MUSIC DIREction
OFF-BROADWAY/ NYC
50 Shades! The Musical Parody Elektra Theater Al Samuels/Rob Lindley Music Director/Arranger/Keys
Forever Dusty New World Stages Randall Mylar MD/Arranger/Keys
Echoes of Etta Joe's Pub, etc. (see below) Creator/MD/Arranger/Keys
1812: The Musical June Havoc Theater Jamibeth Margolis MD/Composer/Keys/Arranger
Murder Mystery Blues 59 E 59, Theater A Janey Clarke Pianist/Featured Vocalist
Forever Dusty Springfield Theater Row Randy Mylar Music Director/Pianist/Arranger
Great Googley Moo Sage Theater Jamibeth Margolis Writer/Pianist/MD/Vocalist
The Cooke Book Laurie Beechman Darrian Ford Music Director/Pianist/Arranger
REGIONAL
Spring Awakening ReVision Theater, NJ Carlos Armesto Music Director/Keyboards
Little Shop of Horrors ReVision Theater, NJ Mary Kate Burke Music Director/Keyboards
The Who’s Tommy ReVision Theater, NJ Carlos Armesto Music Director/Keyboards
Rocky Horror Show ReVision Theater, NJ Tom Morrissey Music Director/Keyboards
The Bikinis ReVision Theater, NJ Ray Roderick Music Director/Keyboards
An Evening with Dusty Live AP, NJ Music Director/Keyboards
Spring Awakening Kean University, NJ Holly Logue Music Director/Keyboards
Smokey Joe’s Cafe Depot Theater, NY Chris Patterson MD/Pianist/Featured Vocalist
Kingdom: A Hip-Hop Musical ReVision Theater, NJ Carlos Armesto MD/ Keys/Add'l Arrangements
Great Googley Moo Crossroads Theater, NJ Jamibeth Margolis Writer/Pianist/MD/Vocalist
Smokey Joe’s Cafe Plays in the Park, NJ Chris Patterson MD/Pianist/Featured Vocalist
Stardust Harlequin Theater, WA Linda Whitney MD/Pianist/Arranger/Vocalist
Kiss Me Kate Dutch Apple Theater, PA Music Director/Pianist
Baby Broadway Palm, FL Victor Legaretta MD/Keys/Sequences
Dance, Bojangles, Dance Paul Callas Prod, NYC Chris Patterson Composer/MD/Arranger
•B.A., English, Yale University, Distinction in the Major
•Music Director/Arranger for Special events including United Nations Development Programme 50th Anniversary, Schneiderman 2018 Fundraiser, 2014 Superbowl Commisioner's Tailgate, et al
•Echoes Of Etta, The Etta James Tribute, was the recipient of the 2014 MAC show of the year award, was featured in the 2014 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, sold-out residency at Joe's Pub, played Birdland, the Cafe Carlyle, Celebrity Millenium Asia Tour 2015, among others.
•The Chantels, The Dubs, The Orioles, The Counts, Patty Labelle, The Vandellas, The Tymes, The Blue Notes, Jimmy Guilford, The Emotions, et al.
•Music Director/ Album Producer: William Blake, Kyle Flandrau, Echoes of Etta: Live at Joe's Pub
•Music Director/ Pianist/Cabaret Artist at NYC Venues including: Birdland, Don't Tell Mama's, the Duplex, Brandy's, The Townhouse, Helen's, Danny's, Pegasus, et al
•Pianist/Music Director for NYC and NJ Educational Theater Programs including McCarter Theater, Princeton, NJ and Periwinkle National Theater
•Served as Resident Music Director/Pianist/Arranger on some 70 shows at the American Cabaret Theater (Indianapolis, IN & Glacier Park, MT) from 1995-2002. Shows include:
Streetcorner Harmony, Parts I & II Claude McNeal Writer/Music Director/Keyboardist/Arranger
Amazing Gospel Quentin Darrington Music Director/Arranger/Featured Composer
Jazz & Dixieland Claude McNeal Co-writer/Music Director/Arranger
Cole & Noel Mary Lou Szczesiul Music Director/Arranger/Played Cole Porter
French Cabaret Masters Jeff Owen Music Director/Arranger/ Featured Vocalist
Fats and Eubie Claude McNeal Co-writer/MD/Arranger/Featured Vocalist
ACT Holiday Show 1998-2001 Jerry Panatieri, Jeff Owen Co-writer/MD/Arranger/Pianist
Old time Rock 'n Roll Parts I & II Jeff Owen, Mary Lou Szczesiul Co-writer/Music Director/Arranger
Hollywood Nights Claude McNeal Performer as Chaplin, Groucho, Arranger
Fabulous Fifties Jerry Panatieri Music Director/Arranger/Pianist
Decades Claude McNeal Music Director/Arranger/Pianist