What Is It About HER?

Julia Murney.....

NY theatre fans know her from her thrilling performance as Queenie in Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party but she's now gaining recognition around the country since she played Elphaba in the Wicked Tour last year. I had stumble upon her a few years ago by listening to The Wild Party cast album. But it was in seeing her in the Actors Fund Benefit of Chess that sealed the deal. I was definitely enthralled by the rich and rangy voice of Julia Murney.

But as one of the songs from The Wild Party goes.......what is it about her?

• Is it her vibrato?


• Is it the versatility of her voice --> her ability to sing any musical genre from country to pop to rock to power ballads and the list goes on....... (just check out her solo CD I'm Not Waiting)


• Is it her amazing stage presence that captures your attention when you see her perform?

Well, it's all that and her trademark of incredible breath control........

Check her out singing the popular Streisand song People from Funny Girl where she doesn't breathe. Towards the end of the song she sings the lines:

People who need people......then she doesn't breathe and proceeds to sing........Are the luckiest people.....in the world (and holds the last note forever! Amazing!)

To see the video please click here: PEOPLE

But what's even more admirable is how incredibly insightful and WELL grounded she is as a person. Listen to her interview from Broadway Bullet Podcast. If you don't want to listen to it, the transcript of the interview can be found here. (It's actually more fun to listen as she is hilarious! And there's a bonus at the end of the podcast of broadway abridged featuring Wicked - equally hilarious)