Joseph Baker (he/him)
Musical Director & Accompanist
Joseph is delighted to be the Musical Director for the Circle in the Square Theatre Program.
He has been performing on and around Broadway for over 30 years. Past shows include: Wicked, Shrek, The Lion King, Blood Brothers, The Life, Grand Hotel, Starlight Express, The Tap Dance Kid, Little Shop of Horrors, Catskills on Broadway, Footloose, Bells are Ringing, and Laughing Room Only.
He has also been Orchestrator, Vocal Arranger, and Dance Arranger on shows such as Bubbly Black Girl, The Green Heart, Play It Cool and Footloose. He has performed with renown artists on the concert stage, and especially enjoys to work in the symphonic orchestra field. He has conducted for artists such as Carole King, Petula Clarke, Art Garfunkel, David and Shaun Cassidy, Helen Reddy, Chita Rivera, Leslie Uggams, and other Broadway notables.
Mister B. also composed and arranged the score for the smash hit documentary Mad Hot Ballroom, and is Composer, Arranger, Producer for Dittydoodle Works, an exciting children’s TV series on Public Television WLIW. His other “musical life” includes projects in his own Midtown studio, and when not being a musical-arranger, he rehearses with his musical family: daughter Rozi (her Broadway credits include Shrek, Mary Poppins, Bonnie & Clyde) and son David (appearances on 30 Rock, Zero Hour).