Stephen Oremus is a musician who has worked on Broadway theatre productions as musical director and as orchestrator. His credits include arranger and orchestrator for the music for Avenue Q, musical director and arranger for Wicked, arranger and orchestrator for All Shook Up, and musical director for 9 to 5. His orchestrations for The Book of Mormon won him a Tony Award in 2011, for Best Orchestrations. Oremus also won the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for Kinky Boots.
Stephen Oremus has had lots of amazing things happen to him in his career in theatre such as working on the Academy Awards, winning two Tonys, and receiving a shout out from Lady Gaga during one of her concerts. Stephen and I chatted about these three career peaks of his, as well as:
- The job of a Musical Director and what makes a good one.
- How working with Lady Gaga differs from working with Stephen Schwartz.
- What makes a “hit” song and how he knows when he’s working on one.
- His role in the creative process.
- The frustrating thing about long-running shows on Broadway.
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