Fred Barton

Fred Barton (born on October 20, 1958) is an American composer, lyricist, director, actor, singer, arranger, conductor, and pianist who made his New York debut in 1982 as co-creator-arranger-performer-pianist in the original company of the internationally acclaimed revue "Forbidden Broadway", appearing in the New York, L.A. and Boston productions for 2,000 performances, and on the cast album for DRG Records. In 1985 the show won its first Drama Desk Award and plays on into the 21st century.

Following the success of "Forbidden Broadway", Barton opened his second contribution to the cabaret field in 1985: "Miss Gulch Returns!", a one-man musical theatre piece that played in venues across the United States and featured the song "Pour Me a Man," which remains a popular cabaret song since its debut.

Barton has also produced such other off-Broadway projects as "Whoop-Dee-Do!" and "The Two Svengalis."

Fred Barton has a B.A. in Music from Harvard, and a master's degree in Film and Television Music from the University of Southern California, where he won the annual Harry Warren Award in that field. As a TV composer, he served as Associate Composer of Scholastic's hit series "The Magic Schoolbus" (starring Lily Tomlin), currently airing world-wide, and Associate Composer of the ACE-Award-winning series "Eureeka's Castle" on Nickelodeon. He also contributed music to Michael Moore's series "The Awful Truth".

He has worked in a number of capacities in composing, arranging and conducting with symphonies and orchestras.