Shubert Theatre
Opened December 11, 2022
Closed December 30, 2023
Some Like It Hot Musicians
Darryl Archibald
Conductor
Austin Cook
Assistant Conductor/Keyboard 1
MAT EISENSTEIN
Associate Conductor/Keyboard 2
Kristy Norter
Reed 1 - Piccolo/Flute/
Clarinet/Alto Sax
Ansy Francois
Reed 2 - Flute/Oboe/
Clarinet/Tenor Sax
Noelle Rueschman
Reed 3 - Flute/Clarinet/Tenor Sax
Devin di mauro
Reed 4 - Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/ Bassoon/Bari Sax
Liesl Whitaker
Trumpet 1/Flugelhorn
Brandon Lee
Trumpet 2/Flugelhorn
Sara Jacovino
Trombone 1/Euphonium
Reginald Chapman
Trombone 2/Bass Trombone/Tuba
Sean McDaniel
Drums/Percussion
Bill Hayes
Percussion
Brian Koonin
Guitars
Mary Ann McSweeney
Acoustic Bass
Justin Smith
Violin 1
Melissa Tong
Violin 2
Claudia Chopek
Viola/Violin
Music Team
Kristy Norter
Music Coordinator
Darryl Archibald
Music Director
Mary-Mitchell Campbell
Musical Supervisor
Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter
Orchestrators
Glen Kelly
Dance and Incidental Music Arrangements
Samuel Hoad
Score Associate
Chloe Geller
Music Assistant
JoAnn Kane Music - Russell Bartmus, Charlie Savage, and Nathan Serot
Music Preparation
Musician Bios
Austin Cook
Assistant Conductor / Keyboard 1
Austin is an interdisciplinary artist based in New York City. A life-long student of both the visual and musical arts, Austin has found a successful career in the performing arts where visual and aural mediums intertwine. He strives to be honest in his art, to see the world as it truly is, empathize with all creatures, great and small and passionately pursue greatness. He hopes his work inspires and challenges audiences while also providing the highest quality of professional entertainment.
Learn more at austincookmusic.com
Mat Eisenstein
Associate Conductor / Keyboard 2
Mat is a NYC-based Music Director, Pianist, Composer/Arranger, and Vocal Coach. He has conducted and played keyboards for the Broadway productions of Some Like it Hot!, Frozen, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Something Rotten!, Newsies, The Book of Mormon, Elf, Promises, Promises, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Next to Normal, Bye Bye Birdie, 13, Fiddler on the Roof, Avenue Q, 42nd Street, and Les Miserables. He has played keyboards in 45+ Broadway pit orchestras over his career. Recordings include 6 original Broadway cast albums and his original solo piano album, SURROUNDINGS, is available on Spotify, Apple Music, amazon music, etc.
Mat has performed on the stages of Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, City Center, Town Hall, NJPAC, Joe's Pub, Birdland, Feinstein's 54 Below, among others. He has also appeared live on the Today Show, the View, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Check out www.mateisenstein.com for more info.
Brandon Lee
Trumpet 2 / Flugelhorn
Bach Artist, Brandon Lee - a NYC-based jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, and educator (b. 1983, Houston, TX), received a BMus (2005), MMus (2007) and an A.D. (2008) from the Juilliard School. In 2008, Lee became one of the youngest faculty members to ever teach at Juilliard (2008-2012). From 2013-2018 Lee taught in North Carolina at UNC-Greensboro as the Professor of Jazz Brass.
Lee is currently a member of the Count Basie Orchestra, Christian McBride Big Band and several other local NYC-based bands. As a sideman, Lee has recorded over 30 albums, and has won 2 Grammy awards on Christian McBride Big Band recordings, Bringin’ It and For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver. As a bandleader, Lee has recorded three albums: From Within, Absolute-Lee and his latest, Common Thread. As a co- bandleader for Uptown Jazz Tentet, Lee has recorded 2 albums: There It Is and What’s Next. Lee is also an orchestra member in the brand new, 4-time Tony award-winning musical, Some Like It Hot.
In the fall of 2023, Lee will start his first-year teaching as jazz trumpet faculty at NYU.
Sean McDaniel
Drums / Percussion
Sean McDaniel is currently the drummer for Some Like It Hot on Broadway. He also played Frozen, The Book Of Mormon, Spamalot, Violet, La Cage Aux Folles, and Nine To Five on Broadway. Off-Broadway he originated Hamilton. Sean can be seen and heard in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tick, Tick… Boom! He has played all over the country with American Idol Runner-Up Clay Aiken. Other performances include Aaron Tveit, Audra McDonald, Jennifer Hudson, Sting, Dolly Parton, Stephanie J. Block, Idina Menzel, Tituss Burgess, Jane Lynch, Fosse/Verdon, Vivo, Annie Live!, South Park, Better Nate Than Ever, City Center Encores, Broadway at the White House, and the Tony Awards.
Sean earned his BM at University of North Texas and his MFA at New York University. He is endorsed by DW, Evans, Vic Firth, and Sabian.
Mary Ann McSweeney
Acoustic Bass
Born in Aptos, California, Mary Ann McSweeney started playing piano at the age of 5, and began to study violin at age 8. In high school, she fell in love with the acoustic bass while watching Ray Brown perform at the Concord Jazz Festival.
At age 16, she was chosen to play at the Monterey Jazz Festival with the All-Star band fronted by Thad Jones and Mel Lewis. McSweeney has played with jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie, Joanne Brackeen, Lee Konitz, Gil Goldstein, and Bucky Pizzarelli. She has also played for renowned conductors, Leonard Bernstein, Lalo Schifrin, and John Williams. McSweeney has performed with Renee Rosnes, Vic Juris, Ken Peplowski, Dennis Mackrel, Lewis Nash, and Larry Goldings. Big Band performances include Maiden Voyage and Diva, and she has performed with her own quintet at the Seixal Jazz Festival in Portugal, and with the Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival at the Kennedy Center. She has arranged for and recorded with Warner Brothers artist, Lea Delaria. Recent engagements include the Berkshire Jazz Festival, backing up Veronica Swift, and traveling to the Roswell Jazz Festival in New Mexico to perform with Ken Peplowski, Randy Sandke, Holly Hoffman, Chuck Redd and Mike Wofford. McSweeney has toured Europe, and has performed with David Krakauer’s Klezmer Madness and five-time Tony award-winning vocalist Audra McDonald. Her orchestrations can be heard on Chita Rivera’s CD entitled “And Now I Swing” and her version of “Avenue Q Swings” is available online. McSweeney performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival with Claire Daly and the Baritone Monk Band, which was rated in the top ten on jazz radio in the USA.
She performed at the White House with the Eli Yamin Quintet and the Kennedy Center Gala with the Clayton/Hamilton Orchestra. She was musical director/arranger for three shows at NYC's Birdland featuring Jane Monheit, in a program that included selections from Irving Berlin and the Cole Porter musical, Anything Goes. McSweeney has played more than 45 Broadway shows, including Tony award-winning A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. In 2017 she performed in Greece and Berlin with her Urban Fado Project. She can be seen on Broadway performing with Some Like it Hot at the Schubert Theater in NYC, and most recently played on the Tony Awards with Girl from the North Country. She continues to compose and spend time in the Berkshires.
For more information go to www.maryannmcsweeney.com