YULETIDE ZOOM: Popular pianist Jim Brickman performs as part of a virtual tour presented by State Theatre NJ on Saturday, December 12.

State Theatre New Jersey presents Jim Brickman on Saturday, December 12 at 7 p.m. in the “Comfort and Joy at Home LIVE!” virtual tour. The event will include an interactive Zoom Room, meet and greets, and Christmas gifts delivered to your door. Brickman mixes holiday carols with his own hit songs such as, “The Gift,” “Sending You A Little Christmas,” “Angel Eyes,” and “If You Believe.”   

Brickman has earned 22 No. 1 albums and 33 Top 20 radio singles in Billboard Magazine. He has been nominated for two Grammy awards, has won gospel music’s Dove Award, two SESAC Songwriter of the Year Awards, and the Canadian Country Music Award. A music scholarship is named after him at his alma mater, the Cleveland Institute of Music.

The Christmas spirit is what first inspired Brickman when he began his career as a jingle writer for advertising. From there, he then revived the romantic standard of the popular song. His first album release was 1995’s No Words. He has collaborated with Lady Antebellum, Michael Bolton, Kenny Rogers, Martina McBride, and others, tapping into country, Broadway, pop, and jazz.

Brickman has written three best-selling books, starred in five TV concert specials, and is in the 22nd season of hosting the “The Jim Brickman Show” on syndicated radio. Most recently, Brickman has begun the Brickman Bedtime Story podcast on Tuesday nights, which can be seen on Facebook LIVE, and heard on Pandora, Apple, Spotify, and iHeart podcasts.    

Virtual tickets range from $40-$125. Visit stnj.org.