Brad Alexander

Last updated
Brad Alexander
Brad-304.jpg
Background information
Born (1971-02-02) 2 February 1971 (age 54)
New York, New York, United States
Genres Musical theater, Pop, Rock, Country
Occupation(s) Composer, songwriter
Years active1993–present
Website bradalexander.com

Brad Alexander (born February 2, 1971) is an American composer for television and musical theater. He was the lead composer for the 20192020 animated series Clifford the Big Red Dog (Scholastic/PBSKids/Amazon) and wrote the music for See Rock City & Other Destinations, [1] which won the 2011 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, the Richard Rodgers Award [2] and the BMI Foundation's Jerry Bock Award. [3] He wrote the music for TheatreWorksUSA’s Dog Man: The Musical, which premiered off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theater and toured the US and Canada from 2019–2020. He also wrote the music and orchestrations for Click, Clack, Moo, [4] which premiered Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theater and received a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics [5] and Lucille Lortel Award nominations for Outstanding Choreographer, Outstanding Lyrics and Outstanding Musical. [6] His songs have been featured on Sony Records, Select Records, Showtime's The L Word , VH1's Celebreality campaign, Sirius XM Radio and the web series Submissions Only . He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, National Alliance for Musical Theatre, Dramatists Guild of America and member emeritus of The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. He is married to actress and writer Jill Abramovitz.

Contents

Early career

Alexander's first professional writing job was at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, where he spent two summers penning over 40 songs for its acclaimed Children's Theatre Under The Tent. As a music producer at advertising agency Young & Rubicam in New York City, Alexander supervised the music and sound design for national broadcast campaigns for Campbell's, Kraft, Fisher-Price, Barbie and the Ad Council. He later left the corporate world to perform as a pianist and singer, playing solo and dueling piano shows in New York City and throughout the East Coast for over a decade, learning thousands of songs and becoming intimately familiar with song structure.

Works

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ "Your Friends and Neighbors: See Rock City & Other Destinations, Bachelorette, and Notice Me". New York Observer. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Musicals Alive at Ten, Kingdom and See Rock City Win 2008 Richard Rodgers Awards". Playbill. 21 Feb 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Adam Mathias and Brad Alexander win BMI Foundation's Jerry Bock Award". 20 August 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Review: 'Click, Clack, Moo'". Variety. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Drama Desk Award Nominations Announced; Ragtime and Scottsboro Top List". Playbill. 3 May 2010. Archived from the original on 6 May 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Click, Clack, Moo". Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "10th Annual OBA Awards Nominations". Off-Broadway Alliance Awards. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "'Book of Mormon' Leads Drama Desk Nominations With 12". New York Times. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "We the People: America Rocks!". Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.