Our very own Joshua Boone opens on Broadway in June!

This week Playbill.com made the announcement that Joshua Boone (BFA, Performance, Theatre VCU 2010) will be a principal player in Holler if Ya Hear Me - the new Broadway musical inspired by the lyrics of Tupac Shakur!


This is what Playbill.com says about this groundbreaking musical:

Holler If Ya Hear Me, the world inside Tupac Shakur’s music and lyrics, “blazes to life in a non-biographical story about friendship, family, revenge, change and hope. Inner city lives struggle for peace against the daily challenges they face in this entertaining and original musical,” according to press notes. “Through the poetry of one of the 20th century’s most influential and culturally prominent voices, we are given a window into realities of the streets still relevant today.”

Theatre VCU patrons will remember Josh tearing down the house in the 2009 production of Ain't Misbehavin' - highlighting the great music of Fats Waller.

Since graduation Josh has been hard at work at his craft. His resume already includes:

Choir Boy at Alliance Theatre; In the Heights at Pioneer Theatre Company; Well at Virginia Repertory Theatre; Cutman: A Boxing Musical at Goodspeed. Off-Broadway: Felony Friday at Fringe Festival Encores; Central Avenue Breakdown at New York Musical Theatre Festival/Daegu International Musical Festival. Television: Law & Order: SVU. 

View the wonderful VCUArts video interview with Joshua Boone in the Blorinator's last post.

Go get 'em Josh - we are all very proud of you!