{{Short description|American composer}} '''Steve Orich''' aka Steven Oirich (born October 20, 1954, in Valley Stream, New York) is a composer, orchestrator and musical director.
==Professional work== Steve Orich was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations in 2006 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/craft.html|title=The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards|website=tonyawards.com}}</ref> for his work on ''Jersey Boys''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.curtainup.com/jerseyboys.html|title=Jersey Boys, a CurtainUp review|last=Loveridge|first=Lizzie|website=curtainup.com|access-date=2018-06-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title =Tony award nominations feature 'Purple' and 'Lieutenant of Injshmore': [Third Edition]|website =St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=17 May 2006|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/403007337|id ={{ProQuest|403007337}}|via=ProQuest}}</ref> which won the Tony Award for Best Musical on Broadway. The album also won the 2006 Grammy Award.<ref name=examiner>{{cite web|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/442932358|title=Music director instrumental in 'Jersey Boys' success |last=Cary|first= Emily|website= Washington Examiner|date=29 November 2009|id={{ProQuest|442932358}} |via=ProQuest}}</ref> He has written orchestrations for such shows as ''The Cher Show'', ''Priscilla Queen of the Desert'', ''Paint Your Wagon'', ''110 in the Shade'' and Cole Porter's ''You Never Know'' and ''Can-Can'' at the Pasadena Playhouse and the Paper Mill Playhouse as well as Stephen Schwartz's ''Snapshots''.
As a composer, he has scored television series and specials including ACE Award-winning documentaries ''Mo' Funny'' for HBO and ''All About Bette Davis'' for TNT, ''Bob Hope . . . Laughing with the Presidents'' for NBC, and the PBS/Lifetime documentary ''Jackie Onassis: An Intimate Portrait''. Other television shows he has worked on include ''A Very Brady Christmas'', ''The Bradys'', ''Mucha Lucha'', and ''I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special''. He is also an occasional arranger for ''American Idol''.
He has orchestrated and conducted albums for artists including Helen Reddy, Judy Kaye, Debbie Gravitte, Petula Clark and Deborah Gibson.<ref name=examiner/> At the Pasadena Playhouse, he has conducted productions of ''110 in the Shade'', ''Do I Hear a Waltz?'' in 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/282307183|title='Waltz' takes welcome turn at Pasadena playhouse: [valley Edition]|first=Evan |last=Henerson|website= Daily News|date=19 July 2001|id={{ProQuest|282307183}} |via=ProQuest}}</ref> and ''A Class Act'', as well as the International Tour of ''A Class Act'' in Tokyo. Recently, he orchestrated and conducted Michael Feinstein's ''Great American Songbook'' at the Mark Taper Forum and was Vocal Director for Leonard Bernstein's ''Mass'' at the Hollywood Bowl. He orchestrated Tommy Tune's new musical, ''Turn of the Century'' at the Goodman Theatre (Chicago), ''Noah Racey's Pulse'', ''Josephine'' and ''Beatsville'' at the Asolo Repertory Theatre. He also wrote new orchestrations for ''Camelot'' which has had productions around the world. Most recently, he was Music Supervisor, Arranger and Orchestrator for ''Romeo and Bernadette.''
His orchestrations have been performed by the Boston Pops, at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the White House.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.steveorich.com/|title=Steve Orich - orchestrator, composer, musical director - official website|website=steveorich.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-06}}</ref>
==Stage== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" |Venue |- |1977 |''New York City Street Show'' |Composer |Regional — The Actors' Playhouse |- |1978 |''Approaching Zero'' |Composer (credited as Steven Oirich) |Regional — La MaMa E.T.C. |- |1979 |''Potholes'' |Music Director |Off-Broadway — Cherry Lane Theatre |- |rowspan=2|1982 |''Snoopy, The Musical'' |Replacement Music Director |Off-Broadway — The Lamb's Theatre |- |''You Never Know (musical)'' |Music Supervision, Orchestrations, and Arrangements |Regional — Goodspeed Opera House |- |1991 |''You Never Know (musical)'' |Music Supervision, Orchestrations, and Arrangements |Regional — Pasadena Playhouse |- |1992 |''David's Mother''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/281849876|title=Stage review: All is relative in a bittersweet 'David's Mother' in Pasadena. The Bob Randall comedy is built around familial havoc raised by the presence of a retarded child|last=Drake |first=Sylvie|website=Los Angeles Times|date=22 September 1992|id={{ProQuest|281849876}} |via=ProQuest}}</ref> |Composer |Regional — Pasadena Playhouse |- |1998 |''Dogmusic'' (world premiere) |Additional Orchestrations |Regional — Theatre West |- |1999 |''Both Barrels'' |Orchestrations, Music Director |Regional — Goodspeed Musicals at The Norma Terris Theatre |- |1999 |''A Good Swift Kick'' |Musical Supervisor, Orchestrations |Off-Broadway — Variety Arts Theatre |- |rowspan=2|2001 |''Do I Hear A Waltz?'' |Music Director |Regional — Pasadena Playhouse |- |''You Never Know'' |Musical Arrangements and Orchestrations |Regional — McGaw YMCA Childcare Center Auditorium |- |rowspan=2|2002 |''A Class Act'' |Music Director |Regional — Pasadena Playhouse |- |''Actor, Lawyer, Indian Chief'' |Music Supervisor and Orchestrations |Regional — Goodspeed Musicals at The Norma Terris Theatre |- |rowspan=2|2004 |''Jersey Boys'' |Orchestrations |Regional — La Jolla Playhouse Mandell Weiss Forum |- |''Paint Your Wagon'' |Conductor, Music Director, Musical Arrangements, Orchestrations, Keyboards, Concertina |Regional — Geffen Playhouse Main Stage |- |2005–2017 |''Jersey Boys'' |Orchestrations |Broadway — August Wilson Theatre |- |2007 |rowspan=2|''Snapshots'' |rowspan=2|Orchestrations |Regional — The Loft Theatre |- |2008 |Regional — Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts |- |2008–2010 |''Jersey Boys'' |Orchestrations |Regional — Toronto Centre for the Arts |- |2008 |''Turn of the Century'' (world premiere) |Orchestrations |Regional — Goodman Theatre (Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre) |- |2009 |''You Never Know'' (concert staging) |Additional Musical Arrangements |Off-Broadway — McGinn/Cazale Theatre |- |2010 |''A Christmas Memory'' |Orchestrations |Regional — The Lucie Stern Theatre |- |2010 |''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' |Music Director |Regional — Freud Playhouse at UCLA |- |2011 |''Gigi'' |Music Director |Regional — Freud Playhouse at UCLA |- |2011 |''Snapshots'' |Orchestrations, Music Director |Regional — North Shore Center for the Performing Arts |- |2013 |''Pulse'' |Orchestrations |Regional — The Mertz Theatre |- |2013 |''Snapshots'' |Musical Arrangements and Orchestrations |Regional — Goodspeed Musicals at The Norma Terris Theatre |- |2014 |''Can-Can'' |Music Director / Conductor |Regional — Paper Mill Playhouse |- |2014–2015 |''A Christmas Memory'' |Orchestrations |Off-Broadway — DR2 Theatre |- |2014 |''Camelot'' |Music Director, Orchestrations |Regional — Two River Theater Company Joan and Robert Rechnitz Theater |- |2015–2016 |''Snapshots'' |Orchestrations and Arrangements |Regional — Francis J. Gaudette Theatre; Everett Performing Arts Center; Temple of Music and Art Alice Holsclaw Theatre; and others |- |2016 |''Josephine'' |Music Supervision, Orchestrations, and Arrangements |Regional — The Mertz Theatre |- |2016 |''West Side Story'' |Music Director |Regional — Paper Mill Playhouse |- |2016 |''Camelot'' |Orchestrations |Regional — Westport Country Playhouse |- |2017 |''Beatsville'' |Orchestrations |Regional — Historic Asolo Theatre |- |rowspan=2|2017 |''Ragtime'' |Music Director, Orchestrations |Regional — 5th Avenue Theatre; The Mertz Theatre |- |''Jersey Boys'' |Orchestrations |Off-Broadway — New World Stages |- |2018 |''The Cher Show'' |Orchestrations |Broadway — Neil Simon Theatre |- |2018 |''The Music Man'' |Additional Arrangements, Music Director |Regional — The Mertz Theatre |- |2020 |''Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn'' |Musical Supervision, Arrangements, Orchestrations |Regional — A.R.T./New York Theatres |- |2021 |roespan=2|''Camelot'' |Concert Staging |Regional — Asolo Repertory Theatre Terrace Stage |- |2021 |New Orchestrations |Regional — MusicalFare Theatre |- |2021 |''A Turtle On A Fence Post'' |Musical Arrangements and Orchestrations |Regional — Theater 555 |- |rowspan=2|2021 |''Jersey Boys'' |Orchestrations |UK and Ireland Tour |- |''Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn'' |Musical Supervision and Arrangements, Orchestrations |Regional — Theater 555 |- |2022 |''Camelot'' |Orchestrations / Arrangements |Regional — The Muny |}
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==External links== * [http://www.steveorich.com Official website]
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