Interview with Ethan Popp

About this episode

Ethan Popp discusses his career and work on The Lost Boys.

My guest this week is Ethan Popp, a Grammy®, Olivier®, and three-time Tony® Award nominee, who is nominated this year for the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for The Lost Boys . He is also the Music Director for the show. He has worked with some of the biggest musical acts in the recording business, including Queen, Tina Turner, Elton John, Stevie Nicks, Bono, Alice Cooper, and Smokey Robinson. In film, he was the Music Production Supervisor for the 2017 film “The Greatest Showman” and served as vocal coach for Academy® Award winner Rami Malek in the movie “Bohemian Rhapsody.” For the theater, he has served as music producer, music supervisor, arranger, and orchestrator for such shows as Back to the Future: The Musical, Mrs. Doubtfire, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, School of Rock, Motown the Musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Rock of Ages, and The Lost Boys , which is what we are going to talk about today.

People in this episode

Host: Stuart Brown

Guest: Ethan Popp

Topics covered

• musical theater
• orchestration
• music production
• interview
• Tony Awards
• music direction

Keywords

• Ethan Popp
• Tony Award
• orchestrations
• musical theater
• music director
• The Lost Boys
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Grammy®, Olivier®, Tony® Award

Books & works: The Lost Boys, The Greatest Showman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Back to the Future: The Musical, Mrs. Doubtfire, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, School of Rock, Motown the Musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Rock of Ages

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