- David Loud
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David Loud Born November 28, 1961
Cincinnati, OhioEducation North Country School
Phillips Exeter AcademyAlma mater Yale University Occupation music supervisor, music director, conductor, vocal and dance arranger, pianist and actor Known for Works with Kander and Ebb and Stephen Sondheim Notable works Sondheim on Sondheim, Ragtime, Steel Pier, The Scottsboro Boys,[1] And the World Goes 'Round, Curtains Influenced by Stephen Sondheim[2][3] David Loud (born November 28, 1961, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American music supervisor, music director, conductor, vocal and dance arranger, pianist and actor. He is best known for his collaborations with and interpretations of the music of both Kander and Ebb and Stephen Sondheim.
Biography
Loud recalls being musically talented at a young age:
- "I started as a pianist at six years old. I always played piano, and I started music directing shows in seventh grade. We did Gilbert & Sullivan shows that I would teach everyone the parts for and force everyone to sing. I used to save up all my money and come to New York, sleep on my grandmother's couch, see eight shows in a week, and go to Sardi's at the end of the week. She was a real theatre nut too."[4]
He attended North Country School in Lake Placid, New York, and Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, and received a degree in music from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
It was during his years at Yale that Loud auditioned for and was cast in Sondheim’s 1981 original Broadway production of Merrily We Roll Along as Ted, the onstage pianist. The production played 16 performances before closing and Loud returned to Yale to finish his degree.[5] Returning to New York in 1984, he was cast as the Narrator/Pianist in a production of Billy Bishop Goes to War, starring then-actor Scott Ellis. His association with Ellis led to many of his subsequent collaborations.
Loud occupies a unique place in Broadway history, originating three roles as an actor, and also serving as conductor, music director or vocal arranger for many other musicals. Highlights of his music directing career include the hit Off-Broadway production of And the World Goes 'Round,[6] the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of She Loves Me, the world premieres of The Visit and First You Dream, and the original Broadway productions of Ragtime, Sondheim on Sondheim,[7] Steel Pier, Curtains, and The Scottsboro Boys.[8]
His arrangements have been heard at Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl, The Kennedy Center, and at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts' Allen Room. Loud has also enjoyed a long professional relationship with Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley, whose evening of duets, "Opposite You," he created. They have performed it at Feinstein's, Joe's Pub, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts' Kaplan Penthouse, and around the country. The album was recorded by PS Classics.
References
- ^ Gerard, Jeremy (March 9, 2010), ‘Scottsboro’ Turns Nightmare Into ‘Chicago’ Style Show: Review, Bloomberg, http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aebrqaCMM9r4
- ^ "Interview with the Music Director: David Loud", Roundabout Theatre Company's UPSTAGE Sondheim on Sondheim, Spring 2010, http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/upstage/sos_Loud.pdf
- ^ Haun, Harry (April 23, 2010), PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: 'Sondheim on Sondheim' - All About Steve, http://www.playbill.com/features/article/139008-PLAYBILL-ON-OPENING-NIGHT-Sondheim-on-Sondheim-All-About-Steve
- ^ "Interview with the Music Director: David Loud", Roundabout Theatre Company's UPSTAGE Sondheim on Sondheim, Spring 2010, http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/upstage/sos_Loud.pdf
- ^ Brewer, Micah-Shane (July 1, 2010), "For the first time - again", The Sondheim Review
- ^ Rich, Frank (March 19, 1991), Review/Theater; All the Best of Kander and Ebb, The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/19/theater/review-theater-all-the-best-of-kander-and-ebb.html?scp=1&sq=review/theatre;%20all%20the%20best%20of%20kander%20and%20ebb&st=cse
- ^ McNulty, Charles (April 22, 2010), Theater review: 'Sondheim on Sondheim' at Studio 54, Los Angeles Times, http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/04/theater-review-sondheim-on-sondheim-at-studio-54.html
- ^ "The Scottsboro Boys Sets Dates at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre". Broadway.Com. http://www.broadway.com/shows/scottsboro-boys/buzz/152453/the-scottsboro-boys-sets-dates-at-broadways-lyceum-theatre/. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
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Categories:- Living people
- American pianists
- American conductors (music)
- 1961 births
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