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LEARNING RESOURCES @ BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC
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[Berklee Alumni on Broadway ]
Stephen Oremus '90 Over the past decade, Stephen Oremus '90 has worked as the music director, music supervisor, arranger, composer of incidental music and conductor and keyboardist on numerous high-profile Broadway musicals. Those shows include tick, tick . . . Boom!, The Wild Party, Avenue Q, All Shook Up, and Wicked. Thus far, his work with composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz on the Tony Award-winning musical Wicked has been a high-water mark in his career. [Update: This year Oremus won the Tony Award® for Best Orchestrations for The Book of Mormon.]Small, Mark. "Breaking In On Broadway: New York Alumni Have Made Their Mark in Different Quarters of the Theater Industry." Berklee Today Spring 20.4(2009). <http://www.berklee.edu/bt/204/broadway.html> 2011 Tony Award® Best Orchestrations The Book of Mormon [winner] 2011 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations The Book of Mormon [winner] Production: Dates of Production:
To see more details on Stephen Oremus's Broadway career. see his IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) entry. Selection of Oremus's work at the Berklee Library:CDs :
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Alex Lacamoire '95 [Alex Lacamoire '95 was until recently (January 2011)] the musical director, conductor, and keyboardist for the hit musical In the Heights and is also credited as an arranger and orchestrator of the music. On February 8, [2009] he won a Grammy for his role coproducing the show's original Broadway cast album... Despite conducting In the Heights eight times weekly, Lacamoire made time to collaborate with Oremus on arrangements for Dolly Parton's music for 9 to 5. Lacamoire feels blessed. "Everything has come to me, I haven't really had to hustle," he says. "I don't have a long-term plan. I'm just trying to do only the things that bring me joy."Small, Mark. "Breaking In On Broadway: New York Alumni Have Made Their Mark in Different Quarters of the Theater Industry." Berklee Today Spring 20.4 (2009). <http://www.berklee.edu/bt/204/broadway.html> Alex Lacamoire '95 Arranger, Orchestrator, Musical Director, Musical Supervisor, Conductor, Musician, Musical Staff Awards 2008 Tony Award® Best Orchestrations In the Heights [winner] 2007 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations Alex Lacamoire [nominee] (for "In the Heights") Lacamoire was involved in the following Broadway musicals: Production: Dates of Production:
To see more details on Alex Lacamoire's Broadway career, see his IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) entry. Selection of Lacamoire's work at the Berklee Library:
Elisabeth Withers '94 The following is from an interview with Elisabeth Withers shortly after her Broadway debut in Color Purple:Berklee Today: Elisabeth Withers-Mendes '94 By Rob Hochschild
How did you feel on opening night?
The Color Purple has had such a huge impact on people's lives; and your character is so important to the plot. What has it been like to be a part of a production about the empowerment of women and life for African-American women in the South?
It's a huge deal as well as a huge opportunity and responsibility. It's like God has placed a gift in my lap and it's going to help other people. There are so many hurting people in the world. There are so many people that have experienced all the things that [the show's main protagonist] Celie went through. A lot of people think, "Oh, I wish I was Shug, because she just loves love." It's a big responsibility when you're telling a story every night. You have to move yourself out of the way and be submissive to the story you're telling.
Withers performed in The Color Purple from Dec 1, 2005 - Feb 24, 2008.
Selection of Withers's work at the Berklee Library:
Salvatore Spicola '71Among the countless Berklee alumni that have lived out [the] dream of being a pit orchestra player are woodwind players Sal Spicola '71 and Anders Bostrom '89. Over the past decade, both have worked steadily for various top productions. For several years, Spicola played in a solo saxophone spot in the production of Miss Saigon.
Small, Mark. "Breaking In On Broadway: New York Alumni Have Made Their Mark in Different Quarters of the Theater Industry." Berklee Today Spring 20.4 (2009). <http://www.berklee.edu/bt/204/broadway.html>
Spicola was involved in the following Broadway musicals:
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To see more details on Salvatore Spicola's Broadway career, see his IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) entry.
Selection of Spicola's work at the Berklee Library:
Anders Bostrom '89Bostrom was involved in the following Broadway musicals: Production: Dates of Production:
To see more details on Anders Bostrom's Broadway career. see his IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) entry.
Selection of Bostrom's work at the Berklee Library:
Zachary Borovay '95
Projection designer Zachary Borovay '95 has been a key behind-the-scenes guy for several Broadway shows and other kinds of productions. The use of computer technology for projections is a hot growth area in the theater world, and Borovay is at the forefront of the field. He worked on the Broadway productions of Rock of Ages, A Catered Affair, and Xanadu, and created designs for the national touring company of Les Misérables and many other types of productions in Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Boston, Los Angeles, and Utrecht, Holland.
Small, Mark. "Breaking In On Broadway: New York Alumni Have Made Their Mark in Different Quarters of the Theater Industry." Berklee Today Spring 20.4 (2009). <http://www.berklee.edu/bt/204/broadway.html> Borovay was involved in the following Broadway musicals: Production: Dates of Production:
To see more details on Zachary Borovay's Broadway career, see his IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) entry. Selection of Borovay's work at the Berklee Library:
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