Steve Orich

Steve Orich aka Steven Oirich (born October 20, 1954, in Valley Stream, New York) is a composer, orchestrator and musical director.

Professional work

Steve Orich was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations in 2006 [1] for his work on Jersey Boys[2][3] which won the Tony Award for Best Musical on Broadway. The album also won the 2006 Grammy Award.[4] He has written orchestrations for such shows as 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 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 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.[4] At the Pasadena Playhouse, he has conducted productions of 110 in the Shade, Do I Hear a Waltz? in 2001[5] 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, and the White House.[6]

Stage

Year Title Role Venue
1977 New York City Street Show Composer Regional — The Actors' Playhouse
1978 Approaching Zero Composer (credited as Steven Oirich) Regional — La MaMa E.T.C.
1979 Potholes Music Director Off-Broadway — Cherry Lane Theatre
1982 Snoopy, The Musical Replacement Music Director Off-Broadway — The Lamb's Theatre
You Never Know (musical) Music Supervision, Orchestrations, and Arrangements Regional — Goodspeed Opera House
1991 You Never Know (musical) Music Supervision, Orchestrations, and Arrangements Regional — Pasadena Playhouse
1992 David's Mother[7] Composer Regional — Pasadena Playhouse
1998 Dogmusic (world premiere) Additional Orchestrations Regional — Theatre West
1999 Both Barrels Orchestrations, Music Director Regional — Goodspeed Musicals at The Norma Terris Theatre
1999 A Good Swift Kick Musical Supervisor, Orchestrations Off-Broadway — Variety Arts Theatre
2001 Do I Hear A Waltz? Music Director Regional — Pasadena Playhouse
You Never Know Musical Arrangements and Orchestrations Regional — McGaw YMCA Childcare Center Auditorium
2002 A Class Act Music Director Regional — Pasadena Playhouse
Actor, Lawyer, Indian Chief Music Supervisor and Orchestrations Regional — Goodspeed Musicals at The Norma Terris Theatre
2004 Jersey Boys Orchestrations Regional — La Jolla Playhouse Mandell Weiss Forum
Paint Your Wagon Conductor, Music Director, Musical Arrangements, Orchestrations, Keyboards, Concertina Regional — Geffen Playhouse Main Stage
2005–2017 Jersey Boys Orchestrations Broadway — August Wilson Theatre
2007 Snapshots Orchestrations Regional — The Loft Theatre
2008 Regional — Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
2008–2010 Jersey Boys Orchestrations Regional — Toronto Centre for the Arts
2008 Turn of the Century (world premiere) Orchestrations Regional — Goodman Theatre (Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre)
2009 You Never Know (concert staging) Additional Musical Arrangements Off-Broadway — McGinn/Cazale Theatre
2010 A Christmas Memory Orchestrations Regional — The Lucie Stern Theatre
2010 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Music Director Regional — Freud Playhouse at UCLA
2011 Gigi Music Director Regional — Freud Playhouse at UCLA
2011 Snapshots Orchestrations, Music Director Regional — North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
2013 Pulse Orchestrations Regional — The Mertz Theatre
2013 Snapshots Musical Arrangements and Orchestrations Regional — Goodspeed Musicals at The Norma Terris Theatre
2014 Can-Can Music Director / Conductor Regional — Paper Mill Playhouse
2014–2015 A Christmas Memory Orchestrations Off-Broadway — DR2 Theatre
2014 Camelot Music Director, Orchestrations Regional — Two River Theater Company Joan and Robert Rechnitz Theater
2015–2016 Snapshots Orchestrations and Arrangements Regional — Francis J. Gaudette Theatre; Everett Performing Arts Center; Temple of Music and Art Alice Holsclaw Theatre; and others
2016 Josephine Music Supervision, Orchestrations, and Arrangements Regional — The Mertz Theatre
2016 West Side Story Music Director Regional — Paper Mill Playhouse
2016 Camelot Orchestrations Regional — Westport Country Playhouse
2017 Beatsville Orchestrations Regional — Historic Asolo Theatre
2017 Ragtime Music Director, Orchestrations Regional — 5th Avenue Theatre; The Mertz Theatre
Jersey Boys Orchestrations Off-Broadway — New World Stages
2018 The Cher Show Orchestrations Broadway — Neil Simon Theatre
2018 The Music Man Additional Arrangements, Music Director Regional — The Mertz Theatre
2020 Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn Musical Supervision, Arrangements, Orchestrations Regional — A.R.T./New York Theatres
2021 Camelot Concert Staging Regional — Asolo Repertory Theatre Terrace Stage
2021 New Orchestrations Regional — MusicalFare Theatre
2021 A Turtle On A Fence Post Musical Arrangements and Orchestrations Regional — Theater 555
2021 Jersey Boys Orchestrations UK and Ireland Tour
Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn Musical Supervision and Arrangements, Orchestrations Regional — Theater 555
2022 Camelot Orchestrations / Arrangements Regional — The Muny

References

  1. ^ "The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards". tonyawards.com.
  2. ^ Loveridge, Lizzie. "Jersey Boys, a CurtainUp review". curtainup.com. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  3. ^ "Tony award nominations feature 'Purple' and 'Lieutenant of Injshmore': [Third Edition]". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 17 May 2006. ProQuest 403007337 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ a b Cary, Emily (29 November 2009). "Music director instrumental in 'Jersey Boys' success". Washington Examiner. ProQuest 442932358 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ Henerson, Evan (19 July 2001). "'Waltz' takes welcome turn at Pasadena playhouse: [valley Edition]". Daily News. ProQuest 282307183 – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ "Steve Orich - orchestrator, composer, musical director - official website". steveorich.com. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  7. ^ Drake, Sylvie (22 September 1992). "Stage review: All is relative in a bittersweet 'David's Mother' in Pasadena. The Bob Randall comedy is built around familial havoc raised by the presence of a retarded child". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 281849876 – via ProQuest.

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