Acting Bio

Now back home in his native Los Angeles after 10 years in New York, Joshua works constantly as an actor, director and acting coach.


BROADWAY and NATIONAL TOUR CREDITS:

  • KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN (All Original Companies including Broadway, London and National Tour)

  • Molina opposite Chita Rivera and Vanessa Williams, Anthony Crivello and Brian Stokes Mitchell, Harold Prince Director

  • LES MISERABLES (Original Los Angeles Company, National Tour, Hollywood Bowl)

  • Thenardier (Master of the House) opposite Kay Cole and Gina Ferrell  John Caird and Richard Jay Alexander, Directors

RECENT ACTING PROJECTS:

  • PAZZAZZ: The latest musical written by by mutli Academy Award composer Richard M. Sherman
    • Played lead role of LEW FIELDS in Glendora and Santa Barbara.  Further productions in 2009

  • LES MISERABLES AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
    • Joshua helped to stage the show as the Dance Captain and played Bamatabois and Claquesous

  • HUCKLEBERRY DREAMS
    • Joshua stars as Papo opposite multi award winner Robert Morse (currently on TV’s MAD MEN)
  • DATING IN THE MIDDLE AGES
  • HOLLYWOOD REVISITED: A TRIBUTE IN COSTUME AND SONG
    • Palm Springs Convention Center, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Florida, Illinois, and Arizona Tour upcoming

  • UPCOMING PROJECTS:
    • PSYCHIC MURDERS due for release in 2011 playing Billy Boston, TV Psychic
    • MAKING IT IN HOLLYWOOD A Documentary , playing Himself.  Released at the Cannes Short Film Festival and soon worldwide.

PROJECTS IN 2007-2008

  • TELEVISION
    • Passions
    • Desperate Housewives
    • General Hospital

  • THEATER
    • The Kid From Brooklyn: The Danny Kaye Story, The El Portal Theater  playing Eddie Dukoff and 10 other roles
    • Beauty and the Beast, Cabrillo Music Theater playing Lumiere
      • Winner Best Featured Performer in a Musical, LAStagescene.com
    • Hollywood Revisited: Various Locations around the World

OTHER CREDITS:

  • FILM
    • The Kid (Josh) opposite Bruce Willis
    • The Little Mermaid
      • Prince Eric Live Action Reference Model

  • TELEVISION
    • Desperate Housewives: (Ricky the Country Club Maitre’D) Opposite Marcia Cross
    • Ally McBeal  (Waiter) Opposite Calista Flockhart, James Naughon and Jill Clayburgh
      • Emmy award winning 2000 Season Finale
    • Family Law (Gary Carson) opposite Kathleen Quinlan
    • Caroline in the City (Passenger) opposite Malcolm Gets
    • The Tony Awards 1993
    • The Kennedy Center Honors 1994
    • General Hospital (Doctor and Lawyer)
    • Passions (Christmas Eve 2007)
    • American Bandstand (Regular Soloist)

  • THEATER
    • AMOUR: The Painter, Goodspeed Opera House, Connecticut  Darko Tresjnak Director
    • NEVER GONNA DANCE (Ricardo Romero) Musical Theatre West, Long Beach CA,  Larry Raben, Director
    • BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Lumiere) Cabrillo Music Theater, Thousand Oaks, CA Lewis Wilkenfeld, Director
    • THE THREEPENNY OPERA (Macheath) New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, Paul Mullins Director
    • FUNNY GIRL (Eddie Ryan opposite Judy Blazer & Michael Nouri) Sundance Theater, Utah, Philip Himberg Director
    • LOST IN YONKERS (Uncle Louie opposite Erin Moran) Utah Music Theater, Ogden Utah
    • SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (Cosmo Brown) Lawrence Welk Theater, Escondido CA and Reagle Players Waltham , MA
    • A CHORUS LINE (Al) Austin Musical Theater, Austin Texas and La Mirada Civic Theater  Kay Cole, Director
    • THE FANTASTICKS (El Gallo) The Hanger Theater, Shawn Churchman Director
    • ROMEO AND JULIET (Tybalt) Portland Stage, Portland Maine,  Bartlett Sher Director
    • TWELVE ANGRY MEN (Juror #4) Merrimack Repertory Theater, Lowell MA
    • CAROUSEL (Jigger) Sacramento Theater Company, Sacramento, Ted Pappas Director
    • TERRA NOVA (Birdie Bowers) Virginia Stage Company, Norfolk VA Charlie Hensley Director
    • CLYTEMNESTRA (Furie 1) Suzuki Company of Toga, Japan, Tadashi Suzuki Director
    • THE LEGENDS OF POP (Star Soloist./Choreographer) with Seoul Pops, Seoul Korea
    • THE BIG DEAL: (Mel Starke/ Mickey) NYMF, Manhattan and THE WORKS FESTIVAL London
    • CINDERELLA (Buttons) Sacramento Theatre Company Peggy Shannon Director
    • GEORGE M! (Walt) Starlight Music Theater, San Diego CA,
    • THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (The Pirate King) The American Musical Theater (Michigan Tour) Brad Powell Director
    • THE INSPECTOR GENERAL (Khlestakov)  Milwaukee Wisconsin
    • KING LEAR (Edmund) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • HAMLET (Hamlet) Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival

  • ORIGINAL CAST RECORDINGS
    • Kiss of the Spider Woman with Chita Rivera
    • Bark!, Original Cast

  • VOICE OVERS
    • Chubb Insurance
    • Miller Beer
    • Hallmark
    • ArtsceneLA

  • COMMERCIALS
    • McDonalds
    • Continental Airlines

  • ACTING COACH  PROGRAMS
    • Head of the Musical Theater Emphasis, California Lutheran University
    • Creator of the Academy Repertory Company at the Academy for New Musical Theatre
    • Creator of the ANMT Performers’ Workshop for Adults and Teens

  • UPCOMING DIRECTING PROJECTS
    • "Love Bytes" August 3-7, NoHo Arts Theater (Co-director and choreographer)
    • “Into the Woods” April 30-May 3, Scherr Forum Theater Thousand Oaks
    • “Truth and Confidences”, An Evening of Cabaret and Specialty Material, The M Bar Hollywood February 25, 2010
    • Hollywood Revisited : A Tribute in Costume and Song (Various International Bookings)


Joshua Finkel's Directing Bio

Joshua’s Current Directing Projects:

HOLLYWOOD REVISITED: A Tribute in Costume and Song  (Ongoing International Corporate Event)    

A RING IN BROOKLYN (July 2012) World Premiere production at the Noho Arts Center, North Hollywood, CA

TSARINA (March 2011) World Premiere Production at The Grove Theater, Upland CA

IT'S GOTTA BE LOVE (October 24, 2010) Presentation at The Actors Gang, Culver City

LOVE BYTES (August 2010) NoHo Arts Center, North Hollywood CA and Theaterworks Presentation (November 2010)

DECEMBER SONGS (August 2010) NoHo Arts Center, North Hollywood, CA

 

                                                            

Directing Projects 2009

INTO THE WOODS (April 30-May 3, 2009) Scherr Forum Theater, Thousand Oaks CA          

HOLLYWOOD REVISITED: A Tribute in Costume and Song  (Ongoing International Corporate Event)                                     

THE COFFEE QUINTET: Joshua is choreographing this short film shooting January 2009

Directing Projects 2008:

LES MISERABLES AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL Dance Captain, Assisted staging the entire piece

MAIDS OF HONOR by Joan Casademont  The Little Theater, Thousand Oaks CA

THE SOUNDS OF SONDHEIM: A Musical Revue The Preus-Brandt Forum Theater, Thousand Oaks CA

AN EVENING WITH GEOFFREY GOING  Cabaret Act Consultant/Choreographer

Directing Projects 2007:

MACCABEAT: Theater League’s Festival of New Musicals  Fred Kavli Theater, Civic Arts Plaza Thousand Oaks

THE JOURNEY OF LOVE: A SONG CYCLE The Little Theater, Thousand Oaks CA

LES MISERABLES: THE SCHOOL EDITION Hamilton High School Music Academy Magnet

THE JOURNEY OF LOVE: Guildford School of Acting, Guildford, England

Directing Projects prior to 2007:

THE SPITFIRE GRILL Best Musical Ovation Nomination Los Angeles Premiere, Actors Co-op, Hollywood CA

SHOPPERS from DECK CHAIRS  Women in Theater, Palos Verdes, CA

FALSETTOLAND Phoenix Theater San Francisco

GREENBRIER GHOST Disney ASCAP Musical Theater Workshop with Stephen Schwartz

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD San Francisco Premiere, The Plush Room

THREE POSTCARDS  Choreographer, Theater 40, Beverly Hills, CA

BROADWAY BABIES The Herbst Theater, San Francisco

THE PHILIPS CORPORATION ECO AWARDS VIDEO PRESENTATION: Director of Industrial Short Film

THE SKIRBALL KOL AMI CABARET (2001 AND 2002) Director, Writer, Choreographer

AN EVENING WITH JOY SIKORSKI Cabaret Act Director

THE WIZARD OF OZ STARRING JOANNE WORLEY Director of Busker Cast



CREATOR of the ACADEMY REPERTORY COMPANY which develops new musicals in conjunction with producers, writers and actors.

HEAD OF THE MUSICAL THEATER EMPHASIS, CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY THOUSAND OAKS

CREATOR OF THE ANMT PERFORMERS’ WORKSHOP, NORTH HOLLYWOOD CA

TEACHER OF MUSICAL THEATER AUDITION TECHNIQUE AT AMDA LOS ANGELES, HOLLYWOOD CA

CREATOR OF THE PERFORMERS’ WORKSHOP FOR CHROMOLUME THEATER COMPANY