Frank Wildhorn
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'Frank Wildhorn (born circa 1958) ' is an American composer.
In 1999, Wildhorn became the first American composer in twenty two years to have three shows running simultaneously on Broadway: Jekyll & Hyde at the Plymouth Theatre, The Scarlet Pimpernel at the Minskoff, and The Civil War at the St. James Theatre.
Despite having three of his musicals running simultaneously on broadway, none of them turned a profit and, so far, Frank Wildhorn's productions have lost $20 million on broadway. [1]
Wildhorn is engaged to Brandi Burkhardt, currently in the cast of Passions in the contract role of Siren, the mysterious mermaid now living on land.
In the popular music arena, Wildhorn has worked with such artists as Stacy Lattisaw, Natalie Cole, Kenny Rogers, Trisha Yearwood, Tracy Lawrence, Trace Adkins, Patti LaBelle, Dennis DeYoung and Linda Eder, to whom he was married. His Where Do Broken Hearts Go? was an international number one hit for Whitney Houston in the late 1980s.
He was named Creative Director of Atlantic Theatre, a division of Atlantic Records which specializes in developing new American musical works and their potential stars while strengthening the relationship between commercial theatre and the music industry.
In 2005, he co-founded *GlobalVision Records with long-time collaborator Jeremy Roberts. GlobalVision releases include a new concept recording of Dracula, and a new studio recording of Jekyll & Hyde: Resurrection
He is also the first Broadway musician to work with the Takarazuka Revue on a Grand Theatre Musical (Cosmos Troupe's production of Never Say Goodbye)
[edit] The Civil War
The Civil War is a country-rock concept album featuring the voices of Hootie & The Blowfish, Amy Grant, Travis Tritt, Patti LaBelle, Trisha Yearwood and others.
It was originally written to be a stage musical premiering on Broadway in 1999, in which it opened on April 22, 1999. The show closed, after 61 performances and 35 previews, on June 13, 1999, one week after the Tony Awards. It was nominated for Best Musical, and Best Original Score, losing both.
[edit] Works
- Jekyll & Hyde (1990) - Broke Plymouth Theater Record For Most Performances
- Svengali (1991)
- Victor/Victoria (1995)
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1997) - Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Music
- The Civil War (1998) - Tony Nomination for Best Original Score and Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Music
- Camille Claudel (2003)
- Dracula, the Musical (2004)
- Rudolf (2006)
- Never Say Goodbye (2006)
- Alice- (2008) In process. Based on the story of Alice in Wonderland. Workshopped at the Broadway Theater Project.
- The Count of Monte-Cristo(2009) - lyrics by: Jack Murphy
- Waiting For The Moon (2009) - lyrics by: Jack Murphy
[edit] External links
- Frank Wildhorn - Official Website
- Frank Wildhorn at the Internet Broadway Database
- Frank Wildhorn - GlobalVision Records Website
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