In Episode 205, award-winning musical theatre writer
Joel B. New sat down with actress, singer, and voice/text/dialect coach Amy
Jo Jackson (
www.amyjojackson.com). Her bio is filled with an array of impressive projects, most recently as the dialect coach on the Tony Award-winning musical KINKY BOOTS, and as an actor in Exit, Pursued by a Bear's DANI GIRL. Ms. Jackson is a 2013 IRNE and
Elliot Norton nominee for her role as "Female Soloist" in Speakeasy Stage Company's production of BLOODY BLOODY
Andrew Jackson, has collaborated with such respected theatre companies as The Flea, The Pearl, Prospect Theater, The Cell, and is the dialect coach on the new Maltby & Shire musical BEHIND THE PAINTING. Amy Jo can currently be seen in Empirical Rogue's SUICIDE?!, and is the Voice & Text Director on the upcoming MYSTERIES at The Flea.
Song Premiere: "Cute White Boy" from STANDALONE: A SONG CYCLE. Music and lyrics by
Joel B. New. Featuring
Mike Pettry on piano (
www.mikepettry.com).
"Something New" is the popular musical theatre podcast that dissects what it means to be a working, multifaceted artist in America, always concluding with a song from one of
Joel B. New's latest projects. "Something New" is available on
iTunes and
Stitcher.
For more info, visit joelbnew.com.
