Joe Yazbeck
Executive Producer, Heartbeat Productions
Joe
Yazbeck has enjoyed over 30 years of not only performing as a singer and actor
but also producing music and theater productions during his long career.
After earning his degree in theater from King’s College and many performances in
classical and musical theater, he has performed in the National Broadway Touring
Company of Evita starring Lonnie Ackerman and shared the stage with legend
Dorothy Lamour in the San Bernadino Civic Light Opera production of South
Pacific. Through his entertainment promotion company, he contracted and booked national
touring company productions of Broadway shows in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
While there, he also operated Premier Productions producing shows and music
productions with his band, The City Lights Orchestra.
Joe currently develops talent, coaches and assists performing artists in both
music and theater in planning and guiding their careers for success in the
entertainment industry as executive producer of Heartbeat Productions.
He is currently band leader and lead vocals for Florida’s successful live band
“Heartdance” and is preparing another CD release in the jazz/swing genre titled
“High Standards” due by the summer of ’08.
Joe is very proud to have his son, Tony Yazbeck, currently starring in his 6th
Broadway show, “Gypsy”, with Patti LuPone and his future daughter-in-law Jessica
Lee Goldyn starring in the coveted role of Val in the Broadway revival of “A
Chorus Line”.
Joe has served the Tampa Bay community as an entertainment editorial writer and reporter for the Tampa Bay Informer. He has hosted the nationally syndicated cable TV show "BusinessWise" interviewing successful entreprenuers throughout the U.S. Joe can also be heard as a frequent guest on Tampa Bay's Tan Talk radio WTAN 1340 AM "People Are Talking".
His career is dedicated to supporting
performing artists and leaders with their dreams of accomplishing success in
their industries.
(See the Testimonials page for Joe's client successes)
Tony Rockliff Record Producer
Tony has worked with many popular & well known recording artists over a 38 year span.
He has raised music production to higher, creative and artistic standards.
(See Tony’s credits, bio and successes on
the Music Production page.)
David Pomeranz Songwriting Coaching - Music & Theater Consulting
David Pomeranz is a Universal Recording
Artist/Songwriter with 22 platinum and 18 gold albums to his credit. David's
songs and performances have been featured in countless movies such as Big,
starring Tom Hanks, and numerous TV series and specials including Will & Grace,
American Idol, Perfect Strangers, Midnight Caller, and many more.His compositions have been
recorded and performed by a diverse range of artists including Barry Manilow (Trying
to Get the Feeling Again, The Old Songs), Bette Midler, Kenny Rogers,
Freddie Mercury, Richie Sambora (of Bon Jovi), Lou Rawls, and Missy Elliot. Hip
Hop phenomenon, Missy Elliott has included a sample of David's song,
Greyhound Mary" on her multi-platinum selling album, Miss E...So
Addictive.
David's songs have been
recorded and/or well performed by scores of artists including Bette Midler,
Kenny Rogers, Phoebe Snow, Freddie Mercury, The Muppets, Kenny Loggins, Richie
Sambora (of Bon Jovi), Dennis DeYoung (of Styx), Missy Elliott, The Carpenters,
The Hollies, Harry Belafonte, Hubert Laws, Lou Rawls, Andrea Marcovicci, John
Denver, Mary Travers, Leo Sayer, Eddie Kendricks (of the Temptations), Donna
Summer, Glen Campbell Lillias White, Kathie Lee Gifford and Cliff Richard (who
has recorded three Pomeranz' songs including the Top Ten U.K. hit, David’s and Dean Pitchford’s
stunning, I Still Believe in You).
One of David's most beloved
songs, "It's In Every One Of Us", has been translated into numerous
languages, recorded time and again and sung all over the world in churches,
corporate seminars, schools, synagogues, political rallies, weddings,
fundraisers and anywhere people gather for an uplifting purpose. "It's In
Every One Of Us" was a major sponsor theme song to the Summer Olympic Games
in Seoul, Korea. In 1997, David and film star, Steven Seagal co-wrote the song, "Long Way
Around" which was featured in Seagal's Warner Bros. motion picture, "Fire
Down Below" (performed by Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora).
He is an Emmy Award nominee
whose most recent Musical Theater project, "Under The Bridge" (co-written with
Kathie Lee Gifford), had its Off-Broadway premiere this past year. A resident of Clearwater, Florida, David is currently in progress of a natiional
launch of his successful London staged musical, based on the life of Charlie
Chaplin.
David is available to
Heartbeat Productions client/artists for songwriting coaching and career
guidance. For a full bio and history on David Pomeranz and his great career, go
to www.davidpomeranz.com
Lynda Hubbard Promotion & Marketing
Successful promotion & marketing specialist in the entertainment industry. Proven
PR & Market Research Survey expertise for media & the arts spanning over 20 years.
Tony Yazbeck Performance Coach: Acting, Song & Dance, Auditioning
Career Planning
Artistic Director of Heartbeat Productions Broadway Bootcamp
A native of Orlando, Florida, Tony has been
performing professionally since the age of eleven. His Broadway credits include
the role of Tulsa in the
current Broadway revival of
Gypsy
with Patti Lupone, the
role of
Al in the 2006 Broadway revival of A Chorus Line,
Gypsy (w/ Tyne Daly),
Oklahoma!, and Never Gonna Dance. He toured the nation with Doctor Dolittle
the musical (Matthew Mugg), Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Annie Get Your Gun with Marilu
Henner.
His off-Broadway credits include
Fanny Hill
(Charles Waneigh) and the Encores! productions of The Apple Tree with Kristen Chenoweth, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
and
Pardon My English. Tony has performed regionally at North Shore Music
Theatre, Pittsburgh CLO, Maine State Music Theatre, The Old Globe (Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels) and
the critically acclaimed production of
West Side Story at Trinity Repertory Theatre where he played Tony, which earned
him an Addison award for best actor in a musical.
Tony has performed with the Pittsburgh Opera
and was a soloist with the
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
He has been seen on television in All My Children
and
As the World Turns.
He made his Carnegie Hall debut in South Pacific with
Reba McIntyre
that
can be seen on PBS starting in April 2007. Tony started dancing at age four and became
proficient as a tap dancer and then studied at Southern Ballet Theatre in Orlando.
He trained at Point Park College in Pittsburgh and then transferred to Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music
for Musical Theatre. He then moved to New York City and has been working in the
theatre ever since.