Dick Gallagher
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Dick Gallagher (October 16, 1955 – January 20, 2005) was a pianist and composer, best known on the New York City cabaret scene.
Early life
Gallagher graduated from the Northwestern University School of Music and received a master's degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.Jones, Kenneth. [https://playbill.com/article/dick-gallagher-award-winning-off-broadway-composer-and-musical-director-dead-at-49-com-123746 "Dick Gallagher, Award-Winning Off-Broadway Composer and Musical Director, Dead at 49"] playbill.com, January 24, 2005
Career
He played the piano for performers at many New York City venues, such as Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, the Oak Room at the Algonquin, Rainbow & Stars, and the Carlyle. He was the musical arranger for many performers, including Liza Minnelli and Karen Akers.
For many years he was the arranger, accompanist and conductor for Patti LuPone, and with writer-director Scott Wittman created several shows for LuPone. He was the arranger and musical director for two Lupone shows on Broadway: Matters of the Heart (2000) and Patti LuPone on Broadway (1995).[http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=75365 Listing] Internet Broadway Database, accessed August 16, 2013
Gallagher co-wrote scores for several musicals:
- Have I Got a Girl for You: The Frankenstein Musical (with Joel Greenhouse and Penny Rockwell, 1986)Holden, Stephen. [https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/02/theater/stage-the-frankenstein-musical.html "Stage: 'The Frankenstein Musical' "] The New York Times, November 2, 1986
- What Not, which won the 1990 Richard Rodgers Production Award
- Whoop-Dee-Doo! (1993), which was nominated for the 1993 Outer Critics Circle Award and won the Drama Desk Award for Best Musical Revue
- When Pigs Fly (1996), which was produced internationally after an extended run Off-Broadway, and won the 1996 Outer Critics Circle award for Best Musical Revue, and the Drama Desk Award for Best Off-Broadway musical
He also wrote the title song for the Charles Busch play You Should Be So Lucky.Brantley, Ben. [http://www.charlesbusch.com/Review%20-%20YSBSL%20-%20NY%20%20Times.htm "Charles Busch Takes On a Trouser Role"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085712/http://www.charlesbusch.com/Review%20-%20YSBSL%20-%20NY%20%20Times.htm |date=2016-03-04 }} The New York Times (reprinted at www.charlesbusch.com), accessed August 16, 2013 and wrote the music for two musicals for the theatre company TheatreWorks/USA: Gold Rush! (with David Armstrong and Mark Waldrop)Ehren, Christine. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/47063-Last-Chance-Gold-Rush-at-Theatreworks-USA-Ends-Aug-7 "Last Chance: 'Gold Rush!' at Theatreworks/USA Ends Aug. 7"] playbill.com, August 5, 1999[http://www.theatreworksusa.org/uploads/proginfo/proginfo_420.pdf "'Gold Rush!' program"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019173353/http://www.theatreworksusa.org/uploads/proginfo/proginfo_420.pdf |date=2013-10-19 }} theatreworksusa.org, 2006, accessed August 2013 and A Christmas Carol (with David Armstrong and Mark Waldrop).VanGelder, Lawrence. [http://theater.nytimes.com/2005/12/17/theater/reviews/17chri.html?_r=0 "Theater Review. 'A Christmas Carol'"] The New York Times, December 17, 2005
He received the MAC Award, Musical Director of the year, in 2004.Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/86211-2004-MAC-Awards-Announced-Mason-Sullivan-DeRoy-Among-Winners 2004 MAC Awards Announced; Mason, Sullivan, DeRoy Among Winners"] playbill.com, May 18, 2004
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121024180937/http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&first=Dick&middle=&last=Gallagher Listing, Internet Off-Broadway Database]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928135005/http://www.svhamstra.com/SadNews2005Gallagher.shtml Biography with photo]
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Category:20th-century American composers