Peter Howard Biography ((?)-)
Children: Jason.
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Dance music arranger, vocal arranger, music director, composer, conductor, musician
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Film Work
- Dance and vocal arrangements, Annie, Columbia, 1982
- Dance sequence playback arranger, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1984
- Dance music arranger, Stepping Out, Paramount, 1991
- Also worked on Mame, Zelig, and 1776.
- Stage Work
- Assistant to Mr. Allers, My Fair Lady, Mark Hellinger Theatre, NewYork City, 1956-1962, then Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1962, later Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1962
- Assistant to Mr. Blackton, Oh Captain!, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1958
- Dance arranger and performer, Say, Darling, ANTA Playhouse, New York City, 1958, then Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1958-1959
- Pianist, A Party with Betty Comden & Adolph Green, John GoldenTheatre, New York City, 1958-1959
- Assistant conductor, The Sound of Music, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1959-1962, then Mark Hellinger Theatre, 1962-1963
- Dance arranger, Subways Are for Sleeping, St. James Theatre, New York City, 1961-1962
- Dance arranger, Carnival!, Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1961-1962, then Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1962-1963
- Dance and incidental music arranger, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1962, then Broadway Theatre, 1962
- Dance arranger, Here's Love, Shubert Theatre, 1963-1964
- Dance and incidental music arranger, Hello, Dolly!, St. James Theatre, 1964-1970
- Dance and vocal arranger, The Roar of Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd, Shubert Theatre, 1965
- Music director and vocal arranger, How Now, Dow Jones, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1967-1968
- Conductor, Her First Roman, 1968
- Music director and dance arranger, 1776, 46th Street Theatre, NewYork City, 1969-1972
- Dance arranger, Minnie's Boys, Imperial Theatre, 1970
- Dance arranger, Ari, Mark Hellinger Theatre, 1971
- Music direction and incidental music arrangement, Prettybelle, 1971
- Dance and incidental arranger, Tricks, Alvin Theatre, 1973
- Dance music arranger, Chicago, 46th Street Theatre, 1975-1977
- Music director and dance music arranger, Annie, Alvin Theatre, 1977-
- Dance and incidental arranger, Hello, Dolly!, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1978
- Dance music arranger, The Grand Tour, Palace Theater, New York City, 1979
- Music director, Barnum, St. James Theatre, 1980-1982
- Music director, Dance a Little Closer, Minskoff Theatre, New YorkCity, 1983
- Music director, Baby, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1983-1984
- Dance music arranger, The Tap Dance Kid, Broadhurst Theatre, 1983-1985
- Music director, Harrigan 'n Hart, Longacre Theatre, New York City,1985
- Music supervisor and arranger, Tatterdemalion, Douglas Fairbanks Theatre, New York City, 1985
- Musical Director and piano, Elisabeth Welch: Time to Start Living,Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York City, 1986
- Musical director, Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood, Ritz Theatre, NewYork City, 1986
- Music director, Into the Light, Neil Simon Theatre, New York City,1986
- Music supervisor and arranger, Stepping Out, John Golden Theatre,1987
- Conductor, The Pajama Game, New York State Theater, New York City,1989
- Orchestrator, Liza Minelli: Stepping Out at Radio City, Radio CityMusic Hall, New York City, 1991
- Dance and incidental arranger, Crazy for You, Sam S. Schubert Theatre, 1992-1996
- Additional dance music arranger, 110 in the Shade, New York StateTheater, 1992
- Music director, Comedy Tonight, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1994
- Dance arranger, Hello, Dolly!, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1995-1996
- Dance arranger, Swinging on a Star, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1995-1996
- Dance music arranger, Chicago, Richard Rogers Theatre, New York City, 1996-
- Dance arranger, 1776, Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1997-1998
- (With David Crane) Dance arranger, Minelli on Minelli, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1999-2000
- Music director, Thank You Broadway!, Alice Tully Hall, New York City, 2002
- Dance music arranger, Chicago, National Theatre, Washington, DC, 2003
- Major Tours
- Dance and vocal arranger, The Wizard of Oz, U.S. and Canadian cities, 2001-2003
- WRITINGS
- Stage Music
- Incidental music, A Desert Incident, John Golden Theatre, New YorkCity, 1959
- Incidental music, Ari, Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1971
- Television Music
- Specials
- Dance and incidental music, Crazy for You, PBS, 1992
- Episodic
- Wrote for Sesame Street, PBS.
- Television Writing
- Series
- Wrote Wolf Tales, a children's puppet show.