Brady Love has been fortunate to have played many leading roles across his career in theatre. His first experience onstage was when he played The Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz" in the 6th grade, followed by The Peddler in "Oklahoma!" the following year.
When he hit high school, he was cast as radio personality Bert Healy in "Annie" in 2012. His performance impressed his high school teacher so much that he cast him as The Beast the following year in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast".
Immediately after graduating from high school, Brady picked up his first paid, professional acting job playing his dream role, Javert in "Les Misérables" with Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre in Maryland. He performed the role from June-August of 2014.
When he hit high school, he was cast as radio personality Bert Healy in "Annie" in 2012. His performance impressed his high school teacher so much that he cast him as The Beast the following year in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast".
Immediately after graduating from high school, Brady picked up his first paid, professional acting job playing his dream role, Javert in "Les Misérables" with Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre in Maryland. He performed the role from June-August of 2014.
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Shortly after, Brady moved to Pennsylvania. He landed the role of Judge Turpin in "Sweeney Todd" with Star of the Day Event Productions in late Spring of 2016.
In the Winter of 2016-2017, Brady returned to Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" with The Gilberts Sing For America at Miller Symphony Hall, this time taking on two roles. He appeared as both LeFou and The Beast through-out the run. During that run, Brady was cast in another production of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" with Catasauqua Area Showcase Theatre, once again as The Beast. This was Brady's favorite production of the show he has done to date, and made it three times total that Brady played the role. |
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In the Fall of 2017, Brady returned with his favorite group, Star of the Day, to play another dream role of his. The dual roles of Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde in Frank Wildhorn's "Jekyll & Hyde". Brady received immense acclaim for his performance in the role through out the 3 week run.
On March 25, 2018, Brady achieved another dream role by playing the role of Judas Iscariot in "Jesus Christ Superstar". Shortly after, he appeared in a solo concert event with Star of the Day titled "This is the Moment" where he performed songs from his favorite musicals. On April 21, Brady appeared in Narberth Community Theatre's "Broadway Through the Decades" cabaret singing 'Maria' from "West Side Story". |
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In May of 2018, Brady appeared as The Beast once more with Pennsylvania Youth Theatre in their production of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast". Following the final performance, Brady announced it would be his final time playing the role for the foreseeable future.
In September of 2018 Brady appeared in the role of Quasimodo with Town and Country Players production of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". |
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On April 14, 2019 Brady once again sang the role of Judas in "Jesus Christ Superstar". In July-August 2019, Brady returned to "Jesus Christ Superstar" once more with Northampton Community College, this time as Pontius Pilate.
Following "Jesus Christ Superstar", Brady decided to take a much deserved (and much needed) break from any and all theatrical work. The timing of this couldn't have been better, as just 6 months afterward the COVID-19 pandemic began and caused a complete shut down of any and all productions.
This gave Brady time to heal from the development of nodules on his vocal cords. After suffering great difficulty singing through out October-January, Brady rushed to a specialist and discovered the growths in the early stages. Thankfully, they were caught early enough that treatment simply required voice rest. Within months Brady made a full recovery and was able to continue on with some personal music projects.
One such project included the launch of a YouTube channel dedicated solely to his recordings, and footage from his live performances. The channel has grown slowly but steadily in popularity since it's launch in April of 2020, and Brady updates it regularly.
It was on this channel that Brady briefly gained a significant amount of attention during the summer of 2021. It was at this time an internet meme of people doing impressions of musical artists singing the lyrics of the song "Low" (or as it became known, "Apple Bottom Jeans") set to one of their hits was hitting it's peak. Seeing an opportunity, Brady created his own version of the meme, doing an impression of Luciano Pavarotti singing the lyrics set to the aria "Nessun Dorma". Soon after the video took off, and resulted in many people taking a look at Brady's other work and becoming fans. To date the video has 1.6 million views.
This gave Brady time to heal from the development of nodules on his vocal cords. After suffering great difficulty singing through out October-January, Brady rushed to a specialist and discovered the growths in the early stages. Thankfully, they were caught early enough that treatment simply required voice rest. Within months Brady made a full recovery and was able to continue on with some personal music projects.
One such project included the launch of a YouTube channel dedicated solely to his recordings, and footage from his live performances. The channel has grown slowly but steadily in popularity since it's launch in April of 2020, and Brady updates it regularly.
It was on this channel that Brady briefly gained a significant amount of attention during the summer of 2021. It was at this time an internet meme of people doing impressions of musical artists singing the lyrics of the song "Low" (or as it became known, "Apple Bottom Jeans") set to one of their hits was hitting it's peak. Seeing an opportunity, Brady created his own version of the meme, doing an impression of Luciano Pavarotti singing the lyrics set to the aria "Nessun Dorma". Soon after the video took off, and resulted in many people taking a look at Brady's other work and becoming fans. To date the video has 1.6 million views.
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After nearly three years of inactivity performing for the public, Brady was asked to come and audition to become a leading male vocalist with the New Jersey-based "MAL-Practice Showband".
"MAL-Practice Showband" is a group of experienced musicians whom play for a variety of bookings, including private parties and special events such as grand openings, awards shows, corporate parties, festivals, weddings, farm field days, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, retirement community parties, family and class reunions. They perform covers of hits from across all different eras of music, offering something for everyone. After seeing Brady sing Queen and Elton John on his YouTube channel, he was asked to audition for the band and was almost immediately given the spot as a new lead male singer. He's begun performing across many cities in surrounding states, singing a variety of music including classic rock, jazz, soul, pop, and more. |
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In April of 2022, Brady performed his first gigs with the band, singing in public for the first time since August of 2019. He is proud of his work and his current vocal abilities, and considers this to be one of his greatest, if not the greatest, achievements of his entire singing career.
In addition to his theatrical work, through the years Brady could be seen frequently performing concerts for retirement communities frequently appearing in local Pennsylvania cabarets. He sings classic Broadway hits as well as his favorite genre of music, Jazz/Great American Songbook standards.
Brady also frequently records music. At times, these will be compiled into a collection that is made available to download on his Bandcamp page. Some of these projects included a collection of his favorite songs from Broadway and theatre titled "This is the Moment", originally released in April of 2017, and later re-released with new vocals in June of 2020. Physical CD copies were sold at performances of "Beauty and the Beast" and "Jekyll & Hyde" in 2018, as well as his concert appearances. All copies have been sold out!
Perhaps his most prominent collection of music, however, was a compilation of his recordings of Queen songs titled "Champions: A Tribute to Queen". This collection put together recordings made from 2018-2021 encompassing a majority of Queen's hits. The collection has what is considered by some to be Brady's best and most vocally ambitious recordings to date.
Moving forward, Brady intends to continue to sing with "MAL-Practice Showband" for the foreseeable future. He has no current intentions or plans to return to any musical theatre productions, although he remains open to it if the right opportunity comes. Although his busy schedule hasn't allowed for much recording, he will continue to record new music and share footage whenever he is able.
Brady also frequently records music. At times, these will be compiled into a collection that is made available to download on his Bandcamp page. Some of these projects included a collection of his favorite songs from Broadway and theatre titled "This is the Moment", originally released in April of 2017, and later re-released with new vocals in June of 2020. Physical CD copies were sold at performances of "Beauty and the Beast" and "Jekyll & Hyde" in 2018, as well as his concert appearances. All copies have been sold out!
Perhaps his most prominent collection of music, however, was a compilation of his recordings of Queen songs titled "Champions: A Tribute to Queen". This collection put together recordings made from 2018-2021 encompassing a majority of Queen's hits. The collection has what is considered by some to be Brady's best and most vocally ambitious recordings to date.
Moving forward, Brady intends to continue to sing with "MAL-Practice Showband" for the foreseeable future. He has no current intentions or plans to return to any musical theatre productions, although he remains open to it if the right opportunity comes. Although his busy schedule hasn't allowed for much recording, he will continue to record new music and share footage whenever he is able.
