Background
His father was an Air Force officer and his mother a Finnish immigrant.
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Erik Orton
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Education
He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1998 with a degree in Media Music.
Career
He was raised primarily in West Germany and the suburbs of Washington District of Columbia Orton"s original musical, Berlin, was performed Office-Office-Broadway in 2003. In 2005, he produced the Office-Broadway musical, The Ark (written by Brigham Young University professor Kevin Kelly and Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) composer Michael McLean). He is currently producing Children of Eden for Broadway (Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Book by John Caird).
Orton also penned The Drummings (in collaboration with Joshua Williams) based on the life and times of Irish statesman Daniel O"Connell.
Orton has worked for a variety of Broadway general management and production offices including Wasser Associates, Richards/Climan Incorporated. and The Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts. Broadway shows and tours he has helped manage include Wicked, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, and Mission Saigon, among others
Orton has been featured on the cover of Crain"s Business New York as well as The New York Times and theatre industry news hub Playbill.com. In 2007, Orton’s Berlin was performed at the Longwharf Theatre in New Haven and then again in 2008 at Brigham Young University"s mainstage season.
He is represented by Susan Gurman of the Gurman Agency.
Berlin was made into a film by Brigham Young University and shown on Brigham Young University-television in 2008. In 2009 Berlin was shown at the Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Film Festival in Orem, Utah. Orton is a Latter-day Saint.
He co-wrote the book for Savior of the World and was the artistic director of Standard to the Nations the Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Cultural production staged before the dedication of the Manhattan Temple.
