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BRUCE COUGHLIN
New York, NY
Contact me via email at: bruce AT SIGN brucecoughlin DOT com
(Sorry had to disguise the email since I get inundated with spam. You know what to do. No spaces.)
Representation: Ben Feldman
bfeldman@bfalaw.com (212) 230-1300 |
Bio:
Bruce Coughlin has created the orchestrations for many shows, on Broadway and off, including Dolly Parton's 9 To 5 and Grey Gardens. He co-orchestrated The Light in the Piazza, orchestrated the memorable Floyd Collins, the Broadway hit Urinetown, and the Grammy Award-winning revival of Annie Get Your Gun. Other Broadway shows include: Guys and Dolls (2009 Broadway revival; Des McAnuff, dir.), The Wild Party, On the Town, The Sound of Music, Triumph of Love, Once Upon A Mattress, and The King & I.
Other credits include Tales of the CIty (ACT, San Francisco), Candide (National Theatre, London), Giant (Michael John LaChiusa), Children of Eden (Papermill Playhouse and BMG recording), Happiness (Lincoln Center Theater; Susan Stroman, dir.), and many others. He was principal arranger for the Disney epic Fantasia 2000 and has worked with singers such as Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Patti LuPone, Darius de Haas, and others. He has won a TONY award, Drama Desk award and an OBIE. He has also received two additional TONY nominations and four additional Drama Desk nominations.
Other recent productions: Johnny Baseball (A.R.T., directed by Diane Paulus), Dangerous Beauty (Pasadena Playhouse), Sycamore Trees (Ricky Ian Gordon, Signature Theatre, VA),The Burnt Part Boys (Miler/Tysen, Playwright's Horizons), Hairspray (the movie) ("Miss Baltimore Crabs" with Marc Shaiman), and The Grapes of Wrath (opera; Ricky Ian Gordon/Michael Korie).
Resume:
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| Orchestrations
and Arrangements: |
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| Film: |
Hairspray
("Miss Baltimore Crabs") |
New Line Pictures |
co-orchestration with Marc Shaiman, composer. |
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Fantasia
2000 |
Disney
Feature Animation |
Chicago Sym;
James Levine, conductor |
| B'way: |
9 to 5 |
Marquis Theater |
Dolly Parton |
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Guys and Dolls |
Niederlander Theater |
Des McAnuff, dir |
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Grey Gardens |
Walter Kerr Theater |
Doug Wright, Scott Frankel, Michael Korie |
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Lestat |
(additional
orchestrations) |
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The Light in the Piazza |
(additional orchestrations) |
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Gypsy |
(additional orchestrations) |
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Urinetown |
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Hollmann, Kotis |
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The
Wild Party |
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Michael John
LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe |
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Annie
Get Your Gun |
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On
the Town |
NY
Shakespeare Festival |
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The
Sound of Music |
('98
Drama Desk Nominee: Best Orchestrations) |
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Triumph
of Love |
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Once
Upon A Mattress |
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The
King and I |
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Is
There Life After High School? |
Musical
Dir and Orchestrator |
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| Off-B'way
& Reg: |
Tales of the City |
ACT, San Francisco |
Shears, Garden, Whitty. dir by Jason Moore
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Dangerous Beauty |
Pasadena Playhouse |
Brourman, McBroom |
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Johnny Baseball |
A.R.T. Cambridge |
Dresser/Reale/Reale, dir. by Diane Paulus |
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Sycamore Trees |
Signature Theater |
Ricky Ian Gordon |
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The Burnt Part Boys |
Playwright's Horizons |
Chris Miller/Nathan Tysen |
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Pop! |
Yale Rep |
Anna K. Jacobs, Maggie-Kate Coleman |
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Giant |
Signature Theatre |
Michael John LaChiusa |
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Happiness |
Lincoln Center Theater |
Scott Frankel, Michael Korie. Susan Stroman, dir. |
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9 To 5 |
Ahmanson Theater, LA |
Dolly Parton |
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Unlock'd |
NYMF Festival |
Derek Gregor, Sam Carner |
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The Witches of Eastwick |
Signature Theatre, VA |
Dana Rowe, John Dempsey. Eric Schaeffer, dir. |
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Saving Aimee |
Signature Theatre, VA |
David Friedman, David Pomeranz, Kathy Lee Gifford. Eric Schaeffer, dir. |
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Mother Courage (starring Meryl Streep) |
Shakespeare in the Park |
Jeanine Tesori, Tony Kushner, George C. Wolfe |
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Grey Gardens |
Playwrights Horizons |
Doug Wright, Scott Frankel, Michael Korie |
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See What I Wanna See |
The Public Theater |
Michael John LaChiusa |
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Princesses |
5th Ave Theater, Seattle |
Matthew Wilder, David Zippel |
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R Shomon |
Williamstown |
Michael John LaChiusa |
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Heartland |
Madison Rep/Majestic Theater (Dallas) |
Kim D Sherman/Darrah Cloud |
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Embarrassments |
Wilma Theater (Philadelphia) |
Polly Pen, Laurence Klavan |
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The Thing About Men |
Promenade Theater |
Jimmy Roberts, Joe DiPietro |
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My
Life With Albertine |
Playwright's
Horizons |
Ricky Ian Gordon,
Richard Nelson |
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Little
Fish |
Second
Stage |
Michael John
LaChiusa |
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Dorian |
Denver
Center |
James Mellon,
Scott DeTurk |
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Myths
and Hymns (new version) |
Prince
Music Theater Philadelphia,
PA |
Adam Guettel |
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Urinetown
(The Musical!) |
ATA
Theater, 54th St |
Mark Hollmann, Greg Kotis |
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The
Night Governess |
McCarter
Theater, Princeton |
Polly Pen |
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Candide |
National
Theatre, London |
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The
Shoulder |
Long
Wharf, New Haven |
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Children
of Eden |
Papermill
& BMG Records |
Stephen Schwartz |
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Another
Midsummer Night |
AMTF
& Goodman |
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Applause |
Papermill
Playhouse |
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The
Return of Martin Guerre |
Goodman
Theatre, Chicago |
Leslie Arden |
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Floyd
Collins |
Playwright's
Horizons/AMTF |
Adam
Guettel/Tina Landau |
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('96 OBIE
award winner and Drama Desk Nominee: Best Orchestrations)
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Das
Barbecü |
Minetta
Lane Theater |
Warrender/Luigs |
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Lunch |
Pittsburgh
Civil Light Opera, et al |
Steve Dorff/John
Bettis |
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Pal
Joey (Jujamcyn production, new orchestrations) |
Huntington
Theatre, Boston |
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The
Book of the Night |
Goodman
Theatre, Chicago |
LouRosen/T. Bishop |
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Romance
In Hard Times |
NY
Shakespeare Festival |
William Finn |
| Opera: |
The Grapes of Wrath |
Minnesota, Utah Operas (co-orchestrator) |
Ricky Gordon, Michael Korie |
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SEND (who are you? i love you) |
Houston Grand Opera |
Michael John LaChiusa |
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States
of Independence |
AMTF,
Philadelphia |
Ricky Ian Gordon/Tina
Landau |
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Casino
Paradise |
AMTF |
William Bolcom,
composer; Koch Int'l CD |
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Where's
Dick? |
Houston
Grand Opera |
Stewart Wallace/Michael
Korie |
| CD: |
Audra
McDonald |
Nonesuch
Records |
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Kristin
Chenoweth |
Sony
Classical |
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Darius
de Haas |
PS
Classics |
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Ricky
Ian Gordon |
Nonesuch
Records |
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Mandy
Patinkin |
Nonesuch
Records |
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Craig
Rubano |
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Immortal
Beloved |
Arrangements/supervision
of CD material for Sony Classical |
London Sym; Sir
Georg Solti, cond. |
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Arias
and Barcarolles (Bernstein) |
Deutsche
Grammaphon |
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On
the Town |
Bernstein:
Michael Tilson Thomas, London Sym Orch |
Deutsche Grammaphon |
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A Little
Night Music (suite) |
(with
Sid Ramin -- Hollywood Bowl Orch., John Mauceri, cond.) |
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Lola |
Painted
Smiles Records |
Claibe Richardson/Kenward
Elmslee |
| Concert: |
Encores Series, The Thomashefsky Project, American Songbook Series (Lincoln Center), San Francisco Symphony, Boston Pops, Seattle Symphony |
| Singers: |
Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Patti LuPone, Darius deHaas, Frederica von Stade, Mandy Patinkin, Julian Fleisher, others |
| Other
Credits: |
Tony Award: Best Orchestrations 2005 (co-award with Ted Sperling, Adam Guettel) (Light in the PIazza). Tony Nomination: Best Orchestrations (2007, Grey Gardens and 2002, Urinetown) |
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Shen Family Foundation $25,000 Musical Theater Leadership Award (2006) |
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Drama Desk Award (Outstanding Orchestrations): The Light in the Piazza (2005). Drama Desk Nomination: 9 to 5 (2009), Grey Gardens (2006), Urinetown (2001), The Sound of Music (1998), Floyd Collins (1996) |
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OBIE Award: Floyd Collins (1996) |
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