Alexander Cesare Gemignani (born July 3, 1979) is a

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, musician, and conductor. Gemignani was raised in

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and graduated from

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in 1997. He is a graduate of the

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's Musical Theater Department. He is the son of Broadway musical director

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and soprano

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. He is the artistic director of both the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Music Theater Conference as well as the American Music Theatre Project at

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. Gemignani was married in August 2008 to actor/director Erin Ortman.

Theatre credits

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in the

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's ''

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'' * Beadle Bamford in the John Doyle's 2005 Broadway revival of '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' (Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical) *

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in the 2006 Broadway revival of ''

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'' * '' South Pacific'', staged concert with

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and

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in June, 2005 * '' Passion'', with

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, and

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at The Rose Theater in March 2005 * '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' in John Doyle's 2007 national tour of the Broadway production opposite

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* Boatman/Dennis in the 2008 Broadway revival of ''

Sunday in the Park with George ''Sunday in the Park with George'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It was inspired by the French pointillist painter Georges Seurat's painting ''A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatt ...

'' * Addison Mizner in the Sondheim-Weidman 2008 musical '' Road Show'' at the

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* Moishe Rosenwald in the new musical ''

The People in the Picture ''The People in the Picture'' is a musical with book and lyrics by Iris Rainer Dart and music by Mike Stoller and Artie Butler. The musical is about a grandmother recalling her life in the Yiddish theater and the Holocaust. Production ''The Peopl ...

'' at

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in 2011. * Nick Merritt in the play '' Headstrong ''at

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in 2012 * Billy Flynn in the Broadway revival of ''Chicago'' in 2013. * Violet's Father in the Broadway Revival of ''

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''. *

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in the Chicago production of ''

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'' * Enoch Snow in the Broadway production of ''Carousel'' (Tony and Grammy award nominations) in 2018. * Alfred P. Doolittle in the Broadway production of ''My Fair Lady'' in 2019.

Sondheim tributes

Gemignani participated in a memorable performance of "Opening Doors" from '' Merrily We Roll Along'' at

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's ''Wall to Wall Sondheim'' event celebrating Sondheim's 75th birthday in March 2005. He also performed in three gala concerts honoring Sondheim's 80th birthday in 2010: with the

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, singing "Something's Coming" from ''

West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid-1 ...

'' in March; then at

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in April; and with

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in November. And he performed "Buddy's Blues" from ''

Follies ''Follies'' is a Musical theater, musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The plot takes place in a crumbling Broadway theater, now scheduled for demolition, previously home to a musical revue (based on t ...

'' in the online 90th birthday celebration, "Take Me To The World" on April 26, 2020. He made his conducting debut with the New York Philharmonic in Live from Lincoln Center's "New Year’s Eve: Celebrating Sondheim" on December 31, 2019.

Non-Performance Work

Recently, Gemignani has begun to work as a music director, following in his father's footsteps. He served as the conductor, music director, and music supervisor for the 2020 revival of West Side Story, and has developed pieces for the Public Theatre and the Roundabout Theatre Company. He served as music director and orchestrator for the Fiasco Theatre production of ''Merrily We Roll Along''. He is also an educator and is an associate professor at

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