Jim Wann Hosts new TV Series, Farmers’ Almanac Television

Jim Wann, who is best known as the writer, composer and star of the 1982 Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical, “Pump Boys and Dinettes,” is the front man for the television series, “Farmers’ Almanac TV,” which began airing on public television stations across America in April of 2006.

“Jim is one of the warmest, most personable talents I have ever worked with,” said Renee Bishop, the executive producer of Farmers’ Almanac TV, who has over twenty years experience in television production, including credits for productions with Showtime Original Pictures, A&E, The Learning Channel, Lifetime and NBC.

Wann has achieved phenomenal success throughout his career with both Broadway and Off- Broadway hits, such as “Pump Boys,” “King Mackerel & The Blues are Running,” which enjoyed highly-acclaimed success at the Kennedy Center, and “Diamond Studs: The Life Of Jesse James, A Saloon Musical,” notable for creating “Musicians’ Theatre” as a genre.

He also co-wrote “The People vs. Mona,” a musical mystery screwball comedy, with Patricia Miller, which premiered at the Pasadena Playhouse in 2000 and was nominated for Best Music by the Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP. Wann has appeared on “The Today Show,” “Good Morning America,” “The Tony Awards,” and his own “Pump Boys Dinettes” NBC TV Special.

A Morehead Scholar graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, Wann and his wife, Patricia, live on Tybee Island, Ga., and in New York's Hudson Valley. You can visit Jim's web site at www.JimWann.com.