IDENTIFICATION AND BIO:
Composer, Musical Director, Orchestrator, Arranger, Musical Supervisor
WORKS:
Unknown
CREDITS AS MUSICAL DIRECTOR/ARRANGER:
Bells Are Ringing
Book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Music by Jule Styne
Directed by Sue Lawless
Choreography by Rob Marshall
Arrangements by Don Jones and Wendy E. Bobbitt
With Lynne Wintersteller and Anthony Cummings
Produced at the Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, CT (1990)
Brownstone
A musical
Music by Peter Larson and Josh Rubins
Lyrics by Josh Rubins
Book by Josh Rubins and Andrew Cadiff
With Liz Callaway, Kimberly Farr, Ben Harney, Ernestine Jackson and Rex Smith
Directed by Andrew Cadiff, with additional musical staging by Don Bondi
Orchestrations by Harold Wheeler
Musical direction by Don Jones
Produced at the Roundabout Theatre Company, New York (1986)
Chu Chem
A musical
Music by Mitch Leigh
Book by Ted Allan
Lyrics by Jim Haines and Jack Wohl
With Mark Zeller, Emily Zacharias, Kevin Gray, Irving Burton, Alvin Lum, Zoie Lam, Timm Fujii, Chev Rodgers and Hechter Ubarry
Directed by Albert Marre
Musical and vocal direction by Don Jones
Orchestrations by Michael Gibson
Broadway run at the Ritz Theater (March 17-May 14, 1989)
Shakespeare's Cabaret
Musical entertainment with words by William Shakespeare
Concept and music by Lance Mulcahy
Directed by John Driver
Choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett
Arrangements and musical direction by Don Jones
Produced Off-Off-Broadway at the Colonnades Theater Lab
Broadway run at the Bijou Theater (January 21-March 8, 1981)
The Tap Dance Kid
Musical comedy based on the novel Nobody's Family is Going to Change by Louise Fitzhugh
Book by Charles Blackwell
Music by Henry Krieger
Lyrics by Robert Lorick
Directed by Vivian Matalon
Dances and musical staging by Danny Daniels
Musical supervision, orchestra, and vocal arrangements by Harold Wheeler
Musical and vocal virection by Don Jones
Broadway run at the Broadhurst Theater (December 21-August 1, 1985)
UNCOMPLETED WORKS:
Unknown
WRITINGS:
Unknown
DISCOGRAPHY:
no professionally released recordings
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- "'Bells Are Ringing' In Conn." by Jan Stuart, Newsday (New York), October 18, 1990.
- "Talmudic and Confucian Chaos" by John Beaufort (review of Chu Chem), Christian Science Monitor, April 17, 1989.
- "Fiddler On The Hoof, Chinese-Style" by Robert Feldberg (review of Chu Chem), The Record (Bergen, New Jersey), March 31, 1989.
- "A Musical That's Super Save For The Music" by Peter Wynne (review of Brownstone), The Record (Bergen, New Jersey), November 7, 1986.
- "Tapping Out A Dance Story At The Pantages" by Dan Sullivan (review of The Tap Dance Kid), Los Angeles Times, September 24, 1985.
- "There's Tiptop Tap-Dancing In This Stunning, Warm-Hearted New Musical Comedy" by John Beaufort (review of The Tap Dance Kid), Christian Science Monitor, January 4, 1984.
- "'Macbeth' The Hard Way: Caldwell Directs Shakespeare" by John Beaufort (review of Shakespeare's Cabaret), Christian Science Monitor, February 2, 1981.
PERFORMING RIGHTS AFFILIATION:
ASCAP
RESOURCES:
Unknown
MUSICAL EXECUTOR:
Unknown
OTHER CONTACTS:
Unknown
ARCHIVES:
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