Scott Frankel

Scott David Frankel (born May 6, 1963) is an American composer and musical director.

Career

Early life

Frankel began his music education taking piano lessons with Betty Belkin in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to private lessons, Frankel participated in weekly music theory classes and the Fortnightly music program at the Cleveland Institute for Music. Frankel attended Interlochen Arts Camp majoring in piano. He graduated from Yale University in 1985, when he was also inducted into the Skull and Bones secret society. While at Yale he met playwright Doug Wright.

Work

Frankel worked as a music director, conductor and pianist, on Broadway shows including Into the Woods, Les Misérables, Jerome Robbins' Broadway,[1]Rags (1986, rehearsal pianist)[2] and Falsettos, and also Off-Broadway on Putting It Together starring Julie Andrews.

He accompanied Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep in the film Postcards from the Edge party scene.[3]

He then became a musical theatre composer, notably through collaborations with lyricist/librettist Michael Korie.

Their musical Doll was workshoped at the University of Houston as part of Stuart Ostrow's Musical Theatre Lab in 1995. A professional production premiered in Ravinia Festival in a staged reading in 2003, and was further developed at the Sundance Institute Theatre Lab, White Oak, Florida in December 2005.[4]

Their musical Grey Gardens premiered Off-Broadway in 2006, and transferred to Broadway. For Grey Gardens, Frankel received a Tony Award nomination, as well as the ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award and The Frederick Loewe Award for Dramatic Composition.[5]

Meet Mister Future received a workshop production in July 2006 at Barrington Stage Company Musical Theater Lab, directed by Christopher Ashley.[6]

Their musical Happiness opened Off-Broadway in March 2009 Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center, with direction and choreography by Susan Stroman.[7]

Most recently, Frankel and Korie wrote the music and lyrics, respectively, for the musical War Paint, about Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden. The musical, with the book by Doug Wright and directed by Michael Greif, premiered at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, in the summer of 2016 with stars Patti Lupone as Helena Rubinstein and Christine Ebersole as Elizabeth Arden.[8] The musical is based on the 2003 book by Lindy Woodhead and on the 2007 documentary The Powder and the Glory by Ann Carol Grossman and Arnie Reisman.[9] The production transferred to Broadway and opened on April 6, 2017.

Personal life

Frankel currently resides in Manhattan. He and his partner, the architect Jim Joseph, restored the Forth House in the Hudson Valley (New York).[10]

Works

References

  1. ↑ "Scott Frankel Credits" playbillvault.com, accessed April 26, 2015
  2. ↑ " 'Rags' Production" ibdb.com, accessed April 26, 2015
  3. ↑ "Scott Frankel Credits" lct.org, accessed April 26, 2015
  4. ↑ Jones. Kenneth. "Frankel and Korie's Musical 'Doll' and The Civilians' 'Nobody's Lunch'Invited to 2005 Sundance Lab in Florida" playbill.com, October 25, 2005
  5. ↑ Jones, Kenneth. "Scott Frankel Will Conduct 'Grey Gardens' July 18" playbill.com, July 16, 2007
  6. ↑ Gans, Andrew. " 'Meet Mister Future' — By Grey Gardens Team — to Be Featured in BSC's New Series" playbill.com, April 20, 2006
  7. ↑ "Subways Are for Singing: Korie & Frankel's 'Happiness Opens Off-Broadway' March 30" playbill.com, March 30, 2009
  8. ↑ War Paint, goodmantheatre, accessed June 7, 2016
  9. ↑ Cox, Gordon. "Patti LuPone, Christine Ebersole to Star in New Musical by ‘Grey Gardens’ Team" Variety, November 12, 2015
  10. ↑ Coleman, David. "Jim Joseph and Scott Frankel's Historic Livingston, New York, House" Architectural Digest"", January 31, 2014
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