Matty and Kikau talk to Josh Young, the Coordinator for the Musical Theatre BFA program at Missouri State University.

Prior to his Tony-nominated Broadway debut as Judas Iscariot in Jesus Christ Superstar, Josh had the distinction of playing the role of Marius in Cameron Macintosh’s Les Miserables and in more subsequent productions than any other actor. Josh also won the Theatre World Award for Best Debut Performance for his turn in Superstar. He went on
to originate the role of John Newton on Broadway in the world premiere of Amazing Grace. 

Josh is the co-founder of Cutting-Edge
Composers, a concert and weekly web series on broadwayworld.com, created to give exposure to musical theatre's next generation of songwriters. Josh is the Coordinator of Musical Theatre at Missouri
State University having just left Oakland University where he led the musical theater program for the past four years and was the 2022 recipient of Oakland University’s Faculty Recognition Award for Excellence in Teaching.