Oct. 9, 2023

Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 142 with Jonny Perl

On this episode I talked with Jonny about first discovering his passion for the performing arts, theatre, and playing piano, the first show he saw growing up, who inspires him, how he got involved with the LA theatre community and what makes the LA theatre community so special, where the idea to start recording himself playing the piano for TikTok came from, his favorite person on TikTok who has ever done a duet with him, Tramp Stamp Granny’s and bringing a bit of theatre to the night life in Los Angeles, How To Dance In Ohio coming to Broadway on November 15th which will mark his co-producing Broadway debut, and much more!

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Jonny Perl (he/him)

As Managing Director of Shinbone Theatre Company, Jonny has developed, produced, and directed new musicals (Shel, Lorelei: I'm Coming Out), cabarets (Macabaret, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), and immersive content (What Went Wrong, Welcome Back Woodchucks, Afterlife Anonymous). As an actor, he was most recently seen in Los Angeles productions of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest,Tick, Tick...BOOM!, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. As a producer for Cinemation/Little Stone Productions, he develops and produces new Broadway musicals and animated films. Most recently, Paws of Fury for Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon. Upcoming: the west coast premiere of the musical Farewell My Concubine in Summer 2024 and co-producing How To Dance In Ohio on Broadway. Jonny also regularly music directs, accompanies, and leads piano bar singalongs. He is best known for his interactive musical theatre content on TikTok. He is a graduate of UCLA.