John Bucchino

John Bucchino is an award-winning American composer, lyricist, pianist and teacher based in New York City.

His work includes Off-Broadway shows such as Urban Myths, Lavender Girl (part of 3hree produced by Hal Prince at the Prince Music Theater), and It's Only Life. Bucchino made his Broadway debut as composer/lyricist of A Catered Affair, featuring four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein as bookwriter and co-star. The out-of-town production received mixed reviews in its San Diego try-out at the Old Globe (September 20 - November 11, 2007). The Broadway production opened on April 17, 2008, with 116 regular performances and 27 previews performed between March 24 and July 27, 2008, winning the Drama League Award for Distinguished Production of a Musical. The show has received subsequent productions by Chicago's Porchlight Music Theatre, the Atlanta-area Aurora Theatre, and the Royal Academy of Music in London.

In addition to cast recordings of shows, Bucchino has released several CDs of his own music, featuring artists such as Art Garfunkel, Judy Collins, Liza Minnelli, Patti LuPone, Kristin Chenoweth, Michael Feinstein and others, as well as the album On Richard Rodgers’ Piano (2003). The latter album features Bucchino playing piano interpretations of Rodgers' songs on the earlier composer’s own Steinway and was voted Best Instrumental CD by Show Business Weekly. He has been featured in Broadway revues and concerts, including Lincoln Center's American Songbook series, and given highly acclaimed concerts at venues such as Birdland, The Duplex, and The Hollywood Bowl. His work has been performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and The Boston Pops. It has been heard in performance at Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Opera, the Sydney Opera House, London's O2 Arena and The White House.

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