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Josh Young
Josh Young is an American actor best known for appearing on Broadway in the revival of Jesus Christ Superstar as Judas and Amazing Grace, originating the role of John Newton.
Young was raised in a Conservative Jewish family in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. He trained at the Pennsylvania Governors School for the Arts and holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Syracuse University.
In 2003, Young played Marius in the US national tour of Les Misérables. Afterwards, he starred as Tony in the European and Asian tour of West Side Story.
From 2011 to 2012, Young played Judas in the Broadway revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and won the 2012 Theatre World Award for outstanding Broadway debut performance.
In late 2012, he reprised his role of Che in Evita for the United States revival tour.
In March 2013, Young performed "Bring On the Men" from the Broadway musical Jekyll & Hyde at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS fundraising concert Broadway Backwards. In the summer of that same year he played Lt. Cable in The Muny production of South Pacific.
In 2015, he created the role of John Newton in the musical Amazing Grace on Broadway; the cast recording was released in February 2016. He won a Broadway World Award for this role in the Chicago Premiere at Bank of America Theatre.
Young appeared as Dr. Neville Craven in the 2016 and 2017 Shakespeare Theatre Company, 5th Avenue Theatre and Hobby Center for the Performing Arts productions of The Secret Garden. He was also in the 25th anniversary concert of The Secret Garden at the Lincoln Center in early 2016, appearing as Captain Albert Lennox.
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Josh Young
Josh Young is an American actor best known for appearing on Broadway in the revival of Jesus Christ Superstar as Judas and Amazing Grace, originating the role of John Newton.
Young was raised in a Conservative Jewish family in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. He trained at the Pennsylvania Governors School for the Arts and holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Syracuse University.
In 2003, Young played Marius in the US national tour of Les Misérables. Afterwards, he starred as Tony in the European and Asian tour of West Side Story.
From 2011 to 2012, Young played Judas in the Broadway revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and won the 2012 Theatre World Award for outstanding Broadway debut performance.
In late 2012, he reprised his role of Che in Evita for the United States revival tour.
In March 2013, Young performed "Bring On the Men" from the Broadway musical Jekyll & Hyde at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS fundraising concert Broadway Backwards. In the summer of that same year he played Lt. Cable in The Muny production of South Pacific.
In 2015, he created the role of John Newton in the musical Amazing Grace on Broadway; the cast recording was released in February 2016. He won a Broadway World Award for this role in the Chicago Premiere at Bank of America Theatre.
Young appeared as Dr. Neville Craven in the 2016 and 2017 Shakespeare Theatre Company, 5th Avenue Theatre and Hobby Center for the Performing Arts productions of The Secret Garden. He was also in the 25th anniversary concert of The Secret Garden at the Lincoln Center in early 2016, appearing as Captain Albert Lennox.