{"id":1490,"date":"2023-11-30T17:14:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T22:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ihi\/?p=1490"},"modified":"2024-03-20T16:24:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T20:24:57","slug":"march-18-2024-ihi-and-bus-kilachand-honors-college-will-host-bu-alumnus-john-bell-a-broadway-entertainer-currently-serving-as-the-musical-director-of-the-broadway-production-of-spamalot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ihi\/2023\/11\/30\/march-18-2024-ihi-and-bus-kilachand-honors-college-will-host-bu-alumnus-john-bell-a-broadway-entertainer-currently-serving-as-the-musical-director-of-the-broadway-production-of-spamalot\/","title":{"rendered":"March 18, 2024:  IHI and BU\u2019s Kilachand Honors College hosted BU alumnus John Bell, a Broadway entertainer currently serving as the musical director of the Broadway production of Spamalot."},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>About the Event:<\/strong>\u00a0 On March 18, 2024, IHI and BU\u2019s Kilachand Honors College hosted BU alumnus<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abouttheartists.com\/artists\/299207-john-bell\">John Bell<\/a>, a Broadway entertainer currently serving as the Musical Director of the Broadway production of<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/spamalotthemusical.com\/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAyeWrBhDDARIsAGP1mWRtUW3Sv-jajNyEfOBjFSLLa-K8UJZgXblsFZOcJ9_aqNHco1uze3EaAimTEALw_wcB\"><em>Spamalot<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 John met with eighty-five BU students, staff, and faculty to discuss his experiences on and off Broadway as a musical director, orchestra conductor, and musician.\u00a0 Details:\u00a0 6:00-7:30 p.m. at the First Floor Common Room of the Kilachand Residence Hall, 91 Bay State Road. <a href=\"\/ihi\/files\/2023\/11\/Bell-at-Piano.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/ihi\/files\/2023\/11\/Bell-at-Piano-636x478.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1560\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ihi\/files\/2023\/11\/Bell-at-Piano-636x478.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ihi\/files\/2023\/11\/Bell-at-Piano.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Above:\u00a0 John Bell performing &#8220;Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered&#8221; from the musical, &#8220;Pal Joey&#8221; by Rodgers &amp; Hart.\u00a0 Below:\u00a0 John with Sarah and Cole, winners of the raffle for free tickets to the hit musical, &#8220;Company.&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"\/ihi\/files\/2023\/11\/Bell-with-Winners.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/ihi\/files\/2023\/11\/Bell-with-Winners-478x636.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"636\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ihi\/files\/2023\/11\/Bell-with-Winners-478x636.jpeg 478w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ihi\/files\/2023\/11\/Bell-with-Winners.jpeg 481w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>About John Bell:\u00a0 <\/strong>John<span> is currently the Musical Director of the hit revival of <em>Spamalot<\/em>.\u00a0 His previous work includes:\u00a0<\/span><em>Into the Woods<\/em><span>, as it played engagements around the country with the acclaimed Broadway cast. On Broadway, he has conducted <\/span><em>Into the Woods<\/em><span>,\u00a0<\/span><em>My Fair Lady<\/em><span>\u00a0(Lincoln Center Theater and First National Tour)<\/span><em>, Fiddler on the Roof, On the Town,\u00a0<\/em><span>and<\/span><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>An American in Paris<\/em><span>. \u00a0For City Center Encores!:\u00a0<\/span><em>Brigadoon, Me and My Girl, The New Yorkers, Cabin in the Sky, Do I Hear A Waltz, Lady Be Good<\/em><span>, and more.\u00a0 At the Irish Repertory Theatre, he has been the music director\/supervisor for\u00a0<\/span><em>On A<\/em><u>\u00a0<\/u><em>Clear Day You Can See Forever, Finian\u2019s Rainbow, Meet Me in St. Louis\u00a0<\/em><span>(virtual and live productions).\u00a0 Other New York credits: Sondheim\u2019s <\/span><em>Marry Me A Little<\/em><span>\u00a0(New Cast Recording) and Adam Gwon\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><em>Ordinary Days<\/em><span>\u00a0(Keen Company);\u00a0<\/span><em>Radio City Christmas Spectacular<\/em><span>;\u00a0<\/span><em>Candide\u00a0<\/em><span>at Carnegie Hall. He holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College, a Masters in Music from CUNY, and an MBA from Boston University&#8217;s Questrom School of Business.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Event:\u00a0 On March 18, 2024, IHI and BU\u2019s Kilachand Honors College hosted BU alumnus\u00a0John Bell, a Broadway entertainer currently serving as the Musical Director of the Broadway production of\u00a0Spamalot.\u00a0 John met with eighty-five BU students, staff, and faculty to discuss his experiences on and off Broadway as a musical director, orchestra conductor, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12580,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ihi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ihi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ihi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ihi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12580"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ihi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1490"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ihi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1569,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ihi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1490\/revisions\/1569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ihi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ihi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ihi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}