this album. I wrote them all about specific moments in my life over the course of twoish years.”
The live performance begins at 7 p.m. at Metropolis Lights Theater, 529 S. Second St. in downtown San Jose Tickets are $28-$42, with a $5 low cost for Metropolis Lights season subscribers, at cltc.org/stay-awhile.
