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American music arranger
Michael Starobin (born January 25, 1956) is an
orchestrator ,
conductor ,
composer ,
arranger , and
musical director , primarily for the stage, film and television. He won
Tony Awards for the orchestrations of
Assassins (2004) and
Next to Normal (2009 with
Tom Kitt ).
Career
The first
Broadway musical that Starobin provided the orchestrations for was
Sunday in the Park with George in 1984, for which he won the 1984
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestration.
[1] He has provided the orchestrations for 21 Broadway musicals,
[2] 2 special concerts, including the benefit concert of Sunday in the Park with George , and was the musical director for
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1985).
[3]
[4]
He has also provided orchestrations, or been the musical director, for many
Off-Broadway musicals. He wrote the orchestrations for several works by
Lynn Ahrens and
Stephen Flaherty , such as
Once on This Island (1990), as well as
William Finn , including
In Trousers (1985),
Falsettoland (1990) (musical director), and
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2005).
[5]
He did the orchestrations for
Next to Normal (2009), for which he won the
Tony Award for Best Orchestrations (with Tom Kitt).
[6]
Starobin provided orchestrations for the television movie musicals
Once Upon a Mattress (2005)
[7] and
A Christmas Carol (2004), among others.
[8]
He has been collaborating with
Mary Testa as her musical director, in performances and recordings. He plays piano and a little tuba.
[9]
[10]
Work (selected)
Sources: Playbill;
[2] Lortel.org
[5]
Stage
Sunday In The Park with George (1984) - Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations (winner), Pulitzer Prize
La Boheme , Public Theatre, (1984) - 1985 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestration (nominee)
3 Guys Naked From the Waist Down (1985) - 1985 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestration (nominee)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1985, music director) (Tony Award: Best Musical)
Rags (1986) - Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestration (nominee)
Birds of Paradise (1987) - Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestration (nominee)
The Knife (1987, Music Direction)
Romance, Romance (1988)
Annie 2 (Wash.D.C., 1988)
Legs Diamond (1988)
Carrie (1988)
Once On This Island (1990)
Guys & Dolls (1992) (Tony Award: Best Musical)
Falsettos (1992) (Tony Award: Best Score)
My Favorite Year (1992) - Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations (nominee)
Hello Again (1994)
A Christmas Carol (1994-2001, Madison Square Garden)
A New Brain (1999) - Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations (nominee)
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, Composer) - original score and songs with
Glenn Slater
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (2001) - Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations (nominee)
Assassins - Tony Award Best Orchestrations (winner); Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations (nominee)
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2005)
How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2006- )
The House of Bernarda Alba (LCT, 2006)
The Glorious Ones (2007) - Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations (nominee)
Next to Normal (2009) - Tony Award Best Orchestrations (winner), Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations (winner), Pulitzer Prize
Sondheim on Sondheim (2010)
Queen of the Mist (
Transport Group , 2011), Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestration (nominee)
The People in the Picture (2011)
Leap of Faith (2012)
Dogfight (Second Stage, 2012)
Annie (2012)
If/Then (2014)
First Daughter Suite (2015)
Television
Film
The Little Mermaid (1989), additional orchestrator
Beauty and the Beast (1991), additional orchestrator
Aladdin (1992), additional orchestrator
Pocahontas (1995), additional orchestrator
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), score and songs orchestrator, conductor
Hercules (1997), additional orchestrator
Chicago (2002), additional orchestrator
Home on the Range (2004), score and songs orchestrator
Tangled (2010), songs orchestrator
References
^
Sunday in the Park with George Playbill, retrieved October 26, 2017
^
a
b
"Michael Starobin Broadway" Playbill, retrieved October 26, 2017
^
Drood Playbill, retrieved October 26, 2017
^ Matthews, Nathan. “Orchestrators in Their Own Words”. The Oxford Handbook of Sondheim Studies . Oxford University Press, 2014.
ISBN
9780195391374 . page 151 - 156.
^
a
b
"Michael Starobin Off-Broadway" lortel.org, retrieved October 26, 2017
^
"List of winners of 2009 Tony Awards" Newsday , June 7, 2009
^
" Once Upon a Mattress , 2005" tcm.com, retrieved October 27, 2017
^
" A Christmas Carol 2004" tcm.com, retrieved October 27, 2017
^ Holden, Stephen.
"Mary Testa, Onstage With Selections From 'Have Faith' " The New York Times , January 6, 2015
^
Cerasaro, Pat. “InDepth InterView: Mary Testa Talks New Album HAVE FAITH, Upcoming Concerts & Reflects On Theatre Career” broadwayworld.com, January 2, 2015
^
Galavant abc.go.com, January 3, 2016
External links
Awards for Michael Starobin
International National Artists