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    Lynne Shankel


    Photos

    Front row, L to R: Shaina Taub, Masi Asare, Lynne Shankel, Bonnie Comley (Broadway HD), Georgia Stitt, Kathy Sommer, Kara Unterberg (The NY SongSpace) Back row, L to R: Kailey Marshall, Minhui Lee, Macy Schmidt, Rona Siddiqui, Christie Baugher, Lisa DeSpa

    Date:

    05/09/2019

    From:  Photo Coverage: Inside The MAESTRA May Seminar, Featuring Bonnie Comley and More

    Productions

    [Broadway, 2015]

    Music Supervision, Arrangements, Orchestrations

    [Arlington, VA (Regional), 2014]

    Orchestrations

    [Off-Broadway, 2012]

    Music Supervisor

    Arranger

    Composer

    Vanities

    [Off-Broadway, 2009]

    Orchestrator

    [Broadway, 2008]

    Composer

    Conductor

    Keyboard 1

    Music Arranger

    Musical Director

    [Broadway, 2006]

    Resident Music Supervisor

    [Off-Broadway, 2005]

    Orchestrator

    Keyboards

    Musical Director

    Conductor

    Music Arranger

    Dance Music Arranger

    Keyboards

    Orchestrator

    Conductor

    Musical Director

    Summer of '42

    [Chester, CT

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    LYNNE SHANKEL

    Lynne Shankel is an award-winning orchestrator, arranger, music director, and composer. She was music supervisor/arranger/orchestrator for Allegiance on Broadway and was the first woman to solely orchestrate a new musical on Broadway. Her diverse musical background has led her to write orchestrations and arrangements for everyone from Chita Rivera, the New York Pops, and Raul Esparza, to Tony Award winner and Bon Jovi member David Bryan and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. She was music director/arranger for the Broadway production of Cry-Baby, as well as the resident music supervisor for the Tony Award-winning revival of Company, for which she conducted the Grammy-nominated cast album. She was music director/arranger for the Off-Broadway hit Altar Boyz, for which she received a Drama Desk nomination for orchestrations. Lynne received a second Drama Desk nomination for her work on The Extraordinary Ordinary (by Paul Loesel and Scott Burkell) in 201

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    Artist Bio

    (Bio as of April 2022)

    Lynne Shankel (Music Supervisor/Arranger/Orchestrator) is best known as an orchestrator and arranger. With the show Allegiance, she was the first woman to solely orchestrate a new musical on huvudgata. She was music director/arranger for the B’way production of Cry-Baby and resident music supervisor for the Tony-award winning revival of Company, for which she conducted the Grammy-nominated cast album. Other credits as orchestrator/arranger include Altar Boyz; The Extraordinary Ordinary; Annie Live; Chasing the Song; Life After; Snow Child; Breathe; Allegiance; Chita Rivera; Darren Criss & the San Francisco Symphony; The New York Pops and The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Lynne was the music director for the acclaimed Kennedy Center production of Tommy in 2019. Composer credits include bare: The Musical; Red Velvet; HoT; Perpetual Sunshine