David Andrews Rogers
MUSIC DIRECTOR - CONDUCTOR
ORCHESTRATOR - ARRANGER
484 W. 43rd St., Apt. 31p
New York, NY 10036
(917) 951-7657
[email protected]
BROADWAY NATIONAL TOURS
Les Misérables
Show Boat
Broadway National Tour (Marius Company. 1998-2000) Trevor Nunn/John Caird, director
Broadway National Tours (3 companies, 1997-98)
Harold Prince, director
Phantom of the Opera
Broadway National Tour (Raoul Company, 1996-97, Associate MD) Harold Prince, director
(starring, I: Cloris Leachman/Dean Jones, II: Tom Bosley, III: Pat Harrington/Anita Gillette)
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL TOURS
Le Magicien D’Oz (ALW Production)
The Wizard of Oz (ALW Production)
Fiddler on the Roof
European Tour (2014-15) (MD/Conductor/Assoc. Music Supervisor) Jeremy Sams, director
North American Tour (2013-14)
Jeremy Sams, director
North American Tour (2009-12)
Sammy Dallas Bayes, director
(starring Topol, Theo Bikel, Harvey Fierstein, John Preece)
Cats
Chicago
Puttin’ on the Ritz
Heart Strings
Sing For Your Supper
North American Tour (2008-09)
North American Tour (2007-08)
Kaye Playhouse/Tour (1998) (starring Carol Lawrence)
DIFFA National Tour (1992)
RSVP National Tour (1988)
Richard Stafford, director
Scott Faris, director
Karen Azenberg, director
David H. Bell, director
Ed DeLatte, director
CONCERT APPEARANCES - Guest Conductor
All That Jazz (Kander & Ebb)
The Midtown Men (Jersey Boys stars)
Waterloo (ABBA Tribute Concert)
Retrolicious (80s Tribute Concert)
Bravo Broadway
All-Star Tribute to Kander & Ebb
Johnny Mercer Tribute
All-Star Tribute to Afro-Cuban Jazz
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Happy Hunting
Variations on Shakespeare
Unlock’d
My First Time
Caligula
Women of Rhyme & Song
The British Invasion
The Vocal Lords
Alan Jay Lerner Tribute
Celebrate Cy
Just For Tonight
Merman’s Apprentice
Caligula
Unlock’d
Count of Monte Cristo
Knight Life
Caligula
Boy Meets Boy
Estrogenisis (HerSong)
Dorian (Staged Readings 1999–2003)
Portofino
I Heard It In The Movies
Oklahoma City Philharmonic (2015)
Civic Center Music Hall, Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Philharmonic (2014)
Civic Center Music Hall, Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Philharmonic (2012)
Civic Center Music Hall, Oklahoma City
Starring Debbie Gibson (2010)
Fort Canning Hill, Singapore
New York Pops (2008)
Carnegie Hall, New York City
New York Pops (2003)
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Nebraska Jazz Orchestra, with Kelly Ellenwood (2004)
Lied Center, Lincoln, NB
Starring Debbie de Coudreaux
Apollo Theatre, Harlem, NY
Dancers Unlimited Production (1989)
Stemmons Theatre, Dallas, TX
NEW YORK – Off-Broadway & Benefits
York Theatre, Musicals in Mufti Series (2014)
David Glenn Armstrong, director
New World Stages (All-Star Broadway benefit, 2008))
Igor Goldin, director
York Theatre (Concert Presentation, Music Supervisor. 2007)
Igor Goldin, director
New World Stages (All-Star Broadway benefit, 2007)
Igor Goldin, director
Theatre at St. Clements (2004)
Michael Unger, director
Lyrics & Lyricists, 92nd Street Y
Barry Levitt/Pam Sousa, directors
Lyrics & Lyricists, 92nd Street Y
Barry Levitt/Pam Sousa, directors
Chekhov Theatre Ensemble, Theatre at St. Clements (2001)
Floyd Rumohr, director
Lyrics & Lyricists, 92nd Street Y
Barry Levitt/Pam Sousa, directors
Cy Feuer Birthday Tribute (SSD&C Benefit, 2000)
Karen Azenberg, director
Town Hall (starring Mackenzie Phillips) (Music Supervisor, 1998)
Andrew Barrett, director
NEW YORK – Staged Readings & Festivals
Shetler Penthouse (Staged Reading, 2012)
Igor Goldin, director
New World Stages (2009) & Actor’s Studio (2006)
Chris Presley, director
The Barrow Group (NYMF – Invited Work, 2007)
Igor Goldin, director
Bret Adams Agency (Invited Reading)
Igor Goldin, director
Stamford Arts Center (Staged Reading) (2004)
Marcia Milgrom Dodge, director
NYMF (2005) & Zipper Theatre (2004)
Michael Unger, director
Laurie Beechman Theatre (Staged Reading)
Igor Goldin, director
Friar’s Club (Invited Reading)
Pam Sousa, director
Ford’s Center, NY, Lamb’s Theatre, NY, Arcade Theatre, LA
James Mellon, director
Laurie Beechman Theatre (Staged Reading)
Matt Lenz, director
Studio Space (Developmental Presentation)
Joel Ferrel, director
STOCK & REGIONAL THEATRE
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma
Billy Elliot
Big Fish
Mary Poppins
Oklahoma
A Little Night Music
Big River
The Will Rogers Follies
The King and I
Tarzan
Call Me Madam
Sweet Charity
Bye Bye Birdie
A Chorus Line
Ragtime
Hairspray
42nd Street
Swing
The Sound of Music
Once on This Island
Singin’ in the Rain
Evita (2 productions)
Cabaret
Beauty and the Beast
Hello Dolly
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jekyll & Hyde
Chess
Chicago
She Loves Me
The Secret Garden
The Unsinkable Molly Brown Camelot
1776
Grand Hotel
South Pacific
The Goodbye Girl
Peter Pan
Sugar
Show Boat
Bye Bye Birdie
Phantom (Yeston-Kopit) (1993)
Westchester Broadway Theatre
Aida (2006)
Cats (2002)
Jesus Christ Superstar (2002)
Jekyll & Hyde (2001)
High Society (2001)
Guys and Dolls (1995)
North Carolina Theatre
Gateway Theatre (Long Island)
Sacramento Music Circus
Man of La Mancha (2007)
Urinetown (2006)
Aida (2006)
Denver Center
Casa Manana (Ft. Worth, TX)
Ford’s Theatre (Washington, DC)
Dorian (2002 World Premiere)
The Wizard of Oz (RSC) (2002)
The Fantasticks (1996)
Charles Playhouse (Boston)
New Stage Theatre (Jackson, MS)
Point Theatre (Ingram, TX)
An Unfinished Song (1995)
Great American Backstage Musical (1981) Kiss Me Kate (1972)
Performing Artists’ Musical Theatre Conservatory, Mountainview College (Faculty Music Director)
Closer Than Ever
Into The Woods
Quilters
Drood
…Forum
Baby
Dallas Repertory Theatre
Sing For Your Supper (1988) Two By Five (1987)
Some Enchanted Evening (1985) Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1984)
Pirates of Penzance (1984)
A Funny Thing… Forum (1983) They’re Playin’ Our Song (1983) Annie (1983)
Joseph… Dreamcoat (1982) South Pacific (1982)
Once Upon a Mattress (1979)
Shenandoah (1979)
CABARET & NIGHTCLUB APPEARANCES
Anita Gillette
Deborah (‘Debbie’) Gibson
Debbie de Coudreaux
Kelly Ellenwood
RSVP …the vocal group
including New York’s Lincoln Center Meet the Artist Concert Series, and preliminary
development and arrangements for Anita’s one-woman show
including Carnegie Hall, US, Europe, Casinos & live concerts on Serius Radio, Pop Goes
Broadway, Harrah’s Casino, Atlantic City and Singapore,
including the historic Apollo Theatre, Danny’s Skylight Room in New York, a 2004 engagement
at The Plush Room, San Francisco;
including New York, Denver and Detroit cabaret/concert appearances and a 2004 Johnny Mercer
Tribute Concert with the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra
including 4 1/2 years of touring nationally including cabaret, concert and theatre appearances
including New York City cabarets including The Duplex, Don’t Tell Mama and 88’s
ORCHESTRATIONS
Contributing Orchestrator
New York Pops, Carnegie Hall, annual concerts 2004-2009
Contributing Orchestrator
Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Civic Center Music Hall, Oklahoma City, 2012
Orchestrator, for live performances
including Patti LuPone, Florence Henderson, Debbie Gibson, The Midtown Men
Contributing Orchestrator, for recording artists
including Debbie Gibson, Cirque Musica, Sal Viviano, Madera Vox
Orchestrator & Co-Executive Producer
for “Have A Little Paris on Me”, Debbie DeCoudreaux
Orchestrator & Co-Producer
for “No Holds Barred”, RSVP …the vocal group
Composer, Orchestrator
original scores for theatre (On Golden Pond (1983), Medea, others) and sacred choral music
TEACHING POSITIONS & ADDITIONAL RELATED EXPERIENCE
Faculty/Music Director
Instructor/Clinician
Guest Clinician
Faculty/Music Director
Vocal Coach
American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA), New York
Broadway Classroom (a division of broadway.com), New York
American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA), Los Angeles
Performing Artists’ Musical Theatre Conservatory, Mountainview College, Dallas
Private Studio, for Broadway actors, recording artists, musical theatre students
8+ years
2 years
1 year
7 years
20 years
EDUCATION
Queen’s College, Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1979
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1977-81
AWARDS & HONORS
Nominee, Garland Award for Excellence in Theatre, 2010 for Music Direction of Fiddler on the Roof tour, Pantages Theatre, LA
Winner, Manhattan Association of Cabarets “MAC” Award, 1989 with RSVP …the vocal group,
Winner, Bistro Award for Excellence in New York City cabarets, 1989 as Music Director and Arranger for RSVP …the vocal group
Winner, Critic’s Choice Award for Theatre, 1988 as Music Director and Arranger for RSVP …the vocal group
David Andrews Rogers
BIO - Fall 2015
David is a Music Director and Conductor whose experience ranges from Broadway National Tours to Symphony Pops
Concerts. He has also Music Directed extensively in regional theatre, and has worked as an Orchestrator and Arranger, as
an Educator and Vocal Coach, and as a performer in nightclubs and supper clubs all over the United States in addition to
numerous readings of new shows in New York City.
David made his professional theatre debut at the age of twelve in the pit orchestra of a Texas summer stock production of
Kiss Me, Kate. He made his conducting debut in 1979 at Dallas Repertory Theatre with a production of Shenandoah, and
he went on to music direct and conduct dozens of additional productions at DRT. His other regional theatre experience
includes Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC, Sacramento’s Music Circus, Westchester Broadway Theatre, the Gateway
Playhouse on Long Island, the North Carolina Theatre, and Lyric Theatre in Oklahoma City.
David’s touring experience includes being Music Director and Conductor for the Broadway national tours of Hal Prince’s
production of Show Boat, Les Misérables, as well as Chicago, Cats, Fiddler on the Roof and the Andrew Lloyd Webber
production of The Wizard of Oz. He began his road career in 1995 as Associate Conductor of the Broadway national tour
of Phantom of the Opera.
As a Conductor, David made his Carnegie Hall debut with the New York Pops in 2003 in a tribute to Broadway
composers John Kander and Fred Ebb. He returned to Carnegie Hall annually for several years as either a conductor or
orchestrator or both. His other guest conducting experience includes New York’s Lincoln Center, the Nebraska Jazz
Orchestra and Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theatre. In addition, David has been guest conductor for the Oklahoma City
Philharmonic in 2012 (Waterloo), 2014 (The Midtown Men) and 2015 (All That Jazz: A Symphonic Tribute to Kander &
Ebb, starring Broadway’s Beth Leavel).
As an Orchestrator and Vocal Arranger, David’s work has been played by orchestras all over the United States and
Canada, and he has been represented on recordings including Broadway singer Sal Viviano’s “The Standards of Love”,
RSVP ...the vocal group’s “No Holds Barred” (Manhattan Association of Cabarets MAC Award nominee), and the former
star of the Moulin Rouge Debbie de Coudreaux’s debut recording, “Have a Little Paris On Me”.
David has been Music Director and Conductor for 1980s pop star Debbie Gibson in venues as diverse as Carnegie Hall,
live appearances on Serius Radio, in casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, and in concert in Singapore. His most recent
orchestrations have been for Debbie in association with Cirque Musica, for Florence Henderson in the 2015 edition of
Broadway Backwards, and for The Midtown Men. In addition, he has conducted and/or written orchestrations for
Broadway stars Patti LuPone, Joel Grey, Sutton Foster, Beth Leavel, Nell Carter, Kristin Chenoweth, Karen Ziemba, Bob
Cuccioli, and many others.
Currently, David is Associate Music Supervisor for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new production of The Wizard of Oz, having
recently returned from music directing and conducting performances of that show - as Le Magicien D’Oz - at the Palais
des Congrès in Paris and at the Forest National Theatre in Brussels following the 2013/14 US national tour of that show.
Another North American tour is planned for the 2015/16 season as well as a tour of Asia in the 2016/17 season.
In New York, David has been Music Director, Supervisor, and/or Arranger for numerous readings and workshops of new
musicals including Caligula and Unlock’d, both at the New York Music Theatre Festival, as well as Boy Meets Boy,
Merman’s Apprentice, Portofino, and most recently, for Happy Hunting at the York Theatre. He made his Off-Broadway
debut as Music Supervisor for The Vocal Lords at the Theatre at St. Clements.
David’s recent regional theatre experience includes Summer 2015 productions of Oklahoma, Mary Poppins, Big Fish and
Billy Elliot as well as A Little Night Music, starring Dee Hoty, Emily Skinner and George Dvorsky, in the Summer of
2014, all at Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma.
As an educator, David has been on the faculty of New York’s American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) and of
Dallas’ Performing Artists Musical Theatre Conservatory, as well in his private voice studio in New York City and in
master classes and workshops for the Broadway Classroom.
Educated at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and Queen’s College, Oxford University, David is originally from
Texas and now makes his home in New York City.