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Joel Higgins

Birth Place: Bloomington, IL, USA

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STAGE CREDITS

[West End]
Original London Production, 1996
Performer


[Regional (US)]
World Premiere, 1993


[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1989
Stone [Replacement]

[Replacement]

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1979
Curly [Replacement]

[Replacement]

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1978
Ben Gant


[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1976
Sebastian


[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1975
James


[Regional (US)]
World Premiere, 1978
Ben Gant


Productions

 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Director

Writing

Bookwriter/Lyricist

Movies

Dead Canaries
[ 2003 ] Alan Weis
No Pay, Nudity
[ 2016 ] Stewart

TV Shows

Best of the West
Marshal Sam Best
Silver Spoons
Edward Stratton III, Russian Ambassador

Awards and Nominations


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2004 - Outstanding Lyrics

Joel Higgins, Johnny Guitar


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2004 - Outstanding Music

Joel Higgins, Johnny Guitar

Drama Desk Awards - 1978 - Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical

Joel Higgins, Angel


winner
Theatre World Awards - 1975 - Performance

Joel Higgins, Shenandoah

Videos

News


THE BEAT OF A WANDERNG HEART at The Beechman to be Livestreamed
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 14, 2025

The new musical revue The Beat of a Wandering Heart – The Songs of Marty Silvestri and Joel Higgins will present a special livestream option. This will give audiences that can’t get to New York a chance to enjoy the show’s world premiere production.
Review: Breathtaking BEAT OF A WANDERING HEART Bows at The Laurie Beechman Theatre
by Stephen Mosher - Nov 13, 2025

It's a long time coming but there is finally a revue made up of the works of Marty Silvestri and Joel Higgins, and it's the revue they deserve.
Christine Andreas and More to Star in THE BEAT OF A WANDERING HEART at The Laurie Beechman
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 11, 2025

The new musical revue The Beat of a Wandering Heart – The Songs of Marty Silvestri and Joel Higgins will celebrate its world premiere production at New York’s Laurie Beechman Theatre.
Interview: Marty Silvestri & Joel Higgins on THE BEAT OF A WANDERING HEART at The Laurie Beechman
by Rebecca Kaplan - Nov 10, 2025

The songwriters present a revue of their 40-plus-year partnership to the Beechman 11/11 to 11/16, with Christine Andreas, George Dvorsky, James Harkness & Casey Borghesi. We spoke with Silvestri and Higgins about the new show, their career, and more.
Cabaret Roundup: November 10-16- Marilu Henner, Margaret Cho & More
by Rebecca Kaplan - Nov 10, 2025

Here are a few top picks in NYC to consider this week including a new work by the late Broadway songwriter William Finn, Taxi star Marilu Henner in a new solo show, New York Comedy Festival performances and more.
Review: Christine Andreas S'WONDERFUL Aptly Named at 54 Below
by Stephen Mosher - Oct 18, 2025

Christine and Marty are back in the basement and it's pure magic.
George Dvorsky to Join Christine Andreas and More in THE BEAT OF A WANDERING HEART
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 18, 2025

The Beat of a Wandering Heart – The Songs of Marty Silvestri and Joel Higgins will welcome Broadway’s George Dvorsky to complete its cast when the new musical revue makes its world premiere this fall.
THE BEAT OF A WANDERING HEART to be Presented at The Laurie Beechman Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 8, 2025

The new musical revue The Beat of a Wandering Heart – The Songs of Marty Silvestri and Joel Higgins will have its world premiere production this fall at New York’s Laurie Beechman Theatre. Learn more and see how to attend.
Mike McGowan and Sierra Boggess To Lead THE FIELDS OF AMBROSIA Industry Readings
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 15, 2024

THE FIELDS OF AMBROSIA will have industry readings in NYC on October 17 and 18, featuring a cast led by Mike McGowan and Sierra Boggess.
Review: CHRISTINE ANDREAS Brings Paris to 54 Below
by Sharon Ellman - Mar 10, 2024

This reviewer was overwhelmed by Christine Andreas’s magical and bewitching voice. C’est magnifique!!
Theater For The New City To Present Dadaist Musical Comedy WHO MURDERED LOVE?
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 13, 2023

'Who Murdered Love?' by Lissa Moira and Richard West is a Dadaist musical comedy set in 1924 New York City and in a Paris dreamscape. Its story follows WWI veteran and private eye 'Sleepy' Sam Speed, his girl, Gail Friday and his junior detective, Everett Greene, as they attempt to unravel the disappearance and possible murder of DaDa Love at the behest of their client, a stunning heiress named Honey Potts.
WHO MURDERED LOVE? to be Presented at Theater for the New City in February
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 5, 2023

Who Murdered Love? will be presented by Theater for the New City February 2 to 19, 2023. See how to purchase tickets, who is starring in the cast and more!
Interview: Martin Silvestri, Joel Higgins & Christine Andreas Talk About the Past and Future of THE FIELDS OF AMBROSIA at Surflight Theatre
by Ricky Pope - Sep 3, 2022

One of the most enduring of human beliefs is the idea of the existence of an afterlife. All sorts of terrors and challenges can be endured in an earthly life if one believes in a world beyond where things will be not only better but perfect. That is one of the central ideas of THE FIELDS OF AMBROSIA, a musical that is opening next week at Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven, NJ on Long Beach Island.
Surflight Theatre Presents THE FIELDS OF AMBROSIA, September 7-25
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 26, 2022

Surflight Theatre, New Jersey's “Broadway at the Beach,” will present a new production of The Fields of Ambrosia this September.
Interview: Christine Andreas of BROADWAY JAZZ at Bell Works
by Lianna Albrizio - Jul 31, 2022

Tony Award Nominated Christine Andreas to Join Grammy Award-Winning Bandleader Vince Giordano, Pianist Art Topilow and Saxophonist Danny Bacher for a Night of Broadway Jazz at Bell Works tonight.
BWW Review: CHRISTINE ANDREAS: AND SO IT GOES is a Balm for Challenging Times at 54 Below
by Ricky Pope - Sep 25, 2021

Christine Andreas' show, AND SO IT GOES, which opened at 54 Below last evening, doesn’t contain even a whiff of politics. But it focuses on the disjointedness the past decade or so has created in all our souls and holds up art and music as a way out of some of the chaotic noise that is making us lesser humans. It is a celebration of our collective humanity and an embrace of some of our best qualities as a species: kindness, tenderness, compassion, and love. That’s a lot to pack into a 70 minute cabaret evening. But Christine Andreas is no ordinary cabaret performer. In addition to her prodigious gifts as a singer and actress, she has always used her keen mind to focus on the bigger questions. She set out constructing this show as a way to cheer herself up. But what evolved is much more. It is a journey into the darkness and out again.
BWW Feature: Learn More About Some of Our Favorite Cabaret Couples
by Stephen Mosher - Feb 13, 2021

The history of show business is loaded with couples who work as well offstage as they do on. These twosomes have brought their offstage magic to the stages of the cabaret and concert world.
Bay Area Cabaret Announces Christine Andreas
by Julie Musbach - Nov 9, 2018

Bay Area Cabaret welcomes renowned singer, actress and recording artist Christine Andreas, Sunday, December 2 at 5:00 p.m. with the West Coast debut of her acclaimed show, PIAF-No Regrets, following two successful runs in New York and one in London. Christine brings to life the triumphs and heartbreaks of the famed French chanteuse, in her own words and those of her friends-and of course-her music.
Theater for the New City Presents CYBERBABIES: A MUSICAL DOT.COMEDY
by Julie Musbach - May 25, 2018

Theater for the New City, Crystal Field, Executive Director, presents Cyberbabies: A Musical Dot.Comedy, a world premiere musical with book, music and lyrics by Craig Silver. Lissa Moira directs a cast of 14, including William Broderick, Jef Canter, Selear Duke, Katie Fann, Becca Gottlieb, Jordan Griffey, Zander Kirby, David "Zen" Mansley, Michael Maricondi, Olivia Medley, James Parks, Johnathan Fox Powers, Dani Westhead, and Amanda Yachechak.  Performances will be staged at the Community Space at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue (bet. 9th and 10th Streets), New York, NY 10003 from May 31-June 17, 2018. 
Post-Holocaust Chamber Opera LADY OF THE CASTLE Coming to Scandinavia House
by BWW News Desk - Nov 25, 2017

The Aviva Players and Algonquin Theater Productions in association with Diodati Productions, Original Cast Records and The New York Association present Lady of the Castle, a ghostly post-Holocaust chamber opera based on a true story and an Israeli play by Lea Goldberg with music and lyrics by Mira J. Spektor.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Joel Higgins been in?

Joel Higgins has appeared on Broadway in 5 shows.

How many West End shows has Joel Higgins been in?

Joel Higgins has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.

What was Joel Higgins's first West End show?

Joel Higgins's first West End show was The Fields of Ambrosia which opened in 1996

What awards has Joel Higgins been nominated for?

Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for Johnny Guitar, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for Johnny Guitar, Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Angel and Performance (Theatre World Awards) for Shenandoah.

What awards has Joel Higgins won?

Joel Higgins has won Outstanding Lyrics and Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for Johnny Guitar. He also received a Theatre World Award for his performance in Shenandoah.

How many shows has Joel Higgins written?

Joel Higgins has written 1 shows including The Fields of Ambrosia (Bookwriter/Lyricist).

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