A motivated, dedicated and professional artist, Judy Torres has had a singing career spanning over three decades. Honored with the title, Queen of Freestyle, given by her fans, she released two studio albums: Love Story and My Soul on Profile Records, resulting in numerous hit singles on radio stations nationwide, including No Reason To Cry, Come Into My Arms, Love You Will You Love Me, Love Story, Please Stay Tonight, Every Little Lie, and I Love You For All Seasons . And since 2006, she’s had more hit singles to add, including, Faithfully, Stay, Hell No, Beautiful Life , and in 2022, Judy released her debut salsa single, Aléjate. Judy has also performed in world-famous arenas such as Radio City Music Hall and Madison Square Garden. Torres has shared stages with musical icons, including Gladys Knight, Lionel Richie, Tito Puente, Jerry Rivera, Deborah Cox and Tayor Dayne. For over two decades, she has been a popular iHeart Media radio personality on NY’s 103.5 FM, WKTU. And Judy is no stranger to the stage as she played Aunt Toni Anne in the longest-running Off-Broadway show, My Big Gay Italian Wedding! And, she has recently appeared in films such as Elliott Loves, televised on HBO Latino. In addition, she had her first supporting role as Dawn in the film, Fists of Love, which received the award for Best Family Drama, in the NYC Film Festival. This past year, she landed her first TV role as Mimi Martinez on the highly-rated CBS drama, Blue Bloods! And, for the last five years, as a way to give back, Judy spends her spare time as a certified master life coach.

Born to a Cuban father and Puerto Rican mother, Judy was raised in the Bronx, NY by her mom, alongside her three brothers and younger sister. Her resilience today stems from the difficult childhood she faced and the hurdles she overcame since then. Having to endure and witness domestic violence issues left her helpless and unable to speak up. Judy struggled with an ongoing weight and self-esteem issue and ultimately struggled with bouts of what she calls the “Dark Cloud.”

In 2005, Judy was unexpectedly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, (No capitalizing the letters, “ms,” please, because, to her, the disease doesn’t deserve to be that important). It is an auto-immune disease without a cure that attacks the central nervous system in a series of exacerbations and remissions.

Her initial episode left her temporarily blind for nearly three months and though she eventually regained some of her vision, the experience led her to withdraw into herself. For Judy, things began to turn around when she was reminded that although her sight was taken, her voice was not. Judy received the muchneeded “wake-up call” when she was able to meet and speak to celebrity Montel Williams, an ms advocate also living with the disease. He told her to “keep her mind strong” and from conversing with him about his personal experience in such detail, Judy’s perception was changed from one that was disheartened to one that was empowered. By looking at the world through fresh eyes, she was able to inject freshness and diversity into her music that engaged her listeners and encouraged them to face their personal demons. Realizing she could still pursue and engage in her passion for music, she was enabled to find her inner strength and pull herself back into the arena of living, and as Brené Brown so beautifully stated, “daring greatly!”

NO REASON TO CRY is an autobiographical musical about the life of Judy Torres. Born & raised in the Bronx, Torres tells how she overcomes financial, social & physical obstacles to manifest her dreams of becoming a professional singer. Despite lacking the necessary resources, her unstoppable efforts & passion finally landed her a record deal in 1987, recording a new genre of 80s music called Freestyle. While her first recording, NO REASON TO CRY, took her on a ride to the taste of some fame, some fortune & sold-out performances at world-famous venues…no one knew of her simultaneous struggles with bullying, failed relationships, a diagnosis of an incurable disease, and depression that followed her throughout her life.

Today she tells her tales of these struggles through music, sharing the secret and sacred truth of her experiences & how, ironically, her own music and her fan s who follow her saved her life. NO REASON TO CRY has become a mantra for many...and for Judy Torres, she hopes, her life’s legacy and gift to others!

In her early life, she believed she had to be silent to survive, but through Judy’s music she found her voice. In this show, listen with an open heart as she invites you to remember that no matter how tough life gets, there’s NO REASON TO CRY!

There’s no reason for you

to cry, my love, ‘cause

I’ll always be around.

So, dry your tears, my love,

I’m here...always standing

by your side!