Steve Orich

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Steve Orich (born October 20, 1954, in Valley Stream, New York) [1] is a composer, orchestrator and musical director.

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Professional work

Steve Orich was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations in 2006 [2] for his work on Jersey Boys [3] which won the Tony Award for Best Musical on Broadway. The album also won the 2006 Grammy Award. He has written orchestrations for many shows, including The Cher Show , Priscilla Queen of the Desert , Paint Your Wagon , 110 in the Shade and Cole Porter's You Never Know and Can-Can at the Pasadena Playhouse and the Paper Mill Playhouse as well as Stephen Schwartz's Snapshots.

As a composer, he has scored many television series and specials including ACE Award-winning documentaries Mo' Funny for HBO and All About Bette Davis for TNT, Bob Hope . . . Laughing with the Presidents for NBC, and the award-winning PBS/Lifetime documentary Jackie Onassis: An Intimate Portrait. Other television shows he has worked on include A Very Brady Christmas , The Bradys , Mucha Lucha , and I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special. He is also an occasional arranger for American Idol .

He has orchestrated and conducted albums for artists including Helen Reddy, Judy Kaye, Debbie Gravitte, Petula Clark and Deborah Gibson. At the Pasadena Playhouse, he has conducted productions of 110 in the Shade, Do I Hear a Waltz? and A Class Act, as well as the International Tour of A Class Act in Tokyo. Recently, he orchestrated and conducted Michael Feinstein's Great American Songbook at the Mark Taper Forum and was Vocal Director for Leonard Bernstein's Mass at the Hollywood Bowl. He orchestrated Tommy Tune's new musical, Turn of the Century at the Goodman Theatre (Chicago), Noah Racey's Pulse, Josephine and Beatsville at the Asolo Repertory Theatre. He also wrote new orchestrations for Camelot which has had productions around the world. Most recently, he was Music Supervisor, Arranger and Orchestrator for Romeo and Bernadette.

His orchestrations have been performed by the Boston Pops, at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the White House and around the world. [4]

Stage

YearTitleRoleVenueRef.
1977New York City Street ShowComposerRegional — The Actors' Playhouse [5]
1978Approaching ZeroComposer (credited as Steven Oirich)Regional — La MaMa E.T.C. [6]
1979 Potholes Music DirectorOff-Broadway — Cherry Lane Theatre [7]
1982Snoopy, The MusicalReplacement Music DirectorOff-Broadway — The Lamb's Theatre [8]
You Never Know (musical) Music Supervision, Orchestrations, and ArrangementsRegional — Goodspeed Opera House [9]
1991 You Never Know (musical) Music Supervision, Orchestrations, and ArrangementsRegional — Pasadena Playhouse [10]
1992 David's Mother ComposerRegional — Pasadena Playhouse [11]
1998Dogmusic (world premiere)Additional OrchestrationsRegional — Theatre West [12]
1999Both BarrelsOrchestrations, Music DirectorRegional — Goodspeed Musicals at The Norma Terris Theatre [13]
1999A Good Swift KickMusical Supervisor, OrchestrationsOff-Broadway — Variety Arts Theatre [14]
2001Do I Hear A Waltz?Music DirectorRegional — Pasadena Playhouse [15]
You Never Know Musical Arrangements and OrchestrationsRegional — McGaw YMCA Childcare Center Auditorium [16]
2002 A Class Act Music DirectorRegional — Pasadena Playhouse [17]
Actor, Lawyer, Indian ChiefMusic Supervisor and OrchestrationsRegional — Goodspeed Musicals at The Norma Terris Theatre [18]
2004 Jersey Boys OrchestrationsRegional — La Jolla Playhouse Mandell Weiss Forum [19]
Paint Your Wagon Conductor, Music Director, Musical Arrangements, Orchestrations, Keyboards, ConcertinaRegional — Geffen Playhouse Main Stage [20]
2005–2017 Jersey Boys OrchestrationsBroadway — August Wilson Theatre [21]
2007SnapshotsOrchestrationsRegional — The Loft Theatre [22]
2008Regional — Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts [23]
2008–2010 Jersey Boys OrchestrationsRegional — Toronto Centre for the Arts [24]
2008Turn of the Century (world premiere)OrchestrationsRegional — Goodman Theatre (Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre) [25]
2009You Never Know (concert staging)Additional Musical ArrangementsOff-Broadway — McGinn/Cazale Theatre [26]
2010A Christmas MemoryOrchestrationsRegional — The Lucie Stern Theatre [27]
2010 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Music DirectorRegional — Freud Playhouse at UCLA [28]
2011 Gigi Music DirectorRegional — Freud Playhouse at UCLA [29]
2011SnapshotsOrchestrations, Music DirectorRegional — North Shore Center for the Performing Arts [30]
2013PulseOrchestrationsRegional — The Mertz Theatre [31]
2013SnapshotsMusical Arrangements and OrchestrationsRegional — Goodspeed Musicals at The Norma Terris Theatre [32]
2014Can-CanMusic Director / ConductorRegional — Paper Mill Playhouse [33]
2014–2015A Christmas MemoryOrchestrationsOff-Broadway — DR2 Theatre [34]
2014 Camelot Music Director, OrchestrationsRegional — Two River Theater Company Joan and Robert Rechnitz Theater [35]
2015–2016SnapshotsOrchestrations and ArrangementsRegional — Francis J. Gaudette Theatre; Everett Performing Arts Center; Temple of Music and Art Alice Holsclaw Theatre; and others [36]
2016JosephineMusic Supervision, Orchestrations, and ArrangementsRegional — The Mertz Theatre [37]
2016 West Side Story Music DirectorRegional — Paper Mill Playhouse [38]
2016 Camelot OrchestrationsRegional — Westport Country Playhouse [39]
2017BeatsvilleOrchestrationsRegional — Historic Asolo Theatre [40]
2017 Ragtime Music Director, OrchestrationsRegional — 5th Avenue Theatre; The Mertz Theatre [41]
Jersey Boys OrchestrationsOff-Broadway — New World Stages [42]
2018 The Cher Show OrchestrationsBroadway — Neil Simon Theatre [43]
2018 The Music Man Additional Arrangements, Music DirectorRegional — The Mertz Theatre [44]
2020Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and BrooklynMusical Supervision, Arrangements, OrchestrationsRegional — A.R.T./New York Theatres [45]
2021 Camelot Concert StagingRegional — Asolo Repertory Theatre Terrace Stage [46]
2021New OrchestrationsRegional — MusicalFare Theatre [47]
2021A Turtle On A Fence PostMusical Arrangements and OrchestrationsRegional — Theater 555 [48]
2021 Jersey Boys OrchestrationsUK and Ireland Tour [49]
Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and BrooklynMusical Supervision and Arrangements, OrchestrationsRegional — Theater 555 [50]
2022 Camelot Orchestrations / ArrangementsRegional — The Muny [51]

References

  1. ↑ "Steven Orich". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  2. ↑ Tony Award Nominations, Craft
  3. ↑ Loveridge, Lizzie. "Jersey Boys, a CurtainUp review". curtainup.com. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  4. ↑ "Steve Orich - orchestrator, composer, musical director - official website". steveorich.com. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  5. ↑ Apr 28 – May 15, 1977
  6. ↑ Nov 24 – Dec 23, 1978
  7. ↑ Oct 9 – 21, 1979
  8. ↑ Dec 16, 1982 – May 1, 1983
  9. ↑ Apr 17 – Jun 28, 1985
  10. ↑ Jun 4 – 30, 1991
  11. ↑ Sep 15 – Oct 25, 1992
  12. ↑ Sep 27 – Dec 20, 1998
  13. ↑ May 6 – 30, 1999
  14. ↑ Jul 29 – Aug 8, 1999
  15. ↑ Jul 6 – Aug 19, 2001
  16. ↑ Oct 5 – Nov 11, 2001
  17. ↑ May 12 – Jun 16, 2002
  18. ↑ May 15 – Jun 9, 2002
  19. ↑ Oct 5, 2004 – Jan 16, 2005
  20. ↑ Nov 23, 2004 – Jan 9, 2005
  21. ↑ Oct 4, 2005 – Jan 15, 2017
  22. ↑ Sep 20 – Oct 7, 2007
  23. ↑ Jun 18 – Jul 13, 2008
  24. ↑ Aug 21, 2008 – Aug 22, 2010
  25. ↑ Sep 19 – Nov 2, 2008
  26. ↑ Apr 14 – 26, 2009
  27. ↑ Dec 1 – 26, 2010
  28. ↑ Mar 16 – 28, 2010
  29. ↑ Feb 15 – 27, 2011
  30. ↑ Sep 16 – Oct 23, 2011
  31. ↑ May 23 – Jun 16, 2013
  32. ↑ Oct 24 – Nov 17, 2013
  33. ↑ Oct 1 – 26, 2014
  34. ↑ Nov 25, 2014 – Jan 4, 2015
  35. ↑ Nov 15 – Dec 14, 2014
  36. ↑ Nov 28, 2015 – Jan 17, 2016
  37. ↑ Apr 27 – May 29, 2016
  38. ↑ Jun – 26, 2016
  39. ↑ Oct 4 – 22, 2016
  40. ↑ May 5 – 28, 2017
  41. ↑ Oct 13, 2017 – May 27, 2018
  42. ↑ Nov 22, 2017 – May 22, 2022
  43. ↑ Nov 1, 2018 – Aug 18, 2019
  44. ↑ Nov 13 – Dec 29, 2018
  45. ↑ Jan 14 – Feb 16, 2020
  46. ↑ Mar 17 – Apr 4, 2021
  47. ↑ Sep 15 – Oct 17, 2021
  48. ↑ Oct 26 – Nov 21, 2021
  49. ↑ Nov 24, 2021 – Nov 12, 2022
  50. ↑ May 3 – Jun, 2022
  51. ↑ Jun 22 – 28, 2022
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