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Daniel J. Watts' The Jam: Only Child

As seen on The Today Show Mar 16 - May 7, 2021
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In Daniel J. Watts’ The Jam: Only Child, a nod to his great-grandmother’s plentiful recipe and the spirited spontaneity of jazz, 2020 Tony Award nominee Daniel J. Watts (Hamilton, Ike Turner in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) recounts his life as the only child of a single mother. From the fierce growing pains of boyhood innocence to the awkwardness of teenage years to a proud Black man, Daniel digs through his memory’s attic in a powerful and playful story of metamorphosis.

Bursting with lyricism, dynamic tap dance, and heart, this delectable treat is a little bit savory, a little bit sweet, and a little bit sticky—but it’s all good.

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Cast Members

Daniel J. Watts

Daniel J. Watts

Written & Performed by

BROADWAY: TINA: The Tina Turner Musical (Ike Turner, 2020 Tony Award® Nominee & Outer Critics Circle Winner), Hamilton, After Midnight, Motown, Ghost, In The Heights, Memphis, The Little Mermaid, The Color Purple. NEW YORK: Signature Theatre: Death of the Last Black Man in the Entire World AKA The Negro Book of the Dead; 2nd Stage: Whorl Inside A Loop. REGIONAL: Geffen Playhouse: Lights Out: Nat King Cole (Sammy Davis, Jr, Barrymore Award and LA Ovation Award). TV/FILM: Amazon: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel; TBS: The Last OG; NBC: Blindspot; HBO: Vinyl, The Deuce, Boardwalk Empire, The Night Of; CBS: The Good Wife, Blue Bloods, Person of Interest; Netflix: She’s Gotta Have It; Bravo: Odd Mom Out; Comedy Central: Broad City. EDUCATION: BFA Graduate Elon University Music Theatre Program. 2011 Young Alumnus Award Recipient. www.wattswords.com  IG/Twitter: @dwattswords

DJ Duggz

DJ & Sound Design by

BROADWAY: Memphis the Musical, Motown. TV: Smash!, Flesh and Bone. DANCE: Dance Theatre of Harlem. DJ: Raphael Saadiq tour, The Democratic National Committee, Radio City Music Hall, Webster Hall, Cipriani Wall Street, The Watergate Hotel.

Creative Team

James Gardiner

Edited by

SIGNATURE: Miss Saigon, Spin, Company, The Last Five Years (Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Actor in a Musical), The Boy Detective Fails, The Hollow, [title of show], Chess, Les Misérables, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Merrily We Roll Along, The Witches of Eastwick, Saving Aimee. BROADWAY: Glory Days (book writer). DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: Violet, Liberty Smith, A Christmas Carol (Associate Director); Olney Theatre Center: Little Shop of Horrors (2013 Helen Hayes nomination), You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown; Woolly Mammoth/UM: The Distance from Here; Kennedy Center: The Phantom Tollbooth, The Brand New Kid; Round House Theatre: A Prayer for Owen Meany; Studio Theatre: Dog Sees God. REGIONAL: Williamstown Theatre Festival; Everyman Theatre. EDUCATION: University of Maryland College Park TEACHING: George Mason University, Adjunct Instructor of Musical Theatre Performance.

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Press Reviews

Engrossing… with high-energy musical flow and an air of spontaneity

The Washington Post

Daniel J. Watts gives an emotionally layered performance

BroadwayWorld

The Jam: Only Child is a unique and unmissable show written and performed “seul en scène” by Daniel J. Watts.

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