Cabaret Director
Gerald Sternbach served as resident music director of the company Reprise! Broadway's Best for six seasons, earning nine Ovation nominations (winning in 2006 for Zorba) in addition to six Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle nominations (the organization honored him in 2007 and 2008) and two Garland Awards.
Mr. Sternbach made his Los Angeles Philharmonic debut at the Hollywood Bowl in 2005 as the onstage pianist for Stephen Sondheim's 75th Birthday Concert. His other credits include serving as associate conductor for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Merlin, and The Tap Dance Kid (all on Broadway), and conducting the national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song and Dance starring Melissa Manchester. He has accompanied a wide variety of artists, from Marilyn Horne, Jennifer Hudson, Florence Henderson, and Carol Burnett, to Adam Lambert, Nancy Wilson, Donna McKechnie, John Lithgow, Kelsey Grammar, and Jason Graae. Mr. Sternbach also served as onstage pianist for Carrie Fisher's one-woman show, Wishful Drinking, at the Geffen Playhouse, and has participated in numerous star-studded benefit events.
As a songwriter/composer Mr. Sternbach has contributed material to musicals including Heartbeats, The Gay '90s Musical - Looking Back ... Moving On, and Vampire Virgins from Venus, and been featured in ASCAP Rising Songwriter Showcases on both coasts, Cabaret Conventions at New York's Town Hall, and at Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel's Cinegrill.
Mr. Sternbach assisted Don Pippin in a previous Cabaret production.