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Dave Malloy (born January 4, 1976) is an American composer, primarily known for his award winning electropop opera, ''Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812''. == Career == Malloy grew up in Cleveland, and began making theater in San Francisco in 2000.〔Schulman, Michael. ("Rocking Out to “War and Peace”" ). The New Yorker, June 13, 2013〕 Early work included pieces with Banana Bag & Bodice, for whom has been the composer since 2002.〔Cote, David. ("Theater in New York: Q&A with Dave Malloy" ). Time Out New York, March 26, 2013〕 In 2008 he composed music for ''Beowulf – A Thousand Years of Baggage'', a Banana Bag & Bodice SongPlay written by Jason Craig and commissioned by the Shotgun Players in Berkeley, CA. ''Beowulf'' received the 2008 Glickman Award and a 2011 Edinburgh Herald Angel, and has played a number of venues and festivals, including Berkeley Repertory’s Roda Theatre, ART’s Club Oberon, Joe’s Pub, and festivals in England, Ireland, Scotland and Australia. After ''Beowulf'', he co-created and performed in ''Three Pianos'', a drunken romp through Schubert’s “Winterreise” (directed by Rachel Chavkin) that premiered in 2010 at the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, winning a Special Citation Obie Award, and subsequently had runs at New York Theatre Workshop and American Repertory Theatre.〔Soloski, Alexis. ("New York Theatre Workshop Uncorks Three Pianos" ) Village Voice, November 24, 2010〕 His next work was ''Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812'', for which he was the composer, lyricist, orchestrator, music director and performer (playing Pierre). ''Comet'' was commissioned by Ars Nova and premiered there in October 2012, directed by Chavkin; in May 2012 the show transferred Off-Broadway to Kazino, a tent custom-built for the piece, first in the Meatpacking District and then in Times Square. The show won an Obie Award, the 2013 Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater, the Off Broadway Alliance's Best New Musical Award, 11 Lucille Lortel Awards nominations, 5 Drama Desk nominations and 2 Drama League Award nominations.〔Weinert-Kendt, Rob. ("The Composer Wears Many Hats" ) New York Times, May 23, 2013〕〔Cox, Gordon. ("‘Here Lies Love,’ ‘Great Comet’ Shatter Records in Lortel Nominations" ) Variety, April 1, 2014〕 ''Ghost Quartet'' opened in October 2014 at the Bushwick Starr. After an extended sold out run, the piece transferred to the McKittrick Hotel, home of ''Sleep No More''. The piece is a staged concept album, about love, death, and whiskey.〔Kozinn, Allan. ("Malloy’s ‘Ghost Quartet’ to Play in Chelsea’s McKittrick Hotel" ) NY Times, December 11, 2014〕 This was followed by ''Preludes'', a piece about Rachmaninov and hypnosis that premiered at Lincoln Center Theater in June 2015. Malloy lives in Brooklyn, NY. Future projects include an adaptation of Moby Dick.〔Amodio, Joseph. ("Dave Malloy talks Tolstoy and new musical, 'Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812'" ) Newsday, July 10, 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dave Malloy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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