The band started as a solo project for Nick Jonas.
[8][9][10]
At the age of 7, Nicholas began
performing on Broadway.
[11][12]
He has acted in several plays, including A Christmas Carol
(in 2000 as Tiny Tim and as Scrooge at eight), Annie Get Your Gun (in...
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The band started as a solo project for Nick Jonas.
[8][9][10]
At the age of 7, Nicholas began
performing on Broadway.
[11][12]
He has acted in several plays, including A Christmas Carol
(in 2000 as Tiny Tim and as Scrooge at eight), Annie Get Your Gun (in 2001 as Little
Jake), Beauty and the Beast (in 2002 as Chip), and Les Misérables (in 2003 as Gavroche).
[12][13][14][15]
After Les Misérables closed, he performed in The Sound of Music (as Kurt) at
the Paper Mill Playhouse.
[16]
In 2002 while performing in Beauty and the Beast, Nick had written a song with his father
called "Joy to the World (A Christmas Prayer)".
With background vocals from the Beauty
and the Beast cast, Nick performed the song on the 2002 annual Broadway "Equity Fights
AIDS" album, Broadway s Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol.
4.
[17][18]
In November
2003, INO Records received a demo copy of "Joy to the World (A Christmas Prayer)".
[19]
The label released the song to Christian radio, where it quickly became
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