About
RYAN KORELL is an award-winning musical theatre composer, arranger, and orchestrator whose work has been featured around the globe, including at Feinstein's/54 Below, at the Spoleto Festival, and on adult contemporary radio. An alumnus of the Johnny Mercer Writers Colony, he has also been recognized as a Finalist for the MAC Wallowitch Awards and the Jonathan Larson Grants.
His Broadway work includes THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY and HONEYMOON IN VEGAS along with the film adaptation of THE LAST FIVE YEARS. Among Ryan’s most notable writing credits are GAY CARD (with Jonathan Keebler), MEET AND RUN (with Jonathan Keebler and Gia Mongell), BIG WIG (with Jonathan Keebler), and LOVE IN NY (with Matthew Russell and Sven Jähnert). He also served as orchestrator, music director, and music producer on GAY CARD (Original Studio Cast Recording) and MEET AND RUN (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
Ryan has studied with generation-defining theatre makers Jason Robert Brown, William Finn, Michael John LaChiusa, and Marsha Norman. He holds an MFA in musical theatre writing from NYU Tisch and a Bachelor’s in music composition from Vanderbilt University. He is a proud member of ASCAP and the Dramatists Guild.
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Ko • rell [kuh-'RELL]
Last names can be hard. Mine sounds kind of like Steve Carell and almost rhymes with the hand sanitizer. Yeah, you got it.