Joy has been singing, acting and attempting to dance for an extremely long time. Beginning at age 8 in her first role as the title character in Oliver! (apparently there were no actual boys in Teaneck, New Jersey), Joy has been trying to stay in show business ever since. She transitioned from child actor, to regular kid, to actor with a child thanks to her very supportive family. Joy loves musical theatre, opera, symphonic music, movies and a good rock concert equally. With credits ranging from Romper Room to Serpico to Fiddler on the Roof to The Crucible, Joy loves the life that chose her, though sometimes yearns for the stability her civilian friends enjoy. Well, only sometimes.
Career Highlights
THE VISIT Mrs. Hanke, Ambassador Theatre
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Fruma Sarah/Rivka/Yente, Minskoff Theatre
LA BOHEME ON BROADWAY Joe Jonas's Mother, Broadway Theatre
CANDIDE Old Lady/Baroness, Gershwin Theatre
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Mrs Cratchit/Mrs Fezziwig, Madison Square Garden
CYRANO - THE MUSICAL Chaperone, Neil Simon Theatre
7 DEADLY SINS Patti LuPone standby, Lincoln Center
DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY Cora, Roundabout Theatre
MUSIC IN THE AIR Anna, ENCORES! City Center
SWEENEY TODD Mrs Lovett, Casa Manana
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN Annie Oakley, Utah Festival Opera Co
BRIGADOON Meg Brockie, Paper Mill Playhouse
INTO THE WOODS Witch, Utah Festival Opera Co
LEONCAVALLO'S LA BOHEME Musetta, New York Grand Opera
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA Lola, Tulsa Opera
LE COMTE ORY Ragonde, L'Opera Francais
FAUST Marthe, Lyric Opera of Kansas City
RIGOLETTO Countess/Page, Spoleto Italy
HMS PINAFORE Buttercup, New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players
THE MIKADO Katisha, Dayton Opera
PIRATES OF PENZANCE Ruth, New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players
THE SOUND OF MUSIC Sister Berthe, Carnegie Hall