Kevin B. Winebold


Kevin Brian Winebold

Kevin B. Winebold
Born June 17, 1979
Elmira, New York
Occupation Music director, actor
Years active 2006–present
Website
kevinbwinebold.com

Kevin B. Winebold (born June 17, 1979) is a New York music director and actor.

Winebold has musically directed productions of Kiss Me, Kate, The Irish… and How They Got That Way, and The Threepenny Opera. Often cast as a piano player, Winebold has starred in the television shows On the Case with Paula Zahn and Celebrity Ghost Stories, and in the films The Letter and Vengeance.

Early career

Kevin Brian Winebold was born June 17, 1979, in Elmira, New York. He graduated from Southside High School in 1997, and then studied at Ithaca College and obtained his bachelor's in theater at Elmira College in 2004.[1] Winebold's senior thesis was on the playwright Terrence McNally, whose play Master Class Winebold later starred in.[2] Native to Pine City, New York, Winebold practiced musical theater in Ireland, Japan, and Korea before returning home.[1]

Theatre

In 2006, Winebold was musical director at Lakes Region Summer Theatre. He was nominated for that year's Best Musical Director by the New Hampshire Theatre Awards for his work with Kiss Me, Kate.[3][4] He later became the rehearsal accompanist and an ensemble member in the Broadway concert of "Camelot" through mutual friendships with the musical director,[5] and was also featured in the Broadway concerts of "Oliver!" (including rehearsal accompaniment),[6] "Something Wonderful", and "Broadway Backwards 8".[7] He is a member of Actors' Equity Association.[8][9] He became musical director of On the Town at Jean's Playhouse in 2009.[10]

He was selected as musical director for the 2010 revival of The Irish… and How They Got That Way Off-Broadway,[11] restaged to honor the one-year anniversary of playwright Frank McCourt's death on July 19.[12][13][14] Winebold both acted in the ensemble and succeeded the late Rusty Magee, the play's musical arranger and previous music director.[15][16]

Previewed from July 14 and scheduled to run from July 22 to September 5,[12][13] the show was extended through September 26 due to enthusiastic reviews and responses.[7][9] Winebold played piano and accordion,[5][16] and also directed the ensemble,[17][18] including the use of spoons.[11]

Winebold portrayed street singer and pianist Rusk Greene in the Great Depression retrospective Southern Crossroads at the Totem Pole Playhouse in Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, in August 2011,[19][20] and was music director for Little Women at Long Island's Secret Theatre in December 2011.[21] He also appeared in Disney's High School Musical at the Interlakes Auditorium in Meredith, New Hampshire, for the Interlakes Summer Theatre, a professional summer stock theatre.[22] He returned to the Interlakes Theatre to direct music there for Always, Patsy Cline, November 19–20, 2011, and reprised the show at the Concord City Auditorium, April 21–22, 2012.[22][23] As the show's conductor, he led a six-piece live band, and performed his own accompaniment on piano.[22]

At the Off-Broadway Marvell Repertory Theatre in 2012, Winebold served as musical director of The Threepenny Opera,[24] nominated for Outstanding Revival of a Musical by the Drama Desk Awards,[25][26] a category that included several Broadway productions as well.[27] Winebold also starred as ensemble member Jimmy Jr. in the popular play by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill.[24]

He then portrayed Maria Callas's awe-struck accompanist "Manny", in Master Class by Terrence McNally, at the Musical Theatre of Connecticut in 2013,[28][29][30] based on recordings of Callas's select Juilliard classes in 1971 and 1972.[31] Winebold starred in the Off-Broadway protest musical The Bonus Army in September 2013.[8] He has also performed in Off-Broadway's Tin Pan Alley[7] and in Marvell Rep's production of Henry V.[20] He has served as music director for Jim Brochu's one-man show Character Man in 2013 (along with piano accompaniment),[32][33] for the May 2014 Birthright Israel Alumni Musical Cabaret,[34] and for Warp Speed: a Sci Fi Parody Musical for the Midtown International Theatre Festival, August 1–10, 2014.[35]

Film and television

Winebold starred in "The Final Act", an episode of Investigation Discovery's documentary Fatal Encounters portraying Charles Yukl, a musical director and piano bar player, regarded as a sociopath. It was broadcast in January 2014.[1]

Winebold specializes in portraying serial killers[36] and has had several such true crime reenactment roles for the same network.[37] For the eighth season of On the Case with Paula Zahn in 2013, he starred as Chris Lang in "Nine Days of Terror"[38] and Gerald Powers in "A Fateful Decision".[39] His other appearances include the shows Celebrity Ghost Stories[40] and Funny or Die Presents, as well as TV commercials for Canon Inc. and other brands.[40]

He starred in Oded Naaman's thesis film When Sunny Gets Blue in 2013, a jazz pianist's "quirky journey with odd characters" created for the 26th Columbia University Film Festival.[41] He portrayed Sam in Karen Goldfarb's Casablanca parody short, Here's Lookin' at You, Kid, which world-premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[42][43] He also had roles in the films The Letter, with Winona Ryder (2012), and Vengeance (2013).[43]

Music

As a member of Essential Voices USA Winebold performed at six concerts at Carnegie Hall, and at NBC's Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting, and was accompanist for the 2011 First Presbyterian Church at Throggs Neck Christmas concert.[44] He was the associate conductor for the national tours of "The Wedding Singer" and "Footloose", and conductor for the tour of "All Shook Up".[6][7][45]

He is a member of Associated Musicians of Greater New York (American Federation of Musicians Local 802).[5] His weekly column "The Audition Playlist" (2012–2013) for Theatre Music Directors,[46] advising singers on audition selections and etiquette,[47] was cited as a resource for such wisdom by the U.K.-accredited VIDLA (Vocalist International Distance Learning Academy).[48] He is also an administrative assistant with the New York Pops.[49]

In addition to acting and musical direction, Winebold currently serves as accompanist and vocal coach in New York City,[1] and aspires to play in a Broadway orchestra pit.[5] He is also a tap dancer with Julie Rubin's Ya'el Tap Dance Company.[40]

Reception

Winebold's direction of The Irish… and How They Got That Way was reviewed positively as providing "comic flair" during "No Irish Need Apply",[9] a "letter-perfect job" while directing various instruments,[11] and "a rich tapestry of song and speech".[14] Reviewer David Finkle stated that "the revered ditties are robustly accompanied by music director Kevin B. Winebold."[17] The Irish Examiner said, "It's just brilliant and it never stops for a minute. The music and the singing is superb and well done."[50]

Simon Saltzman stated that Winebold musically directed "the best The Threepenny Opera I've seen ever .... It was Bertolt Brecht's birthday. What a treat to have the score played so expertly and with such gusto by seven superb musicians. In addition, and not incidentally, it was wonderful to hear so much excellent singing without electronic enhancement."[24]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Staff (23 Jan 2013). "Neighbors: Pine City man was a piano-playing sociopath ... on TV". The Journal News (Gannett). Retrieved 18 May 2014. Reprinted in "Neighbors: Pine City man was a piano-playing sociopath ... on TV". Democrat and Chronicle (Gannett). 23 Jan 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  2. ↑ MTC MainStage (1 Nov 2013). "Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage presents Terrence McNally's 'Master Class' in Westport". Music Theatre of Connecticut. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  3. ↑ NHTA Staff (2007). "5th Annual NH Theatre Awards Top 5 Professional Finalists". New Hampshire Theatre Awards. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  4. ↑ NHTA Staff (2003). "History of NH Theatre Awards". New Hampshire Theatre Awards. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Associated Musicians of Greater New York (November 2011). "Why we joined the union". Allegro 111 (11). Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 PianoAccompanists.com (2014). "Profile: Kevin B. Winebold". Orpheus Media. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 BWW News Desk (11 Aug 2010). "Irish Rep Extends 'The Irish… and How They Got That Way' Thru 9/26". Broadway World. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "The Bonus Army". Best of Off-Broadway. 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2014. |chapter= ignored (help)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Propst, Andy (22 Jul 2010). "'The Irish… and How They Got That Way' at the Irish Repertory Theatre". Back Stage. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "On the Town". Jean's Playhouse. 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2014. |chapter= ignored (help)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Hollander, Judd (27 Jul 2010). "'The Irish… and How They Got That Way': Quite entertaining". Theatre. The Epoch Times. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Webster, Andy (5 Aug 2010). "'The Irish… and How They Got That Way': Tale of Immigrant Tribe Viewed in Emerald Lens". Theater Review. New York Times. p. C2. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Gans, Andrew (22 Jul 2010). "Irish Rep Revival of 'The Irish… and How They Got That Way' Opens July 22". U.S./Canada. Playbill (Playbill, Inc.). Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Cote, David (27 Jul 2010). "Time Out Theater Review: 'The Irish… and How They Got That Way'". Theater Reviews. NY1 (Time Warner Cable News). Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  15. ↑ Lucille Lortel Foundation (2 Oct 1997). "'The Irish… and How They Got That Way': Irish Repertory Theatre". Lortel Archives. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Lucille Lortel Foundation (26 Sep 2010). "'The Irish… and How They Got That Way': Irish Repertory Theatre". Lortel Archives. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Finkle, David (22 Jul 2010). "'The Irish… and How They Got That Way': The Irish Repertory Theatre offers a lively revival of Frank McCourt's tune-filled show". Theater Mania (New York City). Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  18. ↑ Farrar, Jennifer (1 Aug 2010). "'The Irish… and How They Got That Way' is pure enjoyment". Arts. Dallas Morning News (New York City: Associated Press). Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  19. ↑ O'Donnell, Gloria (12 August 2011). "REVIEW: Totem Pole Playhouse musical is nostalgic good time". Public Opinion. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Kevin B. Winebold". Back Stage. 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  21. ↑ "Little Women". The Secret Theatre. 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Lakes Region News Club (11 November 2011). "Patsy Cline returns to Meredith weekend of Nov. 19–20". The Laconia Daily Sun. Laconia, New Hampshire. p. 17. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  23. ↑ Hippo Press (12–18 April 2012). "On stage: For now, Patsy Cline" (PDF). The Hippo. Manchester, New Hampshire. p. 26. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Saltzman, Simon (2012). "A CurtainUp Review: 'The Threepenny Opera'". Curtain Up (Elyse Sommer). Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  25. ↑ Staff (2012). "2012 DRAMA DESK NOMINEES AND WINNERS". Drama Desk Awards. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  26. ↑ Marvell Repertory Theatre (2014). "About". Retrieved 27 June 2014. Marvell Rep, Drama Desk Award nominee for Best Revival of A Musical for its celebrated production of The Threepenny Opera, is New York’s only professional theatre ... devoted exclusively to producing new and enduring works in rotating repertory.
  27. ↑ Marvell Repertory Theatre (2014). "History". Retrieved 18 May 2014. Off-Broadway and regional theatre veterans [include] Kevin Winebold ....
  28. ↑ Goldberg, Bonnie (11 Nov 2013). "Take a 'Master Class' with Callas". Arts & Entertainment. fairfield.patch.com (Planck LLC). Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  29. ↑ Danihy, Geary (2 Nov 2013). "A commanding performance rules 'Master Class' at Westport's MTC". Review. Westport News (Hearst Media Services Connecticut, LLC). Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  30. ↑ Rosenberg, David (6 Nov 2013). "Music Theatre presents 'Master Class' in Westport". Theater Critic. The Hour (Norwalk, Connecticut: The Hour Publishing Company). Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  31. ↑ Gaylinn, Marlene S. (November 2013). "MASTER CLASS". On CT & NY Theatre (Darien Library). Retrieved 30 July 2014. |chapter= ignored (help)
  32. ↑ Haas, Peter (29 June 2013). "Jim Brochu: Character Man". Cabaret Scenes. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  33. ↑ Hanks, Stephen (12 July 2013). "Jim Brochu's CHARACTER MAN is a Triumphant, Tour de Force Tribute To Iconic Musical Theater Stars". Broadway World. Retrieved 30 July 2014. |chapter= ignored (help)
  34. ↑ "Birthright Israel Alumni Musical Cabaret". The Alumni Community. 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  35. ↑ BWW News Desk (11 June 2014). "WARP SPEED Set for MITF, 8/1–10". Broadway World. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  36. ↑ Winebold, Kevin B. (1 April 2014). "Lesson of the day: Answer Your Phone!". Big Apple, Big Dreams. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  37. ↑ Winebold, Kevin B. (8 August 2013). "Third Time's A Charm". Big Apple, Big Dreams. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  38. ↑ TVWeb (8 September 2013). "On the Case with Paula Zahn: Nine Days of Terror". Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  39. ↑ TVWeb (25 August 2013). "On the Case with Paula Zahn: A Fateful Decision". Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 Rubin, Julie (2014). "Dancer Biographies". Ya'el Tap Dance Company. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  41. ↑ Columbia University Film Festival 2013 (4 May 2013). "When Sunny Gets Blue". Columbia University School of the Arts. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  42. ↑ Festival de Cannes (2014). "Here's Lookin' at You, Kid". Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 Rodriguez, Caterina M. (2014). "Here's Lookin' at You, Kid: Written & Directed by Karen Goldfarb". Cloud 21. pp. 5, 8. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  44. ↑ News Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. (8–14 December 2011). "Lunchtime concerts at Hutch Metro" (PDF). Bronx Times-Reporter 31 (49). p. 32. Retrieved 3 July 2014. |chapter= ignored (help)
  45. ↑ "Thanks to the New York Pops and to Essential Voices U.S.A. for the Salute to Marvin Hamlisch". MarvinHamlisch.us. 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  46. ↑ Theatre Music Directors (12 August 2013). "Theatre Music Directors: The central hub for MDs". Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  47. ↑ Theatre Music Directors (12 August 2013). "Audition Playlists". Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  48. ↑ VIDLA Team (10 January 2014). "Auditioning with Sondheim? That's a no-no, yes?". Vocalist International Distance Learning Academy.
  49. ↑ "Contact Us: Administration". New York Pops. 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  50. ↑ Irish Examiner USA (27 July 2010). The Irish Examiner http://www.irishexaminerusa.com/mt/2010/07/27/out_about_131.html. Retrieved 30 July 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help); |chapter= ignored (help)

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