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Toby Stone and Joan Ryan take great pleasure in introducing you to an ensemble of astounding voice talent all under one roof: SOUNDS GREAT.

Our company is one of the elite ADR and looping groups in the Los Angeles area, offering you an extraordinary range of dialects, languages and improvisational skills.

Our professional actors all have the requisite skills to be consummate loopers.  SOUNDS GREAT emphasizes the need for in-depth research while working quickly and efficiently.  Plus, our actors bring the tools of intent, listening, great interpretation, authenticity and a light heartedness that makes for a great overall working environment.

Whether you're in post production for movies or TV, you can leave it all to us.  From bellows to bagels.  Doesn't that SOUND GREAT!?!

We look forward to hearing from you and believe that SOUNDS GREAT can be a perfect addition to your ADR needs.

Toby Stone

Toby has enjoyed a successful career as both an actress and singer. She made her debut in the Boston Company of "Hair" and has appeared in such Broadway shows as "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Barefoot in the Park".

Toby has headlined as a singer in nightclubs all over the country, working with comedians such as George Carlin, Billy Crystal, and Bill Cosby. She also appeared on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson.

Today, Toby and her business partner, Joan Ryan, co-own Sounds Great, one of the elite ADR groups in the Los Angeles area, providing background voices for numerous television shows including "One Tree Hill", "American Dreams", "7th Heaven", "Crossing Jordan" and "The Pretender".

Sounds Great received a Golden Reel Award for their work on the NBC mini-series "The Temptations".

Contact Toby
Tel: 818-760-0588
Email: Toby@SoundsGreatADR.com


Joan Ryan

Joan Ryan moves easily between the worlds of theatre, television, recording studios, and concerts. Most recently, she starred in The Music of the Night, featuring the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. Ms. Ryan originated the role of Judy/Ginger Del Marco in the Los Angeles production of "Ruthless!" Her four-octave range has led to such diversified leading roles in Little Shop of Horrors, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Nunsense, Angry Housewives, Suds, Hidden Broadway, Nite Club Confidential, Elegies; Stories From The Quilt, and Enter the Guardsman at the Old Globe Theatre. In addition to performing her club act across the country, Joan has appeared in both the San Francisco and New York Cabaret conventions and was guest soloist with The San Diego Symphony as well as Scott Hamilton’s Stars On Ice. Joan has also performed in the S.T.A.G.E. benefit for the past several years.

Joan's solo debut recording, entitled "Joan Ryan" on the LML music label, debuted to critical acclaim and was named Amazon.com's pick of the week. It is in record stores nationwide. Other recordings include the original cast album of Ruthless!, George and Ira Gershwin: A Musical Celebration, Lerner, Lane, Loewe and Friends ,A Cabaret Collection, Jerome Kern; Life upon the Wicked Stage, Everyone has a Story, and Dream, the Music of Johnny Mercer .

Trained at the American Conservatory theatre in San Francisco, Joan then appeared in several of their productions, including The Taming Of The Shrew, Cyrano de Bergerac and A Doll’s House.

Ms. Ryan is best known to television audiences from playing Tina Pallodrino on Saved By The Bell and Kathleen Houghton on The Young and the Restless.

Joan, along with Toby Stone, founded the successful voiceover company, Sounds Great, whose credits include One Tree Hill, Crossing Jordan, Seventh Heaven, Angel, American Dreams,The Bernie Mac Show, Hidden Hills, Annie and The Temptations.

Joan lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three daughters.

For more information about Joan Ryan, visit www.JoanRyan.com.

Contact Joan
Email: Joan@SoundsGreatADR.com

 

 

 

 

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Contact Sounds Great at 818-760-0588 or email:
Toby Stone:   Toby@SoundsGreatADR.com
Joan Ryan:   Joan@SoundsGreatADR.com

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Last modified: 3/16/07