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.

Dick Gallagher

Early life

Gallagher graduated from the Northwestern University School of Music and received a master's degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.[1]

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.[1] He was the arranger and musical director for two Lupone shows on Broadway: Matters of the Heart (2000) and Patti LuPone on Broadway (1995).[2]

Gallagher co-wrote scores for several

musicals
:

  • Have I Got a Girl for You: The Frankenstein Musical (with Joel Greenhouse and Penny Rockwell, 1986)[3]
  • 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
  • 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.[4] and wrote the music for two musicals for the theatre company TheatreWorks/USA: Gold Rush! (with David Armstrong and Mark Waldrop)[5][6] and A Christmas Carol (with David Armstrong and Mark Waldrop).[7]

He received the MAC Award, Musical Director of the year, in 2004.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Jones, Kenneth. "Dick Gallagher, Award-Winning Off-Broadway Composer and Musical Director, Dead at 49" playbill.com, January 24, 2005
  2. ^ Listing Internet Broadway Database, accessed August 16, 2013
  3. ^ Holden, Stephen. "Stage: 'The Frankenstein Musical' " The New York Times, November 2, 1986
  4. ^ Brantley, Ben. "Charles Busch Takes On a Trouser Role" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times (reprinted at www.charlesbusch.com), accessed August 16, 2013
  5. ^ Ehren, Christine. "Last Chance: 'Gold Rush!' at Theatreworks/USA Ends Aug. 7" playbill.com, August 5, 1999
  6. ^ "'Gold Rush!' program" Archived 2013-10-19 at the Wayback Machine theatreworksusa.org, 2006, accessed August 2013
  7. ^ VanGelder, Lawrence. "Theater Review. 'A Christmas Carol'" The New York Times, December 17, 2005
  8. ^ Gans, Andrew. 2004 MAC Awards Announced; Mason, Sullivan, DeRoy Among Winners" playbill.com, May 18, 2004

External links

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