Steven Silverstein has music directed and accompanied the famous and near famous on Broadway (Blood Brothers, Swinging on a Star, & the revival of Promises Promises); Off-Broadway, (When Pigs Fly, The Green Heart, & Annie Warbucks); Regional Theatre (Goodspeed Opera House, Papermill Playhouse, & Westport County Playhouse); and Specialty (54 Below & Noel Coward: The Women of His World at Lincoln Center with Dava Ivey, Dee Hoty & Cady Huffman). In addition to his vast experience as a MAC nominated musical director and coach, he has accompanied Debra Messing, Sean Hayes, Megan Mullally, Harry Connick Jr., Carole King, John Treacy Egan, Neva Small, Tony Award Winner Bill Irwin, and the Tony award winner Annaleigh Ashford and played at 54 Below, The Duplex, and Don’t Tell Mama in NYC.
Steven is also a prolific published composer and arranger, having published two children’s shows (Enchorage Press). Recently, Steven had an evening of his work performed at the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center in the Bruno Walter Auditorium. With Forbidden Broadway’s Phillip George he has worked on Thrilling Pulp. Steven’s song Shoot Me received an honorable mention from the City Center’s Lobby Project and had a reading of his musical Nothin But Love at the Ellington Room in NYC.
He shares his love and passion for music and musical theatre with students of all ages at American Music and Dramatic Academy, The Neighborhood Playhouse Junior School, Marymount Manhattan College, PACE University, SUNY Purchase and NYU. Steven’s students have appeared on Broadway in Annie, Newsies, The Producers, and 30 Rock among others. Steven holds a B.A. in Theatre/B.S. in Finance from the University of Bridgeport and an M.A. in Music Education. Please check out Steven’s podcast: Stay Awake with Silverstein – http://mrcomposer.podbean.com