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William Harold Wheeler Jr. (born July 14, 1943), is an American orchestrator, composer, conductor, arranger, record producer, and music director. He has received numerous Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations for orchestration, and won the 2003 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations for Hairspray .
Oct 3, 2005 · Producer and composer Harold Wheeler was born William Harold Wheeler, Jr. on July 14, 1943 in St. Louis, Missouri to Roxetta McGee and William Harold Wheeler, Sr. At Antioch Baptist Church, where the members included Chuck Berry and Ike and Tina Turner, Wheeler played the piano for Sunday school at age five.
His Broadway credits include Side Show, Hugh Jackman - Back on Broadway, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony Award nomination), Never Gonna Dance, Hairspray (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk Award ...
Jul 10, 2018 · One thing you can say about Harold Wheeler: he plays the piano. That’s a singular thing about a very singular man. But what Wheeler — who at various times is described as a musician, a composer, a conductor and an orchestrator — is surely not is somebody who does just one thing.
Harold Wheeler was born on 14 June 1943 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Hairspray (2007), Dreamgirls (2006) and All My Children (1970). He has been married to Hattie Winston since 16 December 1978.
May 15, 2021 · Harold work alongside choreographer Michael Bennett for the Broadway shows Promises, Dream Girls and A Chorus Line, for which Harold wrote the number “The Music in the Mirror.” For eight years he also served as orchestrator and musical director for the Academy Awards television broadcasts.
Harold Wheeler remembers standing in front of the large orchestra about to raise his hands to conduct when it hit him - "I am at the opening ceremonies of the 1996 Olympics!" That epic moment was one
