JOSHUA FINKEL AWARD WINNING

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An accomplished Broadway and Hollywood actor, Joshua is a proud member of Musical Theater Guild. Among his numerous acting. Read more..

DIRECTING BIO

In the Fall of 2022 in Los Angeles and then in Prague in the Summer of 2023, Joshua is mounting his production of 3 short shows Careful What You Wish For : Including The Noon Witch, The Lake and remounting his Pick of the Fringe 2017 award winning production of The Wedding Night both composed by Game of Thrones and Film Orchestrator, Stephen Coleman. The Original Cast Recording of The Wedding Night is now available on CD Baby! Read more..

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Specializing in Classes and Private Coaching for actors

Joshua is also a renowned acting coach and teaches out of his private studio, the Creative Combustion Acting Studio in Studio City.Where he is Read more..

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“Joshua Finkel in role of Ed Kleban is mesmerizing. Finkel is the total embodiment of Kleban's energy and pain on stage—he took the full range of emotions let them out little by little in everything he did on stage, he’s a consummate actor. Vocally Finkel continues to astound—every song from “Light On My Feet” to “Self Portrait” is an exemplary illustration of dramatic singing.”
Ryan M. LuevanoTheater Critic and Musical Director

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“Joshua Finkel appeared in the original Broadway cast from its very first preview...Since Finkel covered the role of Molina ...a better choice could not have been made for MTG’s Molina. Finkel’s work on Monday night can only be described as virtuoso, the kind of multi-layered, deeply moving, virtually flawless performance one usually sees after months of rehearsals and performances. Disappearing entirely into Molina’s gaunt, flamboyant, tormented, proud, humiliated, defiant skin, Finkel acted and sang the hell out of the role, getting every possible laugh from Molina’s fabulousness and every possible tear from his poignancy.”
Steven StanleyTheater Critic, StageSceneLA.com

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“As the French candelabra Lumiére, Joshua Finkel nearly outshone (pun intended) all the other performers. Finkel led the show's most delightful musical sequence, the can-can-like "Be Our Guest," featuring a boutique of high-kicking animated kitchen utensil.”
Cary GinellTheatre Critic, The Acorn and VC Onstage

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“"Joshua Finkel plays Audrey's boyfriend, a motorcycle riding, nitrous-oxide huffing "professional' intent on bringing pain to everyone he come across. Finkel's performance is both hilarious and disturbing, satisfying the audience's need to hate the odious and laugh at the absurd."”
DAVE EISENSTADTERTheater Critic, , The Monadnock Sentinel Transcrip5

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“"It's nothing short of breathtaking, especially as performed by the talented Joshua Finkel. Finkel comes out in a toga worn by Curtis in Spartacus and sings Sondheim's "Lovely" from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Finkel has a lot of fun as, bare-chested, he struts about a la Hercules, flexing his muscles to the delight of ladies in the audience. Finkel also has a field day with his The Flintstones costume in leopard as well as one worn by Arnold S. in the remake of Around the World in Eighty Days. Other of his musical highlights include: "The Impossible Dream", "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" and a lyric change for the show's opener and closer to the song "That's Entertainment."”
Don GrigwareTheater Critic, Broadway World and Grigware Talks Theatre

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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS SATURDAY JUNE 1ST AT 7PM IN NORTHRIDGE! TICKETS FOR SHOW HERE AND VIDEO PROMO BELOW! CHECK OUT THESE UPCOMING EVENTS BY CLICKING ON EACH PICTURE! JOSHUA STARS AS THE HUSBAND DAVID IN THE NEW PROMO VIDEO FOR THE NEW HOLIDAY MUSICAL HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. CHECK IT OUT HERE: JOSHUA CO-WROTE, DIRECTED, CHOREOGRAPHED, MUSICALLY DIRECTED AND STARRED IN THE BARBIE PURIM SPIEL 2024 FOR CONGREGATION KOL AMI. __________________________________________________________ JOSHUA WILL PERFORM IN THE MUSICAL THEATRE GUILD FUNDRAISER CELEBRATING BROADWAY IN 1996, WHEN MTG BEGAN. TUESDAY JUNE 25, 2024 CATALINA JAZZ CLUB, LOS ANGELES MORE INFO JOSHUA DIRECTS, CHOREOGRAPHS AND STARS IN THE HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL REVUE CELEBRATING IT'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR! HOLLYWOOD REVISITED 2024 PERFORMANCES SO FAR: FRIDAY FEBRUARY 23 : MORNINGSIDE OF FULLERTON, FULLERTON CA MARCH 9TH OR 15TH : MARAVILLA, SANTA BARBARA CA WED. APRIL 10TH : WILSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN, 1PM-3PM MATINEE SATURDAY APRIL 13TH : ELGIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ARTS CENTER, ELGIN ILLINOIS SATURDAY JUNE 1ST: NORTHRIDGE METHODIST CHURCH, NORTHRIDGE CA TUESDAY JUNE 11TH : MOUNT SAINT ANTONIO GARDENS, CLAREMONT, CA SUNDAY DECEMBER 8TH: BELMONT VILLAGE 2025 PERFORMANCES SO FAR: SUNDAY FEBRUARY 2 2025 : CITY OPERA HOUSE, TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN JOSHUA IS LAUNCHING INTO HIS WINTER 2024 BY BEING THE NAME READER AT THE FOLLOWING COMMENCEMENTS WITH VOICE TALENT INTERNATIONAL MONDAY DECEMBER 16TH UC-IRVINE JOSHUA WILL BE DIRECTING AND DEVELOPING THE NEW MUSICAL, LOBSTER BOY WITH MUSIC /LYRICS BY DAVID PHILP AND BOOK BY DREW VANDIVER WITH MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS AND DIRECTION BY ROSS KALLING. WE DID A TABLE READ OF THE CURRENT DRAFT AND ARE BUILDING A REVISED DRAFT WHICH WILL BE STAGED AS A BACKER'S AUDITION FULLY STAGED READING OF THE SHOW.

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May 3, 2023

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Thank you Don Grigware and Better Lemons for this lovely article about upcoming projects and staying creative during this time. https://better-lemons.com/for-acting-coach-joshua-finkel-creativity-goes-on/ CHECK OUT THESE UPCOMING EVENTS BY CLICKING ON EACH PICTURE! NOW IN IT'S 20TH YEAR, JOSHUA DIRECTS, CHOREOGRAPHS AND STARS IN THE ONE OF A KIND HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL REVIEW FEATURING BROADWAY PERFORMERS WEARING AND PERFORMING IN THE ORIGINAL COSTUMES WORN IN THE CLASSIC FILMS OF OLD HOLLYWOOD BY THE LEGENDARY STARS IN THOSE FILMS. HOLLYWOOD REVISITED SATURDAY JUNE 1ST AT 7PM IN NORTHRIDGE! TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE AND VIDEO OF THE EVENT BELOW! APRIL 2024: JUST CAME BACK FROM A FANTASTIC MIDWEST TOUR TO MILWAUKEE / BROOKFIELD WISCONSIN AND TO CHICAGO/BLIZZARD THEATER AT THE ELGIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE! JUNE 1ST: 7PM NORTHRIDGE METHODIST CHURCH JUNE 11TH: 7PM MOUNT ST. ANTONIO GARDENS, CLAREMONT CA JANUARY 31, 2025: TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN MORE INFO CLICK HERE! __________________________________________________________________ JOSHUA WILL BE DIRECTING AND DEVELOPING 2 NEW MUSICALS THIS SUMMER LOBSTER BOY: A NEW MUSICAL ABOUT THE STORY OF SIDE SHOW PERFORMER BOOK BY DAVID PHILP AND DREW VANDIVER, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY DAVID PHILP MUSICAL DIRECTION AND ARRANGEMENTS BY ROSS KALLING UPDATE: HAD A WONDERFUL FIRST TABLE READ OF THE LATEST DRAFT ON APRIL 7, 2024. NEXT DRAFT AND BACKERS AUDITION STAGED READING COMING SOON! STAY TUNED! (From Left: Joshua Finkel, David Philp, Matt Merchant, Chairman Barnes, Jesse Merlin, Andrea Press, Ross Kalling, Natalie Holt MacDonald, Drew Vandiver, Sadie Calvano, Drew Seeley, Troy Barboza) SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS BOOK AND LYRICS: GREG EDWARDS MUSIC: RON BARNETT _____________________________________________________________________ JOSHUA CO-WROTE, DIRECTED, CHOREOGRAPHED, DESIGNED, AND PERFORMED IN A WONDERFUL BARBIE SPOOF/SPIEL FOR CONGREGATION KOL-AMI'S CELEBRATION OF PURIM.

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Actor Bio

An accomplished Broadway and Hollywood actor, Joshua is a proud member of Musical Theater Guild. Among his numerous acting credits, Joshua starred on Broadway and in London as Molina in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN opposite Chita Rivera and Vanessa Williams (7 TONY Awards); then went on to win Scenie and Broadway World awards starring as Molina at the Alex Theater in Glendale and twice in India. Joshua received rave reviews as Thenardier ” the Master of the House,” in LES MISERABLES in the Original Los Angeles Production and then on the National Tour, He starred as Tybalt in ROMEO AND JULIET directed by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher opposite Hamish Linklater as Romeo, and played The Painter in AMOUR at the Goodspeed Opera house directed by Tony Award Winning Team of Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Darko Tresnjak and Peggy Hickey and played MAN #2 in GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER at the Tuachan Center for the Arts directed by Peggy Hickey. He has played Eddie Ryan opposite Judy Blazer and Michael Nouri in FUNNY GIRL at Robert Redford’s Sundance Complex in Utah and starred as Uncle Louie in LOST IN YONKERS opposite the late Erin Moran from Happy Days.

Joshua recently played the hilarious comedic villain Bud Frump in HOW TO SUCCEED… at the Alex Theatre and received another VC and Scenie award as Leo Frank in PARADE at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts. Joshua has starred as the enigmatic lyricist from A CHORUS LINE, Ed Kleban in A CLASS ACT at the Alex Theatre which received rave reviews.
Joshua’s voice can be heard on the Original Cast Recordings of KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, BARK! as Ben, and as the voice of ARTSCENE VISUAL RADIO on ARTSCENECAL.com. In Film and Television Joshua has starred opposite Bruce Willis, Marcia Cross, Kathleen Quinlan, Kalista Flockhart, Robert Morse and Jill Clayburgh to name a few, in such projects as THE KID, ALLY McBEAL (Emmy award), FAMILY LAW, HUCKLEBERRY DREAMS and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES.

However his favorite film role was getting to create the Live Action Reference Footage as Prince Eric in Disney’s animated classic THE LITTLE MERMAID. Joshua’s interview about the process can be seen on the DVD Extras for the 25th anniversary Blu-Ray release of the film.