Dave Malloy

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Dave Malloy
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Alma materOhio University
Occupation(s)Composer, writer, performer, orchestrator, musician, actor, singer
Years active2000–present
Known forNatasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812,
Ghost Quartet,
Octet

Dave Malloy (born January 4, 1976) is an American composer, playwright, lyricist, and actor. He has written several theatrical works, often based on classic works of literature. His most well known work is the Tony Award winning

romantic composer Sergei Rachmaninoff; and Ghost Quartet
, a song cycle about love, death, and whiskey.

Career

Malloy grew up in Lakewood, Ohio and studied music composition and English literature at Ohio University. He began making theater in San Francisco in 2000.[1] Early work included pieces with Banana Bag & Bodice, for whom he has been the composer since 2002.[2]

In 2008 he composed music for Beowulf – A Thousand Years of Baggage, a

Club Oberon, Joe's Pub, and festivals in England, Ireland, Scotland and Australia.[3]

After Beowulf, he co-created and performed in Three Pianos, a drunken romp through

Ontological-Hysteric Theater, winning a Special Citation Obie Award, and had runs at New York Theatre Workshop and American Repertory Theater.[4]

His next work was Beardo, a Russian indie rock musical based on the life of Rasputin, which Malloy wrote with Beowulf collaborator Jason Craig. It played in 2011 in San Francisco and had its New York premiere in February 2017 in a production by Pipeline Theater Company.

For

Drama Desk nominations, and two Drama League Award nominations.[5][6] It opened on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre in October 2016 with Josh Groban as Pierre. Malloy reprised his role as Pierre multiple times throughout the run, and was the final Broadway Pierre. In 2022, the show was staged at Malloy's alma mater, Ohio University, the first American production since its departure from Broadway.[7]

Lincoln Center Theater
in June 2015.

Octet, a chamber choir musical written by Malloy and directed by Annie Tippe, ran at the Signature Theatre Company Residency 5 Theatre in New York City from April 30 to June 30, 2019. The show features an eight-part a cappella chamber choir and "explores addiction and nihilism within the messy context of 21st century technology" premiered in a limited run at the Signature Theatre Company in New York City.[9] It is the first part of his Signature Residency, which will include three shows over the course of five years.[10]

Moby-Dick, a musical based on Herman Melville's Moby-Dick with book, music, lyrics, and orchestrations by Malloy and directed by Rachel Chavkin, ran at the American Repertory Theater from December 3, 2019, to January 12, 2020.[11] The middle section of the show, titled Moby Dick, Part III: The Ballad of Pip was previewed at Joe's Pub back in March 2014.[12]

In September 2022 he wrote music and lyrics for Love Around the Block, a one night only musical event celebrating the opening of Hermés's new flagship store in NYC. In November 2023, his musical The Witches opened at London's Royal National Theatre. In April 2024, his new musical Three Houses opens at the Signature Theatre in NYC.

Malloy lives in New York.

Theater works

Musicals

  • Gogol (2001) (composer/orchestrator/music director/performer; lyrics & book by Jason Craig and Sean Owens; directed by Meredith Eldred)
  • Sandwich (2003) (co-creator, with Banana Bag & Bodice)
  • Clown Bible (2007) (composer/lyricist/co-bookwriter/orchestrator/Job/Judas; co-written & directed by Maya Gurantz)
  • Beowulf – A Thousand Years of Baggage (2008) (composer/orchestrator/musical director/Hrothgar; lyrics & book by Jason Craig; with Banana Bag & Bodice)
  • Haarlem Berlin (2009) (composer/orchestrator; written by Talaya Delaney, directed by Rachel Chavkin)
  • Three Pianos (2010) (co-creator/co-orchestrator/sound & video designer/performer; written & created with Rick Burkhardt and Alec Duffy, directed by Rachel Chavkin)
  • Beardo (2011) (composer/orchestrator; lyrics & book by Jason Craig, directed by Patrick Dooley)
  • Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (2012) (composer/lyricist/bookwriter/orchestrator/Pierre; directed by Rachel Chavkin)
  • Black Wizard / Blue Wizard (2013) (composer/co-lyricist/orchestrator/Black Wizard; book and co-lyrics by Eliza Bent, directed by Dan Safer)
  • Ghost Quartet (2014) (composer/lyricist/bookwriter/orchestrator/Astronomer/Edgar/David; developed with Brent Arnold, Gelsey Bell and Brittain Ashford, directed by Annie Tippe)
  • Preludes (2015) (composer/lyricist/bookwriter/orchestrator; directed by Rachel Chavkin)
  • Don't Stop Me (2015) (composer/co-lyricist/orchestrator; book & co-lyrics by Krista Knight; directed by Jennifer Boesing)
  • Little Bunny Foo Foo (2018) (composer/orchestrator; book & lyrics by Anne Washburn, directed by Les Waters)
  • Octet (2019) (composer/lyricist/bookwriter/orchestrator; directed by Annie Tippe)
  • Moby-Dick (2019) (composer/lyricist/bookwriter/orchestrator; directed by Rachel Chavkin)[13]
  • Love Around the Block (2022) (composer/lyricist/co-orchestrator; book by Isaac Oliver; co-orchestrations by Or Matias; directed by Jason Eagan. Commissioned by Hermés for the grand opening of their flagship store in NYC.)
  • The Witches (2023) (composer/co-lyricist/orchestrator; book & co-lyrics by Lucy Kirkwood; directed by Lyndsey Turner)[14]
  • Three Houses (2024) (composer/lyricist/bookwriter/orchestrator; directed by Annie Tippe)

Other theater works

Performance credits

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Gogol Performer
2002 Gulag Ha Ha Old Timer
2007 Clown Bible Job / Judas
2008 Beowulf – A Thousand Years of Baggage Hrothgar
2010 Three Pianos Performer
The Small Walt
2010-2011 Three Pianos Performer Off-Broadway
2012-2013 Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Pierre Bezukhov
2013-2014 Black Wizard / Blue Wizard Black Wizard Off-Off-Broadway
2014-2015 Ghost Quartet The Astronomer / Edgar Usher / David Off-Broadway
2015 American Repertory Theater
Curran Theatre
2016 United Kingdom
2017 Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Pierre Bezukhov (Alternate) Broadway
Pierre Bezukhov
Ghost Quartet The Astronomer / Edgar Usher / David Off-Broadway

Recordings

In addition to the full cast recordings listed below, rough recordings and demos to most of Malloy's shows can be found on his website.

Official video recordings of Ghost Quartet, Beardo, and Beowulf have also been released online.[15][16][17] A Kickstarter was launched to fund the original cast recording of Octet on June 19, 2019, where it was fully funded in one day. The album was released digitally on November 15, 2019.[18]

Honors and awards

He is the winner of three

Lucille Lortel Award, a Drama Desk Award, a Richard Rodgers Award, Glickman Award, ASCAP New Horizons Award, Jonathan Larson Grant, and New Music USA Grant, a recipient of the 2009 NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Theatre Directors and Designers, and the 2011 Composer-in-Residence at Ars Nova.[20] In 2017, Malloy was the recipient of Smithsonian Magazine's American Ingenuity Award for History.[21]

Year Award Category Work Result
2007 East Bay Express, Best of 2007 Best Music Clown Bible Won
2008 Glickman Award Best New Play Beowulf — A Thousand Years of Baggage Won
2009 Innovative Theatre Award Best Music Nominated
2010 Obie Award Special Citations Three Pianos Won
2011 Henry Howes Design Award Best Sound & Video Design Nominated
Edinburgh Stage Award for Acting Excellence Best Ensemble Beowulf — A Thousand Years of Baggage Won
2012
Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
 Beardo Nominated
2013 Obie Award Special Citations Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812 Won
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Music Nominated
Outstanding Lyrics Nominated
Outstanding Musical Nominated
Drama League Award Outstanding Musical Nominated
Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
 Won
ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award Won
Off-Broadway Alliance Awards Best New Musical Won
Lucille Lortel Award
 Outstanding Musical Nominated
2015 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Music Ghost Quartet Nominated
Drama League Award Outstanding Musical Nominated
Off-Broadway Alliance Awards Best Unique Theatrical Experience Nominated
2016
Elliot Norton Award
 Outstanding Visiting Production Won
2017
Tony Award
 Best Book of a Musical Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812 Nominated
Best Original Score Nominated
Best Orchestrations Nominated
Best Musical Nominated
Theatre World Award Honoree
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Music Beardo Nominated
2020 Lucille Lortel Awards[22] Outstanding Musical Octet Won
Drama Desk Awards[23]
 Outstanding Musical Nominated
Outstanding Music Won
Outstanding Lyrics Nominated
Outstanding Book of a Musical Nominated
Outstanding Orchestrations Nominated
Drama League Awards[24]
 Outstanding Production of a Musical Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award
 Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical Honoree
Outstanding New Score Honoree
Obie Award[25] Collaboration on Music & Sound Won

References

  1. ^ Schulman, Michael. "Rocking Out to "War and Peace". The New Yorker, June 13, 2013
  2. ^ Cote, David. "Theater in New York: Q&A with Dave Malloy". Time Out New York, March 26, 2013
  3. ^ "Beowulf". Banana Bag & Bodice. New York.
  4. ^ Soloski, Alexis. "New York Theatre Workshop Uncorks Three Pianos" Village Voice, November 24, 2010
  5. ^ Weinert-Kendt, Rob. "The Composer Wears Many Hats" New York Times, May 23, 2013
  6. ^ Cox, Gordon. "'Here Lies Love,' 'Great Comet' Shatter Records in Lortel Nominations" Variety, April 1, 2014
  7. ^ Riesbeck, Kelee Garrison (2022) "Tantrum Theatre stages alumnus' Broadway hit 'Natacha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812'" OHIO News, January 24, 2022
  8. ^ Kozinn, Allan. "Malloy's 'Ghost Quartet' to Play in Chelsea's McKittrick Hotel" NY Times, December 11, 2014
  9. ^ "New musical Octet, by Tony Award nominee Dave Malloy". Signature Theatre Company. Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  10. ^ "First Look at the World Premiere of Dave Malloy's Octet Off-Broadway". Playbill. May 2, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  11. ^ "Dave Malloy & Rachel Chavkin to Debut Moby-Dick Musical at American Repertory Theater". broadway.com. April 24, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  12. ^ "Public Theater Archive: Moby Dick Part III". Public Theater. March 20, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  13. ^ "Resume page". Composer's website. New York.
  14. ^ "The Witches | National Theatre". www.nationaltheatre.org.uk. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  15. ^ "Ghost Quartet at the McKittrick Hotel, Jan. 12, 2015". YouTube. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  16. ^ BWW News Desk (April 10, 2020). "VIDEO: Early Dave Malloy Musical BEARDO is Now Available to Stream for Two Weeks". Broadway World. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  17. ^ ""another from the archive and the good folks at shotgun players: Beowulf—A Thousand Years of Baggage, from 2008, goes live this friday. have a lot of love for this show and all the people who have been part of it over the years. hwaet!"". Twitter.com. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  18. ^ "Octet Original Cast Recording". Kickstarter.com. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  19. ^ "Obie Awards". Obie Awards. Archived from the original on May 28, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  20. ^ "Author biography page". Samuel French. New York.
  21. ^ "2017 American Ingenuity Award Winners". Smithsonian. Archived from the original on June 28, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
  22. ^ Clement, Olivia; Meyer, Dan (April 14, 2020). "Playwrights Horizons Leads 2020 Lucille Lortel Award Nominations With Strange Loop and Heroes of the Fourth Turning". Playbill. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  23. ^ "PBreaking: 2020 Drama Desk Awards Nominations- The Full List!". Broadway World. April 21, 2020. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  24. ^ BWW News Desk. "Breaking News: Drama League Announces 2020 Nominations". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  25. ^ "2020 Obie Awards". obieawards.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.

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