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Matthew is a New York-based, New Zealand-born music director, composer, and pianist whose music has been heard around the United States, New Zealand, and the world.

Recently highlights include Resident Music Director for Weathervane Theatre's 2020 Fall Season of Little Shop of Horrors and The World Goes Round, one of the first AEA companies to be approved for indoor performances by Actor's Equity in the United States. Other regional credits include productions of Next to Normal, Man of La Mancha (Tibbits Opera House), The Sound of Music (Northern Stage) Mary Poppins, The Music Man and Little Shop of Horrors (Post Playhouse) and work in Royal Caribbean Production's Miami studios on Hairspray (Symphony of the Seas) and Grease (Harmony and Independence of the Seas). For his work on Next To Normal Matthew was nominated for a BroadwayWorld.com regional theatre award for Best Music Direction.

Music direction credits in New Zealand include We Will Rock You, Sister Act, The Last Five Years, Little Women, Ragtime, The Events, and Working. Other credits as associate music director and pianist include Les Misérables, Wicked, Jesus Christ Superstar, Chicago, Mary Poppins, Legally Blonde, Hairspray, Mamma Mia!, Evita, Monty Python's Spamalot, The Phantom of the Opera and Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story. Matthew also conducted The Vocal Collective on their 2019 US tour to Carnegie Hall.

Matthew holds a Bachelor of Music (Composition) and Bachelor of Laws with Honours from the University of Canterbury, and an ATCL diploma in piano performance from Trinity College, London. He has also lectured in music theory, composition, keyboards and musical theatre at the University of Canterbury School of Music and Ara Institute of Canterbury. Matthew is an alumni of the New York University Summer Film Scoring workshop.

As a composer, Matthew’s work has been performed and recorded in London, Prague, Malta, Miami and around New Zealand. He has also conducted choirs around New Zealand and the United States.

Matthew Everingham News


IF/THEN Opens May 19 At Gallery Players


This May, Gallery Players will present the final musical of its 55th season, a new production of IF/THEN; music by Tom Kitt; book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey; originally produced on Broadway in 2014.

Tibbits Opens Summer Theatre With THE BEST OF BROADWAY


Tibbits Summer Theatre will open its 58th consecutive season of professional performances on June 16 with a fun and elegant musical theatre revue, 'The Best of Broadway' at The Ponds of Coldwater. This original show is conceived by Peter Riopelle and written and compiled by Charles Burr and Matthew Everingham.

Weathervane Theatre to Present THE CONGRESSWOMEN


a?? Weathervane Theatre has announced that a special presentation of Ta?? he Congresswomena?? by Kelly Strandemo. Originally developed by the award-winning Ducdame Ensemble, this funny and timely adaptation of Aristophanes' Ekklesiazousai a??will play Sunday, October 4th at 5PM ET and Tuesday, October 6th at 7PM ET.

Weathervane Opens Kander & Ebb Musical Revue THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND


Weathervane Theatre's inaugural alternating repertory fall season's third and final Mainstage production - The World Goes 'Round - opens Wednesday, September 16 at 7 PM. It will run in alternating repertory with Little Shop of Horrors and M iracle on South Division Street t hrough October 9th.

Weathervane to Open Equity-Approved LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and MIRACLE ON SOUTH DIVISION STREET This Week


Weathervane Theatre's inaugural alternating repertory fall season starts this week with a??Little Shop of Horrors a??on Wednesday, September 9 at 7PM and a??Miracle on South Division Streeta?? on Friday, September 11 at 7PM. These productions will run in alternating repertory through October 11th.

December 19th Update: MATILDA - The Croswell Opera House Leads Best Musical Category in the BWW Detroit Awards Voting


We're heading into the final week of voting for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Detroit Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Vote today to make sure your favorite local theatre's achievements and performers are recognized!

Just Two Weeks Left To Vote for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Detroit Awards


There's just two weeks left to vote for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Detroit Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! The people have spoken nominations are set, and now you can vote to make sure your favorite local theatre's achievements and performers are recognized!

Northern Stage Presents Fresh Take On THE SOUND OF MUSIC


The Vermont hills will come alive with the beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music at the Barrette Center for the Arts in White River Junction for the holidays, November 20 a?" January 5. For tickets and information, call (802) 296-7000 or visit northernstage.org. Tickets start at $34 for adults and $19 for students. More than half of all available tickets for this production are already sold and Northern Stage anticipates many sold out performances. Early ticket purchasing is highly recommended.

CHICAGO Brings Murder, Fame, and All That Jazz to the Court Theatre


Welcome to a world where celebrity is everything, sex sells and you can get away with murder if you razzle-dazzle the media. The Court Theatre's Chicago holds a dark mirror up to society in this razor-sharp satire.

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