Erik Orton was born in 1974 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. He is married to his wife, Emily Orton, and together they have five children. Orton is a New York based writer and producer for the theatre.
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- Erik Orton was born in 1974 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. He is married to his wife, Emily Orton, and together they have five children. Orton is a New York based writer and producer for the theatre. His original musical, Berlin the Musical, was performed Off-Off-Broadway in 2003. 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 [ 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 Misérables, Miss 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.
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