Brian Cimmet Biography ((?)-)

Born June 9. Addresses: Office: c/o Maine State Music Theatre, 22 ElmSt., Brunswick, ME 04011.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Composer, conductor, keyboardist, music director, actor, arranger

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Work
Music director, Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Maine State Music Theater, Brunswick, ME, 1999
Rehearsal pianist, Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Paper Mill Playhouse, NJ, 1999
Music director, Pacific Overtures, New York University, 1999
Pianist, Let's Play Two, Altered Stages/29th St. Repertory, New York City, 1999
Conductor and music director, King and I, Westchester Broadway Theatre, Elmsford, NY, 1999-2000
Music director, Big River, Maine State Music Theater, Brunswick, ME, 2000
Music director, Little Shop of Horrors, Maine State Music Theater,2001
Music director, Zev, 2001
Music director, Ragtime, Maine State Music Theater, 2002
Music director, Jack, 2002
Music director, Like You Like It, 2002
Assistant music director, West Side Story, North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly, MA, 2003
Music director, La cage aux folles, Maine State Music Theater, 2003
Music director and pianist, Little by Little, John Houseman StudioII Theatre, New York City, 2003
Music director, Brigadoon, Maine State Music Theater, 2004
Musical director, Pump Boys and Dinettes, Maine State Music Theater, 2004
Music director and vocal arranger, Senor Discretion Himself, ArenaStage, Washington, DC, 2004
Music director and pianist, Brigadoon, Maine State Music Theater,2004
Also worked as pianist, Taxi Cabaret, Prospect Theater Company; associate music director and pianist, West Side Story and Nine, both North Shore Music Theatre; keyboards, Grease, It Happened One Christmas Eve, and Crazy for You, all Westchester Broadway Theatre,Elmsford, NY; music director and pianist, Smokey Joe's Cafe, music director and pianist, Oklahoma, music director and pianist, Guys andDolls, associate music director and keyboards, Hans Christian Andersen, associate music director and keyboards, Titanic, associate musicdirector and keyboards, Sound of Music, associate music director andkeyboards, Victor/Victoria, associate music director and keyboards, Tommy, associate music director and keyboards, Camelot, associatemusic director and keyboards, Sweeney Todd, and associate music director and keyboards, Music Man, all Maine State Music Theater; associatemusic director and pianist, South Pacific, Brigadoon, Cabaret, and Crazy for You, all Sacramento Music Circus, Sacramento, CA; conductor, Evita, College Light Opera Company, Falmouth, MA; music director and pianist, Damn Yankees, Depot Theater, Lake Placid, NY; music director and pianist, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoatand Rocky Horror Show, both Barn Theatre, August, MI; music director and pianist, Guys and Dolls, Marry Me a Little, Tomfoolery, H.M.S. Pinafore, Evita, and Starting Here, Starting Now, all The Theater Barn, New Lebanon, NY; music director and arranger, Rags, Florida Jewish Theater, West Palm Beach, FL; associate music directorand keyboards, City of Angels, Fiddler on the Roof, You'rea Good Man, Charlie Brown, Cabaret, and Where's Charley?, all Weston Playhouse, Weston, VT; associate music director and keyboards, Jesus Christ Superstar, Secret Garden, She Loves Me, Guysand Dolls, City of Angels, Singin' in the Rain, It's aBird, It's a Plane, It's a Plane, Nunsense, The Emperor's New Clothes, and The Pied Piper, all Mac-Hayden Theater, Chatham, NY; vocal arranger and music director, Pinocchio and Alice in Wonderland, both Mac-Hayden Theater; vocal arranger and music director, Blood Brothers, Fordham University, New York City; music director and pianist, Pacific Overtures and Like You Like It, both New York University,New York City; music director and vocal arranger, Utopia, American Music and Dramatic Academy, New York City; music director and pianist, A. MyName Is Alice and Closer Than Ever, both Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT; music director, Like You Like It (reading), ASCAP MusicalTheater Workshop, New York City; music director, Zev (reading), Starbucks Presents Competitive Songwriting (reading), and Absolutely Anything (reading), all BMI Musical Theater Workshop, New York City.
Stage Appearances
Tom Satcher, Isaac's Window, 1999
King Polybus and member of ensemble, Oedipus A Cappella, 2000

Judge Hazel, First Flight, 2002
Phil Simmons, Free Fall (reading), Broadway Theatre Institute, NewYork City, 2003
L. M., Pump Boys and Dinettes, ME, 2004
Also appeared as Duke and Dr. Carrasco, Man of LaMancha, Turtle Lane Playhouse, Newton, MA; Fogg and Quintet, Sweeney Todd, Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NY; voice of Sphinx, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Maine State Music Theater, Brunswick, ME; Voice Not Unlike God's,Littlest Shop of Horrors, Maine State Music Theater.
Major Tours
Assistant conductor, associate music director, and keyboards, Kiss ofthe Spider Woman, U.S. cities, 1996-1997
Assistant conductor and keyboards, Promises, Promises, U.S. cities, 2001
Keyboardist, Tommy, U.S. cities, 2002
Film Appearances
The Natural, TriStar, 1983
Brenda's Good Week, 1994
Also appeared as voice, The Adventures of Rad (animated); voice ofconstable and ensemble, Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree (animated).
Television Work
Specials
Arranger, New York at the Movies, Arts and Entertainment, 2002
RECORDINGS
Albums; with The New Group
Old Hat, 1992
Blasting through October, 1995
WRITINGS
Stage Scores
Let's Play Two, produced at Altered Stages/29th St. Repertory, NewYork City, 1999
Absolutely Anything, produced 2002
Also composed score and lyrics for Trashin': Time to Waste, American Theatre for Actors; composed score, Stop Kiss, Leland Center for the Arts, Boston, MA; The Emperor's New Clothes, Mac-Haydn Theater, Chatham, NY; The Pied Piper, Mac-Haydn Theater; Dream on Monkey Mountain, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT; (and lyricist and librettist) e-love, Wesleyan University; composer and lyricist, Starbucks PresentsCompetitive Songwriting..., BMI Musical Theater Workshop, New York City;Absolutely Anything, BMI Musical Theater Workshop, New York City; Black Sox, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City.
Stage Plays
Clams: The Musical, produced c. 1997
The Von Trapp Family Reunion, produced 2000
Film Scores
Love Is Gray (short film), 1994
Screenplays
Wrote The Adventures of Rad (animated).
Television Scores
Specials
New York at the Movies, Arts and Entertainment, 2002

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic

Brian Cimmet Official Site, http://www.zuty.com, July 6, 2004

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