Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Opened December 9, 2021
Closed July 31, 2022
Company Orchestra
Joel Fram
Conductor
Paul Staroba
Associate Conductor/Keyboard 2
Adam Rothenberg
Assistant Conductor/Keyboard 1
Cynthia Meng
Keyboard 3
Justin Vance
Reed 1 - PIccolo/Flute/Alto Sax
Keve Wilson
Reed 2 - Oboe/English Horn
Greg Thymius
Reed 3 - Clarinet/Tenor Sax
Jonathan Levine
Reed 4 - E-Flat Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Bari Sax
Dan Urness
Trumpet
John Allred
Trombone
Rich Rosenzweig
Drums
Kristina Musser
Violin
David Blinn
Viola
Laura Bontrager
Cello
Michael Blanco
Bass
Music Team
Howard Joines
Musical Coordinator
David Cullen
Orchestrator
Joel Fram
Musical Supervisor/Additional Vocal Arrangements
Sam Davis
Dance Arrangements
Kaye-Houston Music/Anne Kaye and DouG Houston
Music Preparation
Company Bios
Cynthia Meng
Keyboard 3
Cynthia is a New York-based music director and pianist. Currently, she plays keyboard in and sub conducts for the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Company (starring Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone).
She is a member of the music team for the the Tony- and Grammy-winning production of Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown, currently on Broadway. In addition, she has played keyboard for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular and served as the Associate Music Director for Shaina Taub’s Suffs, which completed a twice-extended run at the Public Theater in the spring of 2022. She is also the Associate Vocal Supervisor for Spirited, an Apple TV+ movie starring Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, and Octavia Spencer, set to release in 2022.
Other select favorites from the theatre realm include the 2022 revival of 1776, The Last Five Years from Out of the Box Theatrics, Frozen 1st National Tour, Moulin Rouge at the Emerson Colonial Theatre, In the Green at Lincoln Center Theatre, Witness Uganda at the Wallis Annenberg Center, and the Broadway-bound musical Lempicka. She moonlights as a software engineer.
Keve Wilson
Oboe / English Horn
Hailed by the New York Times for her “magnificently sweet tone,” oboist Keve Wilson would skip music theory and history as a kid to practice Irish jigs and reels instead. She is currently on Broadway as oboist for the celebrated revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Company, having wrapped up the Broadway production of Carousel with Renee Fleming as well as the 2014 Tony Winner A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. Keve inspires visiting high school band and orchestra students from around the country with her original show Believe NYC---from the Band Room to Broadway. A past winner of Concert Artists Guild and solo oboist with the Grammy nominated Absolute Ensemble, she has performed in Amsterdam, Argentina, Austria, Dubai, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Panama, New Zealand, Sicily, and South Korea. A two-time recipient of the Clifford-Levy Creativity Grant, Keve traveled to Makuleke Village in South Africa where she participated in learning and teaching folk songs of the region. She plays oboe for Encores! at City Center and recently recorded with Bruce Springsteen on his upcoming 2022 album, Letter to You.
During the pandemic, Keve performed numerous shows with her duo partner and childhood friend Rachel Handman along with their band. The group played at the Javits Center every Sunday for vaccinations as well as at Feinstein’s/54 Below, Chelsea Table & Stage, Margate Music Festival, and at Mt. Sinai in NYC.
From Hyde Park, NY and a graduate of Eastman School of Music, Keve studied oboe with Richard Killmer, piano with Judith Handman and dance with Elizabeth Clark. She lives in New York City with her husband Kerry and Portuguese water dog Bugsy.