Erin Hill
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Erin Hill is an American harpist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actress. Her musical performances have ranged from pop, psychedelic, and science fiction to kids music, opera, and Celtic. Hill’s 2009 album with her Celtic group hit #1 on the Billboard World Music Chart
. As an actress, she’s appeared on Broadway, film, and television, most notably as the Pretty White Girl on Comedy Central’s Chappelle’s Show.
She is an actor, composer and screenwriter on the film Clear Blue Tuesday, about which the New York Times said: "Erin Hill, as a giddy, harp-playing Trekker, stands out… The best and funniest scene in the film is Ms. Hill’s, a first date that looks promising until the conversation turns to the relative merits of Star Trek Voyager."
. As an actress, she’s appeared on Broadway, film, and television, most notably as the Pretty White Girl on Comedy Central’s Chappelle’s Show.
She is an actor, composer and screenwriter on the film Clear Blue Tuesday, about which the New York Times said: "Erin Hill, as a giddy, harp-playing Trekker, stands out… The best and funniest scene in the film is Ms. Hill’s, a first date that looks promising until the conversation turns to the relative merits of Star Trek Voyager."
Discography
- Girl Inventor by Erin Hill & her Psychedelic Harp (January 2011) Gridley Records. Erin Hill: songwriter, vocals, harp, keyboards, bass.
- Leave it in the Soup (July, 2010) by The Dream Jam Band. Dream Jam Productions, EMI. Produced by Rick Chertoff. Erin Hill: songwriter, vocals, bass, harp, keyboards; arranger on Shoes, co-producer on Melanie the Mermaid
- Four Leaf Clover by Four Celtic Voices with Celeste Ray & Erin Hill (2009) Gridley Records. Erin Hill: songwriter, vocals, harp, bass.
- Vapor by Taylor Barton with Wicked Felina (2006) Green Mirror. Produced by G.E. Smith. Erin Hill: co-writer, vocals, harp, guitar, keyboards, hammered dulcimer.
- The FantasticksThe FantasticksThe Fantasticks is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones. It was produced by Lore Noto. It tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the play "The Romancers" by Edmond Rostand, concerning two neighboring fathers who trick their children, Luisa and Matt, into...
(2006) Ghostlight Records/ Razor and Tie. The new Off-Broadway recording. Erin Hill: harpist. - Martha WainwrightMartha Wainwright (album)Martha Wainwright is the self-titled debut album of Montreal singer Martha Wainwright, released in 2005. The album received generally favourable reviews.- Track listing :All tracks by Martha Wainwright except where noted.# "Far Away" – 2:54...
by Martha WainwrightMartha WainwrightMartha Wainwright is a Canadian-American folk-rock singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of American folk singer and actor Loudon Wainwright III and Canadian folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle...
(2005) Zoe Records. Erin Hill: harpist. - Pyjama Party by Frederic Buchet (2005) Gridley Records. Erin Hill: producer, co-writer, vocals, harp, accordion, hammered dulcimer, analog synths.
- Frost as Desired by Erin Hill (2002) Gridley Records. Erin Hill: songwriter, vocals, guitars, harp, synths.
- I See a Great City by Clan Chi (2002) Crisnjoco. Erin Hill: vocalist
- Pretty Flowers by The Buddy Scott Trio (2002) Gridley Records. Erin Hill: vocals, executive producer.
- Cradle Will RockCradle Will RockCradle Will Rock is a 1999 drama film which chronicles the process and events that surrounded the production of the original 1937 musical The Cradle Will Rock by Marc Blitzstein...
(1999) RCA. Motion picture soundtrack, directed by Tim Robbins. Erin Hill: vocals. - Cabaret (1998) RCA. The new Broadway cast recording, directed by Sam Mendes. Erin Hill: vocals, harp, flute, saxophone.
- Night of the Hunter (1998) Varese Sarabande. Erin Hill: vocals.
- Titanic (1997) RCA Victor. The Original Broadway Cast Recording. Erin Hill: vocals.
- Honkytonk Highway (1996) Original Cast Recording. Erin Hill: vocals, harp, fiddle, lap steel, guitar, bass, percussion, keyboards, saxophone.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Clear Blue Tuesday Clear Blue Tuesday Clear Blue Tuesday is a 2009 musical film directed by Elizabeth Lucas. It will premiere at the Quad Cinema in New York City on September 3, 2010.-Plot:... |
Etta Cummins | also screenwriter and composer |
| 2009 | Red Hook | Westie Girl | uncredited |
| 2000 | Loser Loser (film) Loser is a 2000 American romantic comedy film starring Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari and Greg Kinnear. It is about a small town teenager who is accepted into New York University and must cope with the pressures of college life and the big city... |
Dancer / Lulu | uncredited |
| 1999 | Cradle Will Rock Cradle Will Rock Cradle Will Rock is a 1999 drama film which chronicles the process and events that surrounded the production of the original 1937 musical The Cradle Will Rock by Marc Blitzstein... |
Sandra Mescal | directed by Tim Robbins Tim Robbins Timothy Francis "Tim" Robbins is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, activist and musician. He is the former longtime partner of actress Susan Sarandon... |
| 1993 | 24 Frames Per Second | Susan Tiptree | CINE Eagle Award, IAC Gold |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | The Sunny Side Up Show | Erin the Red | episode: Chica’s Big Birthday Surprise! |
| 2007 | Live Earth Live Earth -Background:Founded by Emmy-winning producer Kevin Wall, in partnership with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Live Earth was built upon the belief that entertainment has the power to transcend social and cultural barriers to move the world community to action... : The Concerts for a Climate Crisis |
herself | harpist for Kanye West Kanye West Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and... |
| 2007 | The Education of Kanye West: Part 1 | herself | harpist |
| 2007 | The Education of Kanye West: Part 2' | herself | harpist |
| 2007 | 106 & Park Top 10 Live | herself | harpist for Kanye West Kanye West Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and... |
| 2007 | MTV Total Request Live | herself | harpist for Kanye West Kanye West Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and... |
| 2007 | American Masters American Masters American Masters is a PBS television show which produces biographies on the artists, actors and writers of the United States who have left a profound impact on the nation's popular culture. It is produced by WNET in New York City... |
Rose of Sharon | episode: Novel Reflections: The American Dream |
| 2006 | Christmas in Rockefeller Center | herself | backup singer for Enya Enya Enya is an Irish singer, instrumentalist and songwriter. Enya is an approximate transliteration of how Eithne is pronounced in the Donegal dialect of the Irish language, her native tongue.She began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad before leaving to... |
| 2004 | Who Wants to be a Millionaire | herself | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Broadway: the American Musical | Sandra Mescal | episode: I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’: 1929-1942 |
| 2003 | Chappelle's Show Chappelle's Show Chappelle's Show is an American sketch comedy television series created by comedian Dave Chappelle and Neal Brennan, with Chappelle hosting the show as well as starring in various skits. Chappelle, Brennan and Michele Armour were the show's executive producers. The series premiered on January 22,... |
Pretty White Lady Singing | Episode 1.2, also wrote the music for the skit |
| 1998 | Late Show with David Letterman Late Show with David Letterman Late Show with David Letterman is a U.S. late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and is produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated. The show's music director and band-leader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra, is... |
Lulu | |
| 1998 | The 52nd Annual Tony Awards | Lulu | original Broadway cast of Cabaret Cabaret (musical) Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions.... |
| 1998 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show The Rosie O'Donnell Show The Rosie O'Donnell Show is an Emmy Award-winning American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell. It aired for six seasons from 1996 to 2002... |
herself | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | 60 Minutes | herself/The Devil’s Bride in Randy Newman’s Faust | episode: TV Land Legends: The 60 Minutes Interviews |
| 1997 | Macy's 21st Annual Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular | Kate Mullins | |
| 1997 | The 51st Annual Tony Awards | Kate Mullins | original Broadway cast of Titanic Titanic (musical) Titanic is a musical with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Peter Stone that opened on Broadway in 1997. It won five Tony Awards including the award for Best Musical... |
| 1992 | Another World Another World (TV series) Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It ran for a total of 35 years. It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J... |
Annie | appeared in 7 episodes |
Broadway
| Year | Production | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Urinetown Urinetown Urinetown: The Musical is a satirical comedy musical, with music by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Hollmann and Greg Kotis, and book by Kotis. It satirizes the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, and municipal politics... |
Hope, Little Sally (understudy) | Henry Miller Theater, original cast |
| 1998 | Cabaret Cabaret (musical) Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions.... |
Lulu | Roundabout, Henry Miller Theater, original cast, directed by Sam Mendes |
| 1997 | Titanic Titanic (musical) Titanic is a musical with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Peter Stone that opened on Broadway in 1997. It won five Tony Awards including the award for Best Musical... |
Kate Mullins | Lunt-Fontanne, original cast |
Off-Broadway/Regional
| Year | Production | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lincoln Center’s South Pacific | Harpist, Rehearsal Pianist | 1st National Tour (Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Toronto, etc.) |
| 2010 | Lil’s 90th | Musical Director | Long Wharf Theater, starring Lois Smith Lois Smith Lois Smith is an American actress whose career in theater, film, and television has spanned five decades.Smith was born Lois Arlene Humbert in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Carrie Davis and William Oren Humbert, who was a telephone company employee... |
| 2008 | Lil’s 90th | Deirdre | Sundance Theater Lab, starring Lois Smith Lois Smith Lois Smith is an American actress whose career in theater, film, and television has spanned five decades.Smith was born Lois Arlene Humbert in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Carrie Davis and William Oren Humbert, who was a telephone company employee... |
| 2006 | The Fantasticks The Fantasticks The Fantasticks is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones. It was produced by Lore Noto. It tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the play "The Romancers" by Edmond Rostand, concerning two neighboring fathers who trick their children, Luisa and Matt, into... |
Harpist | The Jerry Orbach Theater, Snapple Theater Center, the Off-Broadway revival |
| 2006 | The Difficulty of Crossing a Field | Mrs. Williamson | Ridge Theater, Alexander Kasser Theater opera |
| 2004 | People Are Wrong! People Are Wrong! People Are Wrong is a 2004 Off-Broadway musical written by Robin Goldwasser and Julia Greenberg, and stars John Flansburgh, Robin Goldwasser's husband, from the band They Might Be Giants. It played Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre from October 22, 2004 until December 11, 2004... |
Teri | Vineyard Theatre Vineyard Theatre The Vineyard Theatre is an Off-Broadway non-profit theatre company, located at 108 East 15th Street in Manhattan, New York City, near Union Square. Its first production was in 1981... |
| 2002 | When It’s Cocktail Time in Cuba | Anya | Cherry Lane Theatre Cherry Lane Theatre The Cherry Lane Theatre , located at 38 Commerce Street in the borough of Manhattan, was New York City's oldest, continuously running off-Broadway theater... |
| 2001 | Largo | Leila | New York Stage and Film, also starring Cyndi Lauper Cyndi Lauper Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album... , Fisher Stevens Fisher Stevens Fisher Stevens is an American actor, director and producer. His most recent successes include the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his film The Cove and 2008 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature for his film Crazy Love... |
| 2000 | Spring Awakening | Ilse | Sundance Theater Lab |
| 2000 | Night Governess | Chloe | McCarter Theater, world premiere |
| 1999 | A Little Night Music | Petra | Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Great Lakes Theater Festival |
| 1996 | Between the Sheets | Lilly | Playwright’s Collective, world premiere, by Eduardo Machado |
| 1995 | Randy Newman’s Faust | The Devil’s Bride | Goodman Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, and American Place Theater (Lincoln Center workshop) |
| 1994 | Rent | Brenda, Blockbuster Woman, Mark’s mom, student | New York Theater Workshop |
| 1994 | Night of the Hunter | Ruby | Vineyard Theatre Vineyard Theatre The Vineyard Theatre is an Off-Broadway non-profit theatre company, located at 108 East 15th Street in Manhattan, New York City, near Union Square. Its first production was in 1981... |
| 1993 | Honkytonk Highway | Jenine-Kate | Don’t Tell Mama, Goodspeed-at-Chester, won Bistro Award |
Soundtrack (Film and Television)
- Clear Blue TuesdayClear Blue TuesdayClear Blue Tuesday is a 2009 musical film directed by Elizabeth Lucas. It will premiere at the Quad Cinema in New York City on September 3, 2010.-Plot:...
(2009) (writer, performer: Prologue, Reckless. co-writer: Move High) - A Mock Time: A Star Trek Wedding (2007) (writer: Intro: Mock's Brain, Main Theme: The Bridegroom of Gothos)
- The Shabbos Bigfoot (2006) (writer: Waking Up and No Other You) (performer: Waking Up and No Other You)
- American DesiAmerican DesiAmerican Desi is a 2001 American film with Indian influence, notable for featuring many prominent South Asian American actors. Also featured is an a cappella version of the Hindi classic "Aap Jaisa Koi", sung by Penn Masala and originally from the movie Qurbani...
(2001) (writer: Lolita (Lo and Behold) (performer: Lolita) (Lo and Behold)) - $pent (2000) (writer: Do it Yourself) (performer: Do it Yourself)
- Bad Bride (2000) (TV) (writer: Waking Up) (performer: Waking Up)
- So, What's in Jericho? (1999) (performer: Precious Memories) (Precious Memories)
- Cradle Will RockCradle Will RockCradle Will Rock is a 1999 drama film which chronicles the process and events that surrounded the production of the original 1937 musical The Cradle Will Rock by Marc Blitzstein...
(1999) (performer: Let's Do Something, The Cradle Will Rock, Honolulu, Oh What a Filthy Night Court, Art for Art's Sake) - The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998) (TV) (performer: Willkommen)
- Macy's 21st Annual Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular (1997) (TV) (performer: Lady's Maid)
- The 51st Annual Tony Awards (1997) (TV) (performer: Ship of Dreams)