Stephen Oremus (born 1971) is an American musician who has worked on Broadway theatre productions as musical director and as orchestrator. His credits include arranger and orchestrator for the music for ''

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'', musical director and arranger for ''

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'', arranger and orchestrator for ''

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'', and musical director for ''

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''. His orchestrations (with Larry Hochman) for ''

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'' won him a

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in 2011, for Best Orchestrations. Oremus also won the

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for '' Kinky Boots.'' Oremus served as orchestra conductor and music director for Frozen 2 and

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's 2006

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tribute concert, which was released as the 2007 album '' Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall'' and DVD '' Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!: Live from the London Palladium''. In 2022, Oremus and Broadway stars Elizabeth Stanley, Nikki Renee Daniels, Jeff Kready, and Tamar Greene performed reimagined renditions of iconic songs from the satirical animated series ''South Park'' with a 30-piece orchestra in celebration of the show's 25th anniversary. Oremus was born and raised in

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, and attended Livingston High School. He graduated from the

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in Boston in 1992, with a major in

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. He is the arranger and producer of the bare bones sophisticated version of "

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" sung by

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in the feature film ''

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''.

Personal life

Oremus is married to actor, singer, and dancer Justin Bohon.Velsey, Kim (July 20, 2012).
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Broadway credits

2018 - '' Frozen'' - Conductor, Music Supervisor, Arrangements 2012 - '' Kinky Boots'' - Arrangements, Orchestrations, Vocal Supervision 2011 - ''

'' - Co-Orchestrator, Vocal Arrangements, Music Director, Conductor, Keyboards 2008 - ''

'' - Keyboard 1, Conductor, Musical Director, Additional Orchestrations, Incidental Music Arrangements 2008 - ''The Yellow Brick Road Not Taken'' - Musical Supervisor 2006 - ''

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'' - Vocal Arrangements 2005 - ''

'' - Musical Supervisor, Arrangements, Orchestration 2003 - ''

'' - Musical Supervisor, Conductor, Music Director, Music Arrangements 2003 - ''

'' - Music Orchestrations, Musical Supervisor, Music Arrangements

Filmography credits

2024 - ''Wicked'' ''Part One'' - Music Supervisor, Arrangements

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oremus, Stephen American music arrangers Livingston High School (New Jersey) alumni Musicians from Livingston, New Jersey Berklee College of Music alumni American LGBTQ musicians LGBTQ people from New Jersey 1971 births Living people Grammy Award winners Tony Award winners Date of birth missing (living people)