Michael Rafter
Michael Rafter is an American arranger, musical director, musical supervisor, conductor, and musician best known for his work on Broadway and collaborations with Sutton Foster.[1][2] He was Musical Director for the 2014 Broadway revival of Violet.[3]
Awards
Rafter was awarded the 1994 Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction in the television adaption of the Stage Musical Gypsy.
Personal life
Michael Rafter was married to Tony winner Jeanine Tesori and lives in Manhattan with their child Siena [4]
Credits
Stage
- Broadway
- Violet° Musical Director (2014)
- Everyday Rapture Musical Supervisor (2010)
- Sweet Charity Broadway Revival Additional Music and Vocal Arranger (2005)
- Thoroughly Modern Millie* Conductor, Musical Director (2002-2004)
- Swing! Musical Supervisor, Music Arranger (1999-2001)
- The Sound of Music Revival Musical Director, Conductor (1998-1999)
- The King and I Revival Musical Director, Conductor (1996-1998)
- The Most Happy Fella Assistant Conductor, Piano (1992)
- Gypsy Revival Assistant Conductor, Piano (1989-1991)
- West End
- Thoroughly Modern Millie° Musical Director (2003)
- Off Broadway
- Violet° Musical Director, Conductor (1997)
- Merrily We Roll Along Musical Director (1994)
- Theda Barra and the Frontier Rabbi Musical Director (1993)
- Mandrake Musical Director (1984)
- Other Credits
- Thoroughly Modern Millie° Musical Director (2000)
- Thoroughly Modern Millie° Musical Director (1999)
° Denotes Musical composed by his wife Jeanine Tesori
Discography
- An Evening with Sutton Foster: Live at the Café Carlyle (2011)
- Wish (2008)
- Thoroughly Modern Millie Original Cast Recording (2002)
References
External links
- Michael Rafter at the Internet Broadway Database
- Michael Rafter at IMDb
- Michael Rafter on Twitter
- Listing at Broadway World
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- Peter Matz (1970)
- Dominic Frontiere (1971)
- Elliot Lawrence (1972)
- Peter Matz (1973)
- Jack Parnell, Ken & Mitzie Welch (1974)
- No Award (1975)
- Seiji Ozawa (1976)
- Ian Fraser (1977)
- Ian Fraser (1978)
- No Award (1979)
- Ian Fraser (1980)
- Ian Fraser, Chris Boardman, Billy Byers, and Bob Florence (1981)
- Bill Elton, Elliot Lawrence, Lanny Meyers, Tommy Newsom, Jonathan Tunick, and Torrie Zito (1982)
- Dick Hyman (1983)
- Ian Fraser, Chris Boardman, Billy Byers, J. Hill, and Lenny Stack (1984)
- Ian Fraser, Billy Byers, and Angela Morley (1985)
- Elliot Lawrence, James Lawrence, Lanny Meyers, Tommy Newsom, Glen Roven, Larry Schwartz, and Torrie Zito (1986)
- Buster Davis, Don Pippin, and Eric Stern (1987)
- Ian Fraser, Chris Boardman, Alexander Courage, and Angela Morley (1988)
- Ian Fraser, Chris Boardman, and J. Hill (1989)
- Ian Fraser, Billy Byers, Chris Boardman, Bob Florence, J. Hill, and Angela Morley (1990)
- Ian Fraser, Billy Byers, Chris Boardman, and J. Hill (1991)
- Bill Conti, Jack Eskew, Julie Giroux, Ashley Irwin, and Hummie Mann (1992)
- Ian Fraser (1993)
- Michael Rafter (1994)
- Marvin Hamlisch (1995)
- Glen Roven (1996)
- Mark Watters (1997)
- Bill Conti (1998)
- Mark Adler (1999)
- Paul Bogaev (2000)
- Marvin Hamlisch (2001)
- Mark Watters (2002)
- Bill Conti (2003)
- Harry Connick Jr. (2004)
- Michael Kosarin (2005)
- Paul Gemignani (2006)
- William Ross (2007)
- Steve Jordan and Mark Watters (2008)
- William Ross (2009)
- Dave Pierce (2010)
- Harry Connick Jr. (2011)
- Rob Berman and Rob Mathes (2012)
- Elliot Lawrence (2013)
- Don Was (2014)
- Greg Phillinganes (2015)
- Danny Elfman (2016)
- Rickey Minor (2017)
- Gregg Field (2018)
- Alex Lacamoire (2019)
- Rickey Minor (2020)
- Bo Burnham (2021)
- Adam Blackstone (2022)
- Greg Phillinganes (2023)
