Michael starobin biography

American music arranger

Michael Starobin (born January 25, ) is an American orchestrator, conductor, composer, arranger, and musical director, primarily for the stage, film and television.

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He won Tony Awards for the orchestrations of Assassins () and Next to Normal ( with Tom Kitt).

Career

The first Broadway musical that Starobin provided the orchestrations for was Sunday in the Park with George in , for which he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestration.^[1] He has provided the orchestrations for 21 Broadway musicals,^[2] 2 special concerts, including the benefit concert of Sunday in the Park with George, and was the musical director for The Mystery of Edwin Drood ().^[3][4]

He has also provided orchestrations, or been the musical director, for many Off-Broadway musicals.

He wrote the orchestrations for several works by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, such as Once on This Island (), as well