User:Eorton

Erik Orton was born in southern California to a U.S. Air Force officer, his father, and his mother, a Finnish immigrant. He was raised primarily in West Germany and the suburbs of Washington D.C. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1998 with a degree in Media Music.

Following graduation, Orton moved to New York City, where his original musical Berlin was performed Off-Off-Broadway. In 2005, he produced the Off-Broadway musical The Ark. 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 Alan Wasser Associates, Richards/Climan Inc. 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 Miserables, Miss Saigon, Jane Eyreand Fosse among others.

Orton has been featured on the cover of Crain's Business New York as well as the The New York Times and theatre industry news hub Playbill.com.

In 2008, Orton’s Berlin was performed at BYU and filmed for distribution through BYU Broadcasting. He is currently at work on the second installment of the Berlinseries.

News Links

 * BYU Magazine: Staged in Perfect Harmony
 * Playbill.com - Let There Be: Schwartz and Caird's Children of Eden Aims for Broadway
 * Crain's Business New York cover article