Alaric Jans

Jans co-wrote with James Quinn the music and lyrics of the 1979 musical adaptation of John R. Powers' Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?.{{cite news|last=Rich|first=Frank|title=STAGE: AT THE ALVIN, 'PATENT LEATHER SHOES'|date=28 May 1982|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/28/theater/stage-at-the-alvin-patent-leather-shoes.html|accessdate=29 October 2015}}{{cite magazine|authorlink1=Robert Simonson|last=Simonson|first=Robert|title=John R. Powers, Author of Black Patent Leather Shoes, Dies at 67|date=18 January 2013|magazine=Playbill|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/john-r.-powers-author-of-black-patent-leather-shoes-dies-at-67-201668|accessdate=29 October 2015}}{{cite news|last=Zink|first=Jack|title=Royal Palm Restages An Old Favorite|date=6 May 1991|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1991-05-06/features/9102250218_1_john-r-powers-patent-leather-girl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026105656/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1991-05-06/features/9102250218_1_john-r-powers-patent-leather-girl|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 26, 2015|accessdate=29 October 2015}} Jans, along with William H. Macy and David Kovacs, also participated in the revival of John Stasey's 1964 children's musical, The Adventures of Captain Marbles and His Acting Squad at David Mamet's St. Nicholas Theatre; he served as the composer and the co-lyricist of that musical.{{cite news|last=Schmich|first=Mary|title=Play illustrates the brilliance of childhood|date=28 November 2008|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2008/11/28/play-illustrates-the-brilliance-of-childhood/|access-date=29 October 2015}}{{cite news|last=Vitello |first=Barbara |title=Previews continue for Marriott's 'Aladdin' |date=29 October 2008 |newspaper=Daily Herald |url=http://prev.dailyherald.com/story/print/?id=245740 |accessdate=29 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011022/http://prev.dailyherald.com/story/print/?id=245740 |archivedate=5 March 2016 }}{{cite news|last=Graeber|first=Laurel|title=Spare Times: For Children|date=3 June 2010|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/arts/04kids.html?_r=0|accessdate=29 October 2015}}{{cite news|last=Reid|first=Kerry|title=The Adventures of Captain Marbles and His Acting Squad|date=14 December 2008|newspaper=Chicago Reader|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-adventures-of-captain-marbles-and-his-acting-squad/Event?oid=929528|accessdate=29 October 2015}} He has also composed music for films directed by Mamet, such as House of Games (1987), Things Change (1988), Homicide (1991) and The Winslow Boy (1999).{{cite web|title=Alaric Jans filmography|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/95868/Alaric-Jans/filmography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307055313/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/95868/Alaric-Jans/filmography|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2016|archive-date=2016-03-07}}{{cite web|title=Alaric Jans filmography|work=Turner Classic Movies|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/94176%7C0/alaric-jans#filmography}}{{cite news|last=Canby|first=Vincent|title=MAMET MAKE A DEBUT WITH 'HOUSE OF GAMES'|date=11 October 1987|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/11/movies/mamet-make-a-debut-with-house-of-games.html|accessdate=29 October 2015}}{{cite web|last4=Oppenheimer|first4=Jean|last3=Froehlich|first3=Cliff|last2=Hunt|first2=Robert|last1=Hinson|first1=Hal|last5=Gallo|first5=Gallo|title=Boy Wonder|date=2 June 1999|publisher=The Riverfront Times|url=http://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/boy-wonder/Content?oid=2476342|accessdate=29 October 2015}} In 2009, Jans composed the music for the Chicago Shakespeare Theater's production of Twelfth Night.{{cite magazine|last=Jones|first=Kenneth|title=Chicago Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Will Be Flooded, Starting March 29|date=23 February 2009|magazine=Playbill|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/chicago-shakespeares-twelfth-night-will-be-flooded-starting-march-29-158321|accessdate=29 October 2015}} Jans also co-wrote with Robert Sickinger the 2014 musical adaptation of Charles Dickens's Nicholas Nickleby.{{cite web|last=Mann|first=Mary|title=A Dying Wish, Performed|date=23 April 2014|publisher=NY Press|url=http://www.nypress.com/a-dying-wish-performed/|accessdate=29 October 2015}}{{cite magazine|last=Gans|first=Andrew|title=Cast of 35, Culled from Worlds of Broadway, Cabaret and Opera, Will Be Seen in Nicholas Nickleby, A New Musical in NYC|date=13 March 2014|magazine=Playbill|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/cast-of-35-culled-from-worlds-of-broadway-cabaret-and-opera-will-be-seen-in-215946|accessdate=29 October 2015}}

Jans shared a 2008 Tony Award as a member of Chicago Shakespeare Theater.{{cite web|title=June Jans Memorial Concert features Rokko and the Hat|date=14 August 2015|publisher=Gaylord Herald Times|url=http://www.petoskeynews.com/gaylord/news/community/june-jans-memorial-concert-features-rokko-and-the-hat/article_fe331daf-b5ff-5775-a828-def9b807d3c2.html|accessdate=29 October 2015}}

Jans was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Paul Jans. He grew up in Philadelphia and Lincoln Park. Jans attended Harvard University.{{cite news|last=Boulware|first=Hugh|title=Sweet Sound Of Success|date=28 January 1988|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/01/28/sweet-sound-of-success/|access-date=29 October 2015}}

Jans was married to singer-composer June Shellene.{{cite magazine|title=Who's Who-Alaric Jans |date=27 May 1982 |magazine=Playbill |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/Whos_who/5607/Alaric-Jans |accessdate=29 October 2015 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gkWd81KNGQIC&q=alaric+jans+composer&pg=PA90|last3=Quinn|first3=James|last2=Powers|first2=John R.|last1=Jans|first1=Alaric|title=Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?|year=1988|publisher=Samuel French, Inc.|isbn=9780573681035}} The couple resides in Chicago.{{cite news|last=Christiansen|first=Richard|title=A Friend Comes Home|date=3 March 1997|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/03/03/a-friend-comes-home/|access-date=29 October 2015|quote=Chicagoans Alaric Jans and June Shellene}} They have a son by the name of Joe.

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