- John Bucchino
John Bucchino is an American composer.
He has done work for several off-Broadway showsFact|date=September 2008 and highly acclaimedWho|date=September 2008 concerts
Bucchino made his Broadway debut with "
A Catered Affair " as composer/lyricist with four timeTony Award -winnerHarvey Fierstein as bookwriter and co-star. The out-of-town production received mixed reviews in itsSan Diego try-out at the Old Globe (September 20 - November 11, 2007). The Broadway production opened on April 17, 2008, with 116 regular performances and 27 previews performed between March 24 and July 27, 2008.Cite web|url=http://www.broadway.com/Broadways-A-Catered-Affair-to-Close-on-July-27/broadway_news/567575|title=Broadway's A Catered Affair to Close on July 27|year=2008-06-19|work=Broadway.com]Off-Broadway, Bucchino has served as musical director of "Holly Near: Fire in the Rain" in 1993Cite web|url=http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&keyword=name&first=John&last=Bucchino&middle=|title=John Bucchino|work=Internet Off-Broadway Database]
Bucchino has released several CDs with his music and has been featured in Broadway revues and concerts, including Lincoln Center's American Songbook series.Cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/30/arts/music/30bucc.html|title=A Metrosexual Bard's Songs Of Yearning and Heartbreak|year=2006-01-30|author=Stephen Holden|work=New York Times] He is good friends with fellow composer
Academy Award -winnerStephen Schwartz Fact|date=September 2008.Bucchino is the receipient of The Johnny Mercer Songwriter Award (1997), The Songwriters' Fellowship Award (1998), The ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award (1998), The Second Stage Constance Klinsky Award (2000), The Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Commendation Award (2000), and the
Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation and Kleban Awards (2001), and the Fred Ebb Award (2005).Cite web|url=http://www.ascap.com/playback/2006/spring/action/bucchino.html|title=A Bucchino Receives Fred Ebb Award|year=2006|work=ASCAP Action]References
* [http://www.talkinbroadway.com/sound/bucchino.html An interview, talkinbroadway, 3/19/01]
* [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/103746.html playbill.com, "ON THE RECORD: John Bucchino's It's Only Life and Noel Coward's Sail Away", Nov. 26, 2006]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/30/arts/music/30bucc.html "New York Times", January 30, 2006]External links
*Official|http://www.johnbucchino.com
*ibdb name|id=101794
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