NAME: Don Jones

BIRTH DATE/LOCATION:
1950

DEATH DATE/LOCATION:
1995


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  • 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:
    Unknown

     


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