Robert Billig Biography (1947-)

Addresses: Home: 170 W. 73rd Street, New York, NY, 10023; Agent: LarryWeiss, The Shukat Company Ltd., 340 W. 55th, New York, NY, 10019.

Famous Works

First Stage Work
Musical Director, Annie Get Your Gun, Wayland High School, MA, 1964.
New York Debut
Assistant Conductor, Dames at Sea, Theatre de Lys, 376 performances, 1969.
London Debut
Musicial Supervisor/Arranger, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 208 performances, 1981;

Principal Stage Work
Assistant Conductor, Annie, Alvin Theatre, NY, 1977; Musical Director/Supervisor/Arranger, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Entermedia Theatre, 46th Street Theatre, NY, 1978; Musical Director/Supervisor/VocalArranger, Little Shop of Horrors, WPA Theatre/Orpheum Theatre, NY, 1982;
Major Tours
Assistant Conductor, George M, Bus & Truck Tour, 1971; Assistant Conductor, Promises, Promises, 2nd National Tour, 1971-72; Assistant Conductor, Applause, National Tour, 1972; Musical Conductor, No,No Nanette, Bus & Truck Tour, 1973-74; Musical Director, Seesaw, National Tour, 1974; Musical Director, The Baker's Wife, pre-Broadway Tour, 1976; Musical Conductor, Neferiti, pre-Broadway Tour, 1977; Musical Director/Supervisor/Arranger, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, 1st National Tour, 1981 and 2nd National Tour, 1982; Musical Director, Barnum, National Tour, 1981; Musical Supervisor/Vocal Arranger, Little Shop of Horrors, Los Angeles, London, 1983.
Principal Television Work
Conducted for Luci Arnaz, The Tonight Show, 1975, and The MikeDouglas Show, 1974; The Merv Griffin Show, appeared conducting forBest Little Whorehouse in Texas sequence; Good Morning America, accompanied Andrea McArdle, 1977.
Theatre-Related Career
Music Teacher, Director of Concert Choir and Madrigal Singers, John F. Kennedy Memorial High Scool, Iselin, NY, 1969-70.

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