Paul Gemignani

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Paul Gemignani is an American musical director with a career on Broadway and West End theatre spanning over forty years.

Career

Gemignani began his career in 1971 as a replacement musical director for

Big: the musical (1996), High Society (1998), The Frogs (2004), and 110 in the Shade (2007).[5]

Gemignani has been the Musical Director for three separate productions of Sweeney Todd, including the original Broadway and London productions (1979 - 1982), the Royal Opera House production in London (2003-2004) and the 2007 film version with Johnny Depp (music conductor and supervisor). He has been involved in most of the other presentations of Sweeney in the last twenty years.

Gemignani has recorded numerous

Royal Opera, and New York City Ballet.[5] He has conducted such films as Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Reds (1981), and Sweeney Todd (2007), as well as many television specials, including several installments of Great Performances.[6]

Awards

He was the recipient of a 1989

Lincoln Center and was the music director for the Broadway revival of Pal Joey which opened in December 2008.[7][4]

In 2010, he was inducted into the

American Theatre Hall of Fame.[8]

Gemignani served as one of two music supervisors (Michael Higham) for Disney's 2018 musical film "Mary Poppins Returns." His contribution earned him a Guild of Music Supervisors Awards nomination for Best Music Supervision for Films Budgeted Over $25 Million. The film starred Emily Blunt as the titular character and Lin-Manuel Miranda as Jack.

Personal life

He is married to actress Derin Altay.[when?] He has a son, Alexander Gemignani, from his previous marriage to Carolann Page as well as a stepson, August, from his marriage to Derin Altay. Paul Gemignani was also formerly married to Rhoda Cohan. A biography of Gemignani, GEMIGNANI: Life and Lessons from Broadway and Beyond by Margaret Hall was published in May 2022 by Applause Theatre and Cinema Books.[9]

References

  1. ^ Hutchins, Michael H. "Sondheim People". The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  2. ^ a b "Photo Coverage: Starry Tribute to Paul Gemignani". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  3. ^ Each of these won either Tony Award for Best Musical or Tony Award for Best Revival)
  4. ^ a b c "Paul Gemignani". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  5. ^ a b c "Music and Musicians: Paul Gemignani". Hollywood Bowl. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  6. ^ "Paul Gemignani". IMDb. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  7. ^ Tommasini, Anthony (May 9, 2008). "That Congenial Spot Revisited, With a World-Class Orchestra Playing Along". The New York Times (Music Review).
  8. ^ Gans, Andrew; Thomas, Peter (September 25, 2010). "EXCLUSIVE: Linda Lavin, James Lapine, Brian Dennehy Among Theater Hall of Fame Inductees". Playbill. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  9. ^ Hall, Margaret (January 2, 2021). "EXCLUSIVE: GEMIGNANI: Life and Lessons from Broadway and Beyond". Authors Website. Retrieved 2021-01-03.

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