Update on Orchestrator Steve Orich
November 8th, 2006The Advocate.com has a feature on Maxine Lapiduss’s newest comedy venture—Mackie’s Com-Varie-Ality Show, which will play in Los Angeles on December 5, 6, and 8 at Hollywood’s M Bar. The show includes her “showstopping lesbian love lament†to the Secretary of Her Tortured State, Condoleezza Rice. The number, simply called “Condi,†would make the President jealous if he ever found out. Lapiduss, the writer, singer, and stand-up comic, spills about the story behind her hilarious ballad as well as her disdain for the Bush camp.
In her interview with Michelle Garcia, Lapiduss talks about her new show, and mentions Jersey Boys Tony Award-nominated orchestrator Steve Orich:
Q: You co-wrote “Condi†with Mark Waldrop, who wrote the musical When Pigs Fly.
A: …So we collaborated, and he wrote the music and the lyrics, and we got this guy Tom Boswell to arrange it. Then we got this great guy—Steve Orich’s written all these arrangements [in] Jersey Boys and lots of musicals, and he worked it out for his seven-piece band.
