Stephen Purdy
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Stephen Purdy (born 1971 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is an American conductor/pianist and vocal coach for broadway musicals and broadway actors. Before joining Broadway, Purdy worked as a Wall street broker.[1]
Purdy studied vocal performance and piano at the University of Mississippi and at The Juilliard School. Purdy spent many years in Europe conducting and playing tours of the musical productions of Grease, A Chorus Line, 42nd Street, and with Grease in Paris, France.[1]
His work on Broadway includes Disney's Tarzan, Glory Days, Peter Pan (starring Cathy Rigby), the original Fantasticks and the off-Broadway production of Frankenstein with Hunter Foster.[1]Purdy has also toured the United States with the Broadway Musicals THE FULL MONTY, SPELLING BEE, and PETER PAN
His conducting work on the Frankenstein recording was recently described in a review as "perfect and pristine, with attention to every detail and sensitivity to phrase as well as command of the dramatic passages rarely heard on Broadway cast recording discs"[citation needed]
As a vocal coach he has trained many of the Broadway elite including Tony and Oscar award winners, maintains a private studio for voice coaching in Manhattan, and makes regular contributions to master classes at Universities and performing arts groups across the country.
His regional theatre credits include North Shore Music Theatre, Ogunquit, Helen Hayes, KC Starlight, The Joseph Papp Public Theatre, Playwrights Horizons and others
Stephen Purdy lives in New York City.
