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Pianist - Musical Director - Accompanist - Vocal Arranger - Vocal Coach - Teacher

American Federation of Musicians Local 161-710

BROADWAY NATIONAL TOURS - KEYBOARDS

  • Mamma Mia- 2004, 2006, 2008
  • Monty Python's Spamalot - 2007
  • Annie - 2007 (with Conrad John Schuck
  • Sweet Charity - 2007 (with Molly Ringwald)
  • Peter Pan – 2005 - 2006 (with Cathy Rigby)
  • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – 2005 (with Patrick Cassidy)
  • The Producers -2004-2005(with Lewis Stadlen & Alan Ruck/Hunter Foster)
  • The King and I -2004 (with Martin Vidnovic & Sandy Duncan)
  • Hairspray- 2003 (with Bruce Vilanche), 2005 (with JP Dougherty)
  • The Full Monty- 2003 (with Robert Westenberg)
  • Elton John’s Aida- 2002
  • Disney’s Beauty and the Beast- 2002, 2006

CONDUCTOR/PIANIST for Leslie Uggams

CONCERT PIANIST for Clay Aiken, Connie Francis, Charo, James Naughton, The Irish Tenors, The Diamonds. Michael Maguire, Broadway Nights (Craig Shulman, Cris Groendaal & Kim Crosby), Lillias White, Lincoln Center Famous Artists Series, Syracuse Opera, Utica & Syracuse Symphony Orchestra Broadway & Jazz Pops Concerts

PRODUCTION/AUDITION/REHEARSAL ACCOMPANIST - BROADWAY, OFF-BROADWAY: 1985 - 1996 A Chorus Line; Grand Hotel; Anna Karennina (Circle in the Square); Jekyll and Hyde; Les Miserables; Tommy; Eating Raoul (starring Adrian Zmed); Ruthless; Rocky Horror; Charles Strouse; Sheldon Harnick; Larry Gatlin; Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones; York Theatre; Martin Charnin; Lonny Price; Marvin Laird; John Kander & Fred Ebb; Judy Henderson Casting Associates; Musical Theatre Works; Playwrights Horizons; Hughes-Moss Casting; and many others.



OTHER NYC CREDITS: 1985-1996

The Rink 1995 Revision(with John Kander & Fred Ebb) asst. musical dir/accomp Musical Theatre Works & Manhattan Theatre Club
Jacques Brel...(starring Karen Akers; Prod. Eric Blau; Dir. Elly Stone) accompanist Town Hall
To Whom It May Concern (with Carol Hall & Gretchen Cryer; Dir. Geraldine Fitsgerald) asst. musical dir/accomp St. Stephen's Church (Off Broadway)
The New Yorkers asst. m.d. to Louis St. Louis Musical Theatre Works, Town Hall
Cather Country (starring Judy Kaye) accompanist Playwrights Horizons
Honor Song for Crazy Horse musical dir/accomp New Dramatists
WhatNot keyboards Musical Theatre Works
42nd Street musical dir/accomp Equity Showcase Theatre
The Wiz (Dir. Ben Harney) accompanist Fordham University
Staring Here, Starting Now musical dir/accomp Rose's Turn Cabaret
42nd Street musical dir/accomp Equity Showcase Theatre
Change of Key accompanist New York University
Baby, Pippin, Rodgers Revue musical dir/accomp Pace University
Dreams of Defiance accompanist Monday Night Musicals (Broadway Dozen)
Leave It To Me musical dir/accomp Medicine Show Theatre
Into The Woods musical dir/accomp Friends Seminary & Pace University
Only A Kingdom asst. m.d. to Peter Mansfield Director: Donald Saddler
Pajama Game, Evangeline, Ed Dixon Revue musical dir/accomp Musical Theatre Works Conservatory
Musical Revue Starring James Naughton Westport Arts Center
Marry Me A Little Michael Cristofer (prod.) River Arts, Woodstock NY
"Musical Revue" National Theatre Institute Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center
"One Woman Show" musical dir/accomp Danny's Sea Palace



OTHER SPECIAL TALENTS

Repertoire enhancement, putting together cabarets, acts, and shows, vocal coaching, organ, bassoon, clarinet, bass clarinet, transposing, sight reading, arranging, transcribing, singing, gourmet cook, Reiki and Karuna Master, Aromatherapist. Also 29 years experience in jazz and dance bands, 30 years experience as church organist.

ACCOMPANIST FOR CLASSES / CO-INSTRUCTOR

Charles Strouse
Barbara Cook
Tovah Feldshuh
Adrian Zmed
Helen Gallagher
Meg Bussert
Don Oliver
Carol Hall
Eric Stern
Evalyn Baron
Ed Dixon
Eliza Ventura
Alan Brasington
Cynthia Adler
Fordham University
Musical Theatre Works
Syracuse University
Alice Cannon
Monica Robinson
Marni Nixon
Jack Lee
David Zippel
Elly Stone
Michael Dansicker
Christopher Chadman
Peter Howard
Steve Alper
Jill O'Hara
Frank Ventura
Roger Love
Jan Rosenburg
Richard Sabellico
Susan Slavin Academy
Mannes College of Music
Onondaga Community College
Paul Schoeffler
Patricia Hogue-Simon
Pace University


Craig Carnelia
Jeffrey Dunn
Martin Charnin
Patricia Birch
Larry Kert
Dan Siretta
Stephen Douglass
David Pogue
Marianne Tatum
John Medeiros
Karen DiMauro
Dorothy Dorff
HB Studios
American Musical & Dramatic Academy
Turtle Bay Music School
National Theatre Institute
Marymount College
Weist-Barron School
New York University


REGIONAL CREDITS - MUSICAL DIRECTOR/ACCOMPANIST: 1996 - 2008

Songs for a New World m.d./conductor/accomp Syracuse Stage After Hours
Aint Misbehavin' m.d./accomp Syracuse Stage After Hours
Peter Pan assoc. m.d./conductor/accomp Syracuse Stage
A Christmas Carol assoc. m.d./conductor/accomp Syracuse Stage
Jacques Brel... assoc. m.d./conductor/accomp Syracuse Stage
West Side Story assoc. m.d./conductor/accomp Syracuse Stage
Blues In the Night assoc. m.d./accomp Syracuse Stage
Chorus Line accompanist Turning Stone Casino
I Do, I Do asst. m.d./accomp Keith Herrmann Productions
Music Man musical dir. Syracuse Symphony Orchestra



OTHER SHOWS PERFORMED REGIONALLY AS MUSIC DIRECTOR/ACCOMPANIST: 1996 - 2008

Little Shop of Horrors; Chicago; Singin’ in the Rain; Secret Garden; Two by Two; Joseph... Dreamcoat; Grand Hotel; Jesus Christ Superstar; Rodgers and Hart; Something’s Afoot; My Fair Lady; Chorus Line; Evita; Taffetas; Company; Annie Get Your Gun; 42nd Street; Cabaret; Into The Woods; Jerry’s Girls; The Fantasticks; The Golden Apple; How to Succeed in Business; Merrily We Roll Along; Swingin’ on A Star;- Jimmy Van Heusen Revue; West Side Story; Worlds to Win- Sheldon Harnick Revue; Fiddler on the Roof; Guys and Dolls; Paint Your Wagon; You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown; Bye, Bye Birdie; Grease; Hello Dolly; Man of La Mancha; Oliver; South Pacific; Sweet Charity; Phantom; La Cage Aux Folles; Good News; Forever Plaid; Godspell; Oklahoma; Wizard of Oz; My Way; Les Miserables; State Fair; Falsettos; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; Tick, Tick, Boom; The Last Five Years, The Wild Party (Lippa), A Little Night Music, Rodgers and Hart; Kiss Of The Spider Woman; Pirates of Penzance



TELEVISION APPEARANCES & MISCELLANEOUS

FAME “A Tough Act to Follow” (MGM 1982)- student . WOMEN ON THE GO - local programming . Various revues, club dates, cabarets, auditions . Cruise Ships (Holland & Royal America) . Fort Hamilton Army Band (piano/vocals on club dates)



EDUCATION

BFA - Syracuse University - Musical Theater & Accompanying, double major 1985
AAS - Onondaga Community College - piano performance major, voice minor 1983

REFERENCES
Peter Mansfield
Arranger, orchestrator: Boston Pops
Principal Pops Conductor: Kansas City Symphony

Judy Henderson
Casting Associates
(212)877-0225

Craig Schulman
Les Miserables
Broadway Nights
www.craigschulman.com

Greg Quick
Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Personnel Director
(315)424-8222

Charles Strouse and other references - Correspondence on request

Email me at marysugarmusic@gmail.com.