My guest this week is Ethan Popp, a Grammy®, Olivier®, and three-time Tony® Award nominee, who is nominated this year for the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for The Lost Boys. He is also the Music Director for the show.
He has worked with some of the biggest musical acts in the recording business, including Queen, Tina Turner, Elton John, Stevie Nicks, Bono, Alice Cooper, and Smokey Robinson.
In film, he was the Music Production Supervisor for the 2017 film “The Greatest Showman” and served as vocal coach for Academy® Award winner Rami Malek in the movie “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
For the theater, he has served as music producer, music supervisor, arranger, and orchestrator for such shows as Back to the Future: The Musical, Mrs. Doubtfire, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, School of Rock, Motown the Musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Rock of Ages, and The Lost Boys, which is what we are going to talk about today.
This episode will be available by Friday.
From EthanPopp.com
With a career spanning more than two decades, Grammy® Award, Olivier® Award and two-time Tony® Award nominee Ethan Popp has helmed music departments around the globe for some of the largest cultural phenomena of the last twenty years. His musical collaborations include work with artists such as Queen, Phil Collins, Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Stevie Nicks, Bono, Alice Cooper, Smokey Robinson, Dee Snider, Glen Ballard, Alan Silvestri, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Berry Gordy, REO Speedwagon, Ric Ocasek(The Cars), Huey Lewis, among many others.
As the Music Production Supervisor for 20th Century Studios’ 2017 smash hit “The Greatest Showman” he assembled and directed the music team that brought Michael Gracey’s epic storytelling vision to the silver screen for Justin Paul & Benj Pasek’s legendary score. The film’s soundtrack broke numerous records around the world and was awarded a 2018 Grammy® Award for Best Soundtrack for Visual Media.
As a vocal coach, his work can be heard on 20th Century Studios’ “Bohemian Rhapsody,” for which he served as Academy® Award winner Rami Malek’s vocal coach as he took on the role of glam rock legend Freddie Mercury.
On television, Ethan’s work has been seen on HBO (“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”), NBC (“Smash,” “The Today Show,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”), ABC (“Good Morning America”), CBS (“The Tony Awards”), and many other outlets.
In theater, his career as a music producer, music supervisor, arranger and orchestrator have seen him collaborate on such worldwide hits as Back to the Future: The Musical, Mrs. Doubtfire, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, School of Rock, Motown the Musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Rock of Ages and many more.
In the spring of 2026, Ethan will serve as Music Supervisor, Arranger and Orchestrator for the upcoming stage adaptation of Warner Brothers’ 1987 hit film The Lost Boys, with music by Los Angeles-based rock band The Rescues and direction by the visionary, two-time Tony® Award-winning Michael Arden.
See Also:
ethanpopp.com
lostboysmusical.com
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