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ELI JAMES is an actor, writer, songwriter and standup in New York.

His Broadway credits include the National Theatre of Great Britain's "One Man, Two Guvnors," directed by Nicholas Hytner, and Alex Timbers's and Michael Friedman's "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson." His solo show "William and the Tradesmen" has been performed at Ars Nova, La Mama, and The Drilling Company. Further stage credits include "Rutherford and Son" and "Temporal Powers" at The Mint, "The Four of Us" at Manhattan Theatre Club, "Becky Shaw" at Boston’s Huntington Theater, and the world premiere of Jason Grote’s "Maria/Stuart," directed by Pam McKinnon. His TV credits include "Gossip Girl," "Lights Out," and "Murder in Manhattan." He co-founded, wrote and performed with the sketch comedy group Quiet Library at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and currently performs with improv team Pleading Softly. His essay "Finding the Beat" was published in the Random House collection "Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers," a Boston Globe Bestseller.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009



Eli's Video - William and the Tradesmen

Hey folks (aka people who've gotten lost on the blogosphere and have found themselves on my blog, but are not in such a hurry that they need to turn around immediately),

Above you will find the link to the short film meant to advertise my newly-penned one-man show, William and the Tradesmen, which will be having its first production in New York's Spring Fever Festival May 21st-June 6th of this year.

For those who haven't been following my blog as faithfully as I have, "William and the Tradesmen" is an original one-man acoustic guitar rock musical about an Anglophile with a problem. Will Bray is a down-and-out New York singer-songwriter saddled with a glut of romantic problems, a thousand and one insecurities, and a backing band that keeps standing him up for gigs. (That would be The Tradesmen.) And he's got a real weakness for "the wrong girl," of which there seem to be several dozen at any one time. His only successful relationship seems to be with three British rock stars who appear in his apartment daily to offer him advice.. They are Morrissey, Paul Weller, and Joe Strummer of The Smiths, The Jam, and The Clash. Yes, I will be playing all of these characters myself.

Let me know what you think - but, as always, only if you liked it. That's policy.
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