BRUCE COUGHLIN
New York, NY
Click here to send me a message
Representation:
Jason Baruch at Sendroff & Baruch NYC
212-840-6400
Jason's Contact info
About Me: Bio and Resumé
Bio
Bruce Coughlin was orchestrator and arranger for the Metallica mega-concert S&M2 with the San Francisco Symphony at the new Chase Center in SF. He supplemented the legendary Michael Kamen orchestrations from the 1999 concert with six new orchestrations of songs from the past 20 years along with a new orchestration of Master of Puppets and a revision of the 1999 Enter Sandman chart.
He has created the orchestrations for over 100 shows, on Broadway and off, including How to Dance in Ohio, War Paint , Amélie, Dolly Parton's 9 To 5, Giant, and Grey Gardens. He co-orchestrated The Light in the Piazza, orchestrated the memorable Floyd Collins, the Broadway hit Urinetown and the Grammy Award-winning revival of Annie Get Your Gun. Other Broadway shows include: Guys and Dolls (2009 Broadway revival), The Wild Party (LaChiusa), On the Town (1998 revival), The Sound of Music, Triumph of Love, Once Upon A Mattress and The King & I. He has also contributed orchestrations to the Broadway hits Something Rotten, On the Twentieth Century and On the Town (2014 revival). On television he was part of the orchestration team for Annie Live! on NBC in 2021.
Other credits include two recent Ahrens and Flaherty musicals (Knoxville and a revival of A Man of No Importance), The Flamingo Kid (Freedman/Frankel; dir. by Darko Tresnjak), newly expanded orchestrations for Urinetown in London (West End), the 2014 hit production of Sondheim's Assassins at the Menier Chocolate Factory (London), First Daughter Suite (Michael John LaChiusa; Public Theater (co-orchestrator)), A Room With A View (5th Ave, Seattle), Tales of the City (ACT, San Francisco) and Children of Eden (Papermill Playhouse and BMG recording). He co-orchestrated Miss Baltimore Crabs from Hairspray (the movie) with Marc Shaiman. In the opera world he has co-orchestrated (with the composer) six operas by Ricky Ian Gordon including The Grapes of Wrath and 27.
Bruce was principal arranger for the Disney epic Fantasia 2000 and has worked with singers such as Darren Criss, Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Patti LuPone, Renée Fleming, Nadine Sierra, Darius de Haas, and others. He has won a TONY award, Drama Desk award and an OBIE. He has also received two additional TONY nominations and ten additional Drama Desk nominations.
Coming up: a revival of Once Upon A Mattress (Broadway, summer 2024), This House (opera by Ricky Ian Gordon with libretto by Lynne Nottage and Ruby Gerber) (2025), and a revival of Floyd Collins by Adam Guettel and Tina Landau (Broadway, 2025).
Resumé
Orchestrations and Arrangements:
| FILM | ||
| Hairspray ("Miss Baltimore Crabs") |
New Line Pictures | co-orchestration with Marc Shaiman, composer. |
| Fantasia 2000 | Disney Feature Animation | Chicago Sym; James Levine, conductor |
| TV | ||
| Annie Live! | NBC TV | We Got Annie, NYC, Hard Knock Life, Easy Street, others |
| Hairspray (Live) | NBC TV | Miss Baltimore Crabs, Velma's Revenge |
| The Wiz | NBC TV | Additional Orchestrations |
| Wonder Pets "Save Humpty Dumpty" | NickJr. | Martin Erskine, composer. |
| BROADWAY | ||
| How to Dance in Ohio | Belasco Theater | Melocik/Yandura Cannold, dir. |
| War Paint | Nederlander Theatre | Frankel/Korie/Wright Greif, dir. |
| Amélie | Walter Kerr Theater | Messé/Tysen/Lucas McKinnon, dir. |
| Something Rotten | 1 song ("Right Hand Man") | Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick |
| On the 20th Century | Additional Orchestrations: "Five Zeros", "Because of Her", "Our Private World", "Max Jacobs" | Roundabout Theater |
| On The Town | Additonal Orchestration "Gabie's Comin'" | Bernstein, Comden and Green |
| Big Fish | Additional Orchestations: "Red, White and True", "Closer To Her", scene changes. | Andrew Lippa; Susan Stroman, dir. |
| Scandalous | Neil Simon | Gifford, Friedman, Pomeranz |
| 9 to 5 | Marquis Theater | Dolly Parton |
| Guys and Dolls | Niederlander Theater | Des McAnuff, dir |
| Grey Gardens | Walter Kerr Theater | Doug Wright, Scott Frankel, Michael Korie |
| Lestat | (additional orchestrations) | Elton John |
| The Light in the Piazza | (additional orchestrations) | Adam Guettel |
| Gypsy | (additional orchestrations) | Styne/Sondheim/Laurents |
| Urinetown | Hollmann, Kotis | |
| The Wild Party | Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe | |
| Annie Get Your Gun | Marquis Theater (Bernadette Peters) | Graciela Daniele, dir. |
| On the Town | NY Shakespeare Festival | Bernstein, Comden and Green; George C. Wolfe, dir. |
| The Sound of Music | ('98 Drama Desk Nominee: Best Orchestrations) | |
| Triumph of Love | Jeffrey Stock | |
| Once Upon A Mattress | Mary Rodgers/Marshall Barer | |
| The King and I | 1996 Revival | Rodgers and Hammerstein |
| Is There Life After High School? | Musical Dir and Orchestrator | Craig Carnelia/Jeffrey Kindley |
| OFF-BROADWAY AND REGIONAL | ||
| Billy Strayhorn: Something to Live For | Pittsburgh Public Theater | Strayhorn/Ellington/Zellers/Gash Kent Gash, dir. |
| Going' Hollywood | WaterTower Theater, Dallas | Kole/Krane Gabariel Barre, dir. |
| A Man of No Importance | Classic Stage Company | Flaherty/Ahrens/McNally John Doyle, dir. |
| Knoxville | Asolo Rep | Flaherty/Ahrens/Galati |
| A Hero's Tale | Fredericia Teater, Denmark | Bacon/Nielsen/Blair |
| The Flamingo Kid | Hartford Stage | Freedman/Frankel |
| Urinetown (expanded orchestration!) | Fredericia Teater, Denmark | Kotis/Holmann |
| The Rivals | Bristol Riverside Theater | Weiner/Kellogg |
| Ordinary Days | Clurman Theater NYC | Adam Gwon |
| Ella Es Colombia | Bogotá, Colombia | MISI Productions |
| The Royal Family of Broadway | Barrington Stage | William Finn, Rachel Sheinkin |
| 30 Años de Navidad | Bogotá, Colombia | MISI Productions |
| The Trouble With Doug | Fredericia Teater, Denmark (Søren Møller, artistic dir.) |
Aronson/Maté Victoria Clark, dir. |
| Legendale | Fredericia Teater, Denmark (Søren Møller, artistic dir.) |
Daly/Bienstock Simpkins, dir. |
| Amélie | Ahmanson Theater, LA | Messé, Tysen, Lucas |
| October Sky | The Old Globe | Mahler, Hill & Thielen |
| War Paint | Goodman Theatre, Chicago | Frankel, Korie, Wright Michael Greif, dir. |
| Rain | The Old Globe | Michael John LaChiusa |
| First Daughter Suite | Public Theater (co-orchestration with Michael Starobin) | Michael John LaChiusa |
| Amélie | Berkeley Rep | Messé, Tysen, Lucas |
| Sense and Sensibility | Chicago Shakespeare Theater (co-orchestration with Larry Hochman) | Paul Gordon |
| Bleeding Love | Fredericia Teater, Denmark | Jason Schafer, Arthur Bacon, Harris Doran |
| The Sandman (Ole Lukøje) |
Fredericia Teater, Denmark | Richard Oberacker, Rob Taylor |
| Assassins (London) | The Chocolate Factory, London | Sondheim/Weidman; Jamie Lloyd, dir. |
| Urinetown (West End, London) | newly expanded orchestrations | Hollman/Kotis; Jamie Lloyd, dir. |
| Elmer Gantry | Signature Theater, VA | Mel Marvin, Bob Satuloff; Eric Schaeffer, dir. |
| A Room With A View | 5th Ave Theater, Seattle | Jeffrey Stock, Marc Acito. David Armstrong, dir. |
| A Second Chance | Public Theater | Ted Shen, composer |
| Esaura | Fredericia Teater, Denmark | John Bucchino, music and lyrics; Mads Æbeløe Nielsen, book and Danish lyric translation. |
| Far From Heaven | Playwrights Horizons | Korie/Frankel; Michael Greif, dir. |
| Giant | Public Theater | Pearson/LaChiusa; Michael Greif, dir. |
| Finding Neverland | The Curve, Leicester, UK | Korie/Frankel; Rob Ashford, dir. |
| Los Otros | Mark Taper Forum | LaChiusa/Fitzhugh; Graciela Daniele, dir. |
| Cloudlands | South Coast Rep, CA | Adam Gwon |
| Room With A View | Old Globe, San Diego | Jeffrey Stock, Mark Acito; Scott Schwartz, dir. |
| Giant | Dallas Center Theater | LaChiusa; Michael Greif, dir. |
| Tales of the City | ACT, San Francisco | Shears, Garden, Whitty. dir by Jason Moore |
| Dangerous Beauty | Pasadena Playhouse | Brourman, McBroom |
| Johnny Baseball | A.R.T. Cambridge | Dresser/Reale/Reale, dir. by Diane Paulus |
| Sycamore Trees | Signature Theater | Ricky Ian Gordon |
| The Burnt Part Boys | Playwright's Horizons | Chris Miller/Nathan Tysen |
| Pop! | Yale Rep | Anna K. Jacobs, Maggie-Kate Coleman |
| Giant | Signature Theatre | Michael John LaChiusa |
| Happiness | Lincoln Center Theater | Scott Frankel, Michael Korie. Susan Stroman, dir. |
| 9 To 5 | Ahmanson Theater, LA | Dolly Parton |
| Unlock'd | NYMF Festival | Derek Gregor, Sam Carner |
| The Witches of Eastwick | Signature Theatre, VA | Dana Rowe, John Dempsey. Eric Schaeffer, dir. |
| Saving Aimee | Signature Theatre, VA | David Friedman, David Pomeranz, Kathy Lee Gifford. Eric Schaeffer, dir. |
| Mother Courage (starring Meryl Streep) | Shakespeare in the Park | Jeanine Tesori, Tony Kushner, George C. Wolfe |
| Grey Gardens | Playwrights Horizons | Doug Wright, Scott Frankel, Michael Korie |
| See What I Wanna See | The Public Theater | Michael John LaChiusa |
| Princesses | 5th Ave Theater, Seattle | Matthew Wilder, David Zippel |
| R Shomon | Williamstown | Michael John LaChiusa |
| Heartland | Madison Rep/Majestic Theater (Dallas) | Kim D Sherman/Darrah Cloud |
| Embarrassments | Wilma Theater (Philadelphia) | Polly Pen, Laurence Klavan |
| The Thing About Men | Promenade Theater | Jimmy Roberts, Joe DiPietro |
| My Life With Albertine | Playwright's Horizons | Ricky Ian Gordon, Richard Nelson |
| Little Fish | Second Stage | Michael John LaChiusa |
| Dorian | Denver Center | James Mellon, Scott DeTurk |
| Myths and Hymns (new version) | Prince Music Theater Philadelphia, PA | Adam Guettel |
| Urinetown (The Musical!) | ATA Theater, 54th St | Mark Hollmann, Greg Kotis |
| The Night Governess | McCarter Theater, Princeton | Polly Pen |
| Candide | National Theatre, London | |
| The Shoulder | Long Wharf, New Haven | |
| Children of Eden | Papermill & BMG Records | Stephen Schwartz |
| Another Midsummer Night | AMTF & Goodman | |
| Applause | Papermill Playhouse | |
| The Return of Martin Guerre | Goodman Theatre, Chicago | Leslie Arden |
| Floyd Collins | Playwright's Horizons/AMTF | Adam Guettel/Tina Landau |
| ('96 OBIE award winner and Drama Desk Nominee: Best Orchestrations) | ||
| Das Barbecü | Minetta Lane Theater | Warrender/Luigs |
| States of Independence | AMTF, Philadelphia | Ricky Ian Gordon/Tina Landau |
| Casino Paradise | AMTF | William Bolcom, composer; Koch Int'l CD |
| Lunch | Pittsburgh Civil Light Opera, et al | Steve Dorff/John Bettis |
| Pal Joey (Jujamcyn production, new orchestrations) | Huntington Theatre, Boston | |
| The Book of the Night | Goodman Theatre, Chicago | LouRosen/T. Bishop |
| Romance In Hard Times | NY Shakespeare Festival | William Finn |
| OPERA | ||
| The Garden of the Finzi Continis | NY City Opera and The National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene (2021) | Ricky Ian Gordon, Michael Korie |
| Morning Star | Cincinnati Opera (June/July 2015) | Ricky Ian Gordon, William M. Hoffman |
| 27: An Opera in 5 Acts | Opera Theater of St Louis (2014) | Ricky Ian Gordon, Royce Vavrek |
| The Grapes of Wrath | Minnesota, Utah Operas (co-orchestrator) | Ricky Ian Gordon, Michael Korie |
| Rappahannock County | Virginia Arts Festival | Ricky Ian Gordon, Mark Campbell |
| SEND (who are you? i love you) | Houston Grand Opera | Michael John LaChiusa |
| Where's Dick? | Houston Grand Opera | Stewart Wallace/Michael Korie |
| CD | ||
| Audra McDonald | Nonesuch Records | |
| Kristin Chenoweth | Sony Classical | |
| Darius de Haas | PS Classics | |
| Ricky Ian Gordon | Nonesuch Records | |
| Mandy Patinkin | Nonesuch Records | |
| Craig Rubano | ||
| Immortal Beloved | Musical Consultant for soundtrack on Sony Classical (Gold Record) | London Sym; Sir Georg Solti, cond. |
| Arias and Barcarolles (Bernstein) | Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor | Deutsche Grammaphon |
| On the Town | Bernstein: Michael Tilson Thomas, London Sym Orch | Deutsche Grammaphon |
| A Little Night Music (suite) | (with Sid Ramin -- Hollywood Bowl Orch., John Mauceri, cond.) | |
| Lola | Painted Smiles Records | Claibe Richardson/ Kenward Elmslee |
| CONCERTS |
|
▪ Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony mega-concert S&M2 ▪ Bruce Hornsby Project (Michael Tilson Thomas/New World Symphony) ▪ Encores Series, The Thomashefsky Project, American Songbook Series (Lincoln Center), San Francisco Symphony, Boston Pops, Seattle Symphony |
| SINGERS |
| ▪ Audra McDonald, Darren Criss, Kristin Chenoweth, Patti LuPone, Renée Fleming, Darius de Haas, Nadine Sierra, Mandy Patinkin, Julian Fleisher, others |
| AWARDS & OTHER CREDITS |
| ▪ Tony Award (Best Orchestrations): The Light in the Piazza (co-orchestration with Ted Sperling, Adam Guettel) |
| ▪ Tony Nomination: Grey Gardens and Urinetown |
| ▪ Drama Desk Award (Outstanding Orchestrations): The Light in the Piazza. |
| ▪ Drama Desk Nomination: War Paint, First Daughter Suite, Giant, 9 to 5, Grey Gardens, See What I Wanna See, The Burnt Part Boys, Urinetown, The Sound of Music, Floyd Collins |
| ▪ OBIE Award: Floyd Collins |
| ▪ Obie Award judge 2014-2015 season |
| ▪ Shen Family Foundation Musical Theater Leadership Award |